Fortified settlement of Montagnola del Calvario-Grotta Zubbia
The site extends immediately to the south-west of the modern town of Palma, on a hill characterized by the presence of cave tombs from the Castelluccian era. At the foot of the mountain known as the Calvary is the Grotta Zubbia "Francesco Caputo". The remains of enclosures and huts are found on the hilly plateaus overlooking the cave on the south-east side.
Eneolithic - III-II millennium BC
Well subjected to archaeological constraint DA n. 174 of 5/02/1983; PUDA n. 470 of 21/03/1990 and DA n. 5416 of 17/03/1996
(Source text of survey form n.416 Landscape Plan of the Province of Agrigento - Archaeological Heritage)
Archaeological Heritage Sheets Landscape Plan of Agrigento
Neolithic (100.630)
Bibliography and in-depth documents:
100) FIRST SICILY - AT THE ORIGINS OF SICILIAN SOCIETY - volume first edited by Sebastiano Tusa Palermo 1997.
Ignazio Caloggero: Sicily between History, Myths and Legends. Vol. 1: From Prehistory to the Phoenicians. First edition 2018 - Revised and updated edition of 2022
History of Sicily - 1.3.1: Neolithic and the birth of agriculture in Sicily
History of Sicily - 1.3.2: Religiosity and Burials in the Neolithic Period
History of Sicily - 1.3.3: Art in the Neolithic
History of Sicily - 1.3.4: Neolithic Sites List
Card insertion: Ignazio Caloggero
Information contributions: Web, Region of Sicily
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