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Neolithic Exhibition Centre in Anguillara Sabazia: the dugout canoe under the lake
The Neolithic village of La Marmotta lies beneath Lake Bracciano: one of the oldest lakeshore settlements in Western Europe, dating between 5750 and 5260 BC. It was discovered in 1989, having been submerged for millennia, preserving ceramics, obsidians, and a steatite figurine depicting a Mother Goddess found in what appears to have been a cult building. The Neolithic Exhibition Centre of Anguillara Sabazia is the place to see up close what the lake has yielded.
The dugout canoe and other finds
The centerpiece is a monoxylous dugout canoe 9.5 metres in length, found at a depth of 12 metres and kept in a display case containing special solutions for its preservation. Around it are ceramic artefacts, photographic panels, and illustrations giving an idea of the life of the submerged village.
A window into life 7,000 years ago
The inhabitants of the Neolithic village engaged in trade with distant territories: the obsidians found at the site come from Lipari and Palmarola.
