Abstract :
The centre of Corsica, as proved by numerous previous discoveries, was occupied very early by man. In the Neolithic, the Niolu produces proof of the occupation of a plateau situated in the Piedmont, the highest mountains of the island. The pieve of Caccia, also brings testimony on the other bank of the Golu, notably at the site of Pietra Frisgiata. The pieve of Talcini with all its listed Neolithic sites testifies to an important prehistoric occupation there. Ghjuvellina, being situated in the center of these regions, is inescapable and is imperative by its major routes. Even if for the moment no discovery gives evidence of it, this territory must have known an occupation during the Neolithic period. For the antique period the ancient texts suggest that very early Corsica was desired for its wealth. Civilizations which approached the island had to get inland to exploit the resources. The vestiges of the Roman occupation are omnipresent; they are in various forms at the same moment - real estate, numismatics, toponymical and geographic. The medieval period occupies a very important place in the history of the region, from the point of view of vestiges and the demography as well as for its place and its illumination of the other regions of the island. For the moment no archaeological excavation, even simple prospecting was realized to allow the update of discoveries, which would bring elements necessary for the confirmation or for the invalidation of the various hypotheses. This work will open new perspectives for the knowledge of an interior territory. It will demonstrate that this one gives evidence of originality for the understanding of a more complex group represented by the history of a Mediterranean island.
