Genoese cave
The most ancient figurative art so far discovered in Sicily is that of Genoese cave, (Levanzo island), discovered in 1950 and where graffiti and paintings appear, the engravings represent 29 animals (mainly ox horses and deer) and, which is rare in paleolithic wall art, also of human figures. Some of the human figures have the head of a bird, while others are presented with legs apart or in the shape of a violin.
Grotta - Genovesi - Levanzo Island
In the Genovesi cave of Levanzo, in addition to a stone on which a figure of a bovid and two pebbles painted in red is engraved, two female statuettes were found that could be referred to prehistoric Venuses in the style.
Source:
http://map.sitr.regione.sicilia.it/gis/rest/services/Beni_Culturali
In-depth articles:
https://www.visitegadi.eu/AREA%20SAN%20NICOLA
Bibliography and further 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 population of Sicily: an interdisciplinary review in the Archive for Anthropology and Ethnology - Vol. CXLIV (2014)
Download file: SINEO et al
200) Gioconda La Magna (edited by) Between Etna and Simeto - Archaeological research in Adrano and its territory - Proceedings of the study meeting for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Adrano Museum Adrano, 8 June 2005 - Library of the Regional Province of Catania 2009. Download file: The_Neolithic_in_Valle_del_Simeto
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: Archaeological sites of the Sicilian Paleolithic and Mesolithic
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Card insertion: Ignazio Caloggero
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