The first signs of human habitation of the area can be dated to the late copper age (2400-1990 a.C.), with monochrome red pottery in the Malpasso style found in a cave in contrada "Ticchiara". An excavation of a later burial site (1900-1450 a.C.) from contrada "Grazia Vicina" has yielded gray achromatic ceramic with connection to the Conca d'Oro style (late copper age in the Palermo region) and to archaic forms of the Castelluccio style (early Bronze Age in central-southern Sicily). Another burial site has been identified in contrada "San Vincenzo", which can be dated to the middle Bronze Age (around 1450 a.C.).