Grotto of Fra Diavolo or Zubbio
The cavity develops downhill along a fracture about ten meters deep, with sinuous walls, 3-4 meters away. Inside the well, several landslides have created a sort of balcony on which some depositions are sealed by boulders and earth, on these the dripping has formed stalagmite columns. In 1996, in an excursion to the Carini Archeoclub, about a hundred fragments of terracotta were collected, practically frustules rendered such by high humidity and intense dripping. Only six fragments decorated in the style of Thapsos show some characteristics that allow us to associate them with a few others collected by us a few years earlier datable to the Middle Bronze Age, kept in the Archaeological Museum of Palermo. The cave then continues on the right along two parallel paths: a well of about 10 meters and a crack, both of which have no archaeological interest. The search for the village was unsuccessful. F ° 249 II NO Turret; UTM: 33SUC43702070; Height: 675 m, depth 20 m (?). (Text source: Giovanni Mannino Piero Galati: Carini Archaeological Map)
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In-depth documents:
Giovanni Mannino Piero Galati: Carini Archaeological Map. Download file: NOTES_FOR_THE_ARCHEOLOGICAL_CARTA_CAR
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
Western Sicily Studies, reviews, research by Carmine Ampolo. Download file: Monte_dOro_di_Montelepre_The_ecropolis_of
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