Mazzamuto cave.
The cave is located in the Oriented Nature Reserve managed by the State Forestry Agency of the Sicilian Region. It is a large cavern with an appendix at the bottom that preserves traces of paleontological deposits. The entire floor is littered with large boulders sunk into the red earth, with scant remains of extinct Pleistocene fauna. The paleontological deposits have been completely removed. Traces of paleosols dating to the Upper Paleolithic are found concretions on the walls approximately 4 meters from the floor. On the right wall, near the entrance, charcoal traces (traces of inscriptions) can be seen. (Source: Giovanni Mannino: Guide to the Prehistory of the Palermo Area – 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
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: Il_Neolitico_nella_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: Sicilian Paleolithic and Mesolithic Archaeological Sites
Informational contributions : Ignazio Caloggero Web
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