Contrada Spolentino
Downstream from the northern slope of Pizzo Spolentino there is an area with scattered earthenware finds dating from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age, which indicate the presence of a settlement. (Text source: Giovanni Mannino: Guide to the Prehistory of the Palermo Area – List of prehistoric sites in the province of Palermo – Sicilian Institute for Political and Economic Studies)
Bibliography and in-depth documents:
100) FIRST SICILY - AT THE ORIGINS OF SICILIAN SOCIETY - volume first edited by Sebastiano Tusa Palermo 1997.
198) D. Petruso – V. Forgia – L. Sineo: The human settlement of Sicily: an interdisciplinary review in Archive for Anthropology and Ethnology – Vol. CXLIV (2014) Download file: SINEO et al
201) Ignazio Messana: When elephants lived in Sicily. Flag - Gulfs of Castellammare and Carini - 2019
Ignazio Caloggero:
History of Sicily – 1.2. Paleolithic and Mesolithic:
History of Sicily – 1.2.1: Religious sentiments and burials in the Paleolithic and Mesolithic
History of Sicily – 1.2.2: Art in the Paleolithic and Mesolithic
History of Sicily – 1.2.3: Sicilian Paleolithic and Mesolithic Archaeological Sites
Bibliography and in-depth documents:
Ignazio Caloggero: Sicily between History, Myths and Legends. Vol. 1: From Prehistory to the Phoenicians. First edition 2018 - Revised and updated edition of 2022
History of Sicily – 1.3.1: Neolithic and the Birth of Agriculture in Sicily
History of Sicily – 1.3.2: Religiosity and Burials in the Neolithic Period
History of Sicily – 1.3.3: Art in the Neolithic
History of Sicily – 1.3.4: List of Neolithic Sites
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Informational contributions : Ignazio Caloggero Web
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