Crowded Cave
The name of the cave is synonymous with difficulty in tracking it down; there is a need for a short climb to reach it. It opens up where the smooth walls of the Pavilion meet the more articulated wall of the Serre del Mirabella to the North East. The cavity has two entrances about ten meters apart. On the right, the largest: it is a large niche in a wall that is almost 10 meters wide and deep; on the left, a window of a couple of meters, disguised as a fig. The cave was inhabited by people who had reasons to hide and I would say that they have occupied their idleness to excavate a rich archaeological deposit. I personally collected 20 human femurs and a sample of clay fragments: some rare with "pinched" decoration from the Neolithic, Eneolithic, and Bronze Age; even fragments with glazed decoration dating back to the 249th-44430772th century. F ° 840 II SW, Monreale; UTM: UC17, Altitude: XNUMX m, Development m XNUMX.
(Text source: Giovanni Mannino: Guide to the Prehistory of Palermo - List of prehistoric sites in the province of Palermo - Sicilian Institute for Political and Economic Studies)
Bibliography and further in-depth documents:
100) FIRST SICILY - AT THE ORIGINS OF SICILIAN SOCIETY - volume first edited by Sebastiano Tusa Palermo 1997.
Ignazio Caloggero: Sicily between History, Myths and Legends. Vol. 1: From Prehistory to the Phoenicians. First edition 2018 - Revised and updated edition of 2022
Ignazio Caloggero:
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: Neolithic Sites List
History of Sicily - 1.4.1: The development of metallurgy
History of Sicily - 1.4.2: Social and cultural development
History of Sicily - 1.4.3: Burials during the Metal Age
History of Sicily - 1.4.4: Religious sentiments during the metal age
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