Cave of the Hermit.
It is a cave of marine origin used as a citrus warehouse. Red earth emerges on the floor containing scarce remains of Pleistocene insular fauna (crocuta crocuta spelaea, a phalanx of Ursus arctor, now in the Geology Museum) recovered, a sign that the prehistoric deposit has been completely removed. Only a small anthropomorphic figure painted in black, of the nematomorphic type, probably datable to the Eneolithic period, like the similar figures in the Grotta del Genovese di Levanzo, the Grotta del Mirabella di S. Giuseppe Iato and of the Grotta di S. Rosalia in the homonymous mountain (V). . (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)
In-depth documents:
Giovanni Mannino: Guide to the Prehistory of Palermo - List of prehistoric sites in the province of Palermo - Sicilian Institute for Political and Economic Studies - 2008 - Publication produced with the contribution of the Regional Cultural Heritage Department,
Environmental and Public Education. Download the document: Guide-Prehistory-of-Palermo_10c8pt2p
Information contributions: Ignazio Caloggero Web
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