Montagnola di S. Rosalia or S. Elia, caves
Ten caves of archaeological interest from the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods with rock art.
In-depth document: Pippo Lo Cascio and Sebastiano Tusa: The Caves of the Mountain of Santa Rosalia in Archaeological Sicily 1995 (December 5):
Sicilia_Archeologica_1995_87-88-89_Dicembre-05
In-depth document: Gianfranco Purpura: Depictions of ships in some caves around Palermo. Extract from the magazine “Sicilia Archeologica” Year XII n. 40 2nd half 1979
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Depictions of ships in some caves around Palermo
Card insertion: Ignazio Caloggero
Information contributions: Ignazio Caloggero Web
Photo G. Marino from: Pippo Lo Cascio and Sebastiano Tusa: The Caves of the Mountain of Santa Rosalia in Archaeological Sicily
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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