Fig Grotto
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Fig Grotto

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The cave is located at the foot of the Montagna Grande, in the gorge of the Isnello River not far from the bed; access is impervious. Failla Tedaldi, a naturalist from Castelbuono, recounts the circumstances of the discovery due to a certain "Lorenza Canneloro an old hag, sprightly, with sparkling pupils and protruding cheekbones" who "dreamed that a hidden treasure existed in a certain cave". By associating himself with three men, he put his project into execution by excavating. After so much effort, so much was the surprise, continues the scholar, when "a great heap of skeletons, more than fifty, lying or huddled, in place of finding the desired treasure" appeared. The archaeological material was largely dispersed with the exception of a few fragments now kept in the Archaeological Museum “A. Salinas ”, and some skulls kept at the Institute of Anthropology in Rome. These are materials that can be dated to the final Eneolithic. F ° 260 IV NO, Isnello; UTM: VC12760064, Height: 560 m. (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)

Bronze?

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