The middle Bronze age Torres in southern Corsica.

Successive excavation campaigns on the sites of Cucuruzzu, Capula (borough of Levie) and the Tusiu (borough of Altagene) are a deciding factor in the history of dry stone protohistory architecture in Southern Corsica. It can be defined in three stades: In the former Bronze age, the first protohistorical villages appear. The most representative of them is the Neolithic site of Presa, in Altagene (Altaghje). In Cucuruzzu as well as in Tusiu, terraced agglomerations held up by low walls field of investigation particularly for the circular shaped oldest huts which have got stone basements and branch roofing. In the middle Bronze we have a draught circular construction in the shape of a tower (a torre) subtruncated with two floors. Innovation is noticed in the organization of space on each of the two floors together with all technical means set in place for such a construction. A room where certain activities went on such as milling, cereal drinding and the preparation of food, beside a hollow where an preserved jar silos. An inside stair connects two levels. The two principal technics developed in Corsica in the middle Bronze an double facing walls and the edifice with a paved roof or a corbelled vault. In the Recent Bronze the "Torre does not correspond to the needs of the groupe, 2 synchronous phenomens are observed: The dammage caused to the "Torres" of the island (complete destruction of the floor) and a new construction "The monumental complexe". Vast structures for the preservation of cereals and their milling, specialised lodges (fabrication of clay vases, weaving, etc.) are a proof of this technological evolution. With the changes in the developing phases, socio economic changes can also be observed, which are in fact the essential characteristics of the Middle Bronze. This is explained mainly by the Sardinian nuragi, the apennine civilization influences and mycenaen trends.