The Torrazza
Prehistoric chamber rock tomb (Source: Guidelines of the regional landscape plan)
In the prestigious magazine "Quaternary" of 1961 appeared the news "New facies of the Paleolithic in Sicily (Giancaniglia)" signed by Giosuè Meli employed at the Superintendence of Antiquities of Palermo. In Ciancaniglia, in a colossal excavation of the Quaternary terrace, on which the cemetery of Termini Imerese rests, for the opening of a ring road, at a depth of about 25 meters lithic finds attributable to the Middle Paleolithic would have come to light. More in-depth analysis on the stone objects recovered have
except for tools. (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) (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)
Card insertion: Ignazio Caloggero
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