hills

“People don’t think of little hills as a conservation area, that they might not be important,” Delaney said.

Once inside, trucks lumbered up a long, curving road into the hills.

In archaeology, the hills made up of the ruins of successive eras — often many yards deep and spanning centuries or even millennia — are called “tells.”

Dion Jones, who has been with the team for about 30 years, urged those who were heading for the hills this weekend to be prepared.

A torrent of water cascaded through the streets of the village, in hills close to the River Po.