The Bronze Age

During the Early and Middle Bronze Age, the settlement of Pascolone developed in Fimon Valleys, with reclaimed huts and stilt houses. It was excavated in the 19th century by Vicenza-born naturalist Paolo Lioy.Among the finds are single-handled jugs and ribbed dolia from the Early Bronze Age, as well as large bowls and crescent-shaped handles from the Middle Bronze Age.

The settlement of Fondo Tomellero, with reclaimed huts, dates back to the Middle to Final Bronze Age. Numerous ceramics were found there, including cups with crescent-shaped handles and cylindrical processes, large bowls and biconical vases, as well as two examples of bronze axes with medium fins. The settlements of Monte Crocetta di Arcugnano and Castellon del Brosimo, with fragments of carinated cups, bowls, biconical vases, and dolia, date back to the Middle to Final Bronze Age, when the hilly areas were densely populated.

Finally, the reclaimed settlement of Capitello yields materials from the most advanced phases of the Recent Bronze Age and the Final Bronze Age, the period in which the settlement cycle of the Fimon Valleys and the Berici Hills in general, which began in the Neolithic, concluded.

The cremation tombs from Mount Summano (Santorso) and Montebello Vicentino also date back to the Final Bronze Age, as do bronze, bone, horn, glass paste, and amber artifacts from the Berici Hills and the Vicenza area in general.

A model of a wooden swing trap used to capture deer and roe deer is on display. The five original traps, discovered in Fontega Valley in the 19th century and generally dated to the Bronze Age, were destroyed during the Second World War.