Monte Pellegrino - Montagnola rock necropolis
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Monte Pellegrino - Montagnola Caves

The locality contains several caves (at least 7) ​​and traces of a prehistoric necropolis. Roman and Punic pottery has also been found in the area. 

"The cavities explored were seven, from north to south: 
1- Grotticina of no interest;
2- Crack containing a few clay fragments including a handle handle ascribable to the ancient Bronze Age (2000-1450 BC);
3- It is the cave of which we have spoken [4, 5, 6];
4- Grotto with large entrance: width approximately 5 m, height 4 m. It is the most developed cavity (22,50 m) divided into three sections. In the initial section, a few centimeters under aeolian sand, about thirty clay fragments belonging to different forms dating from the final Eneolithic to the middle bronze were found, missing. Two embers were also collected whose wood was pierced by moths and a possibly bovine rib. A blade in
bronze with longitudinal ribs in excellent condition. The dispersion of the fragments suggests a tampering in ancient times: the surface of the sand in fact showed only clear footprints of birds;
5- Grotto with large entrance with a wall in front and several small stalactites and columns: width 8 m, height 2 m, development 10 m. In four points around thirty clay fragments have been collected. Also in
this cave has been a profanation even repeated in ancient times, which makes us think again about the acrobatic skills of those who preceded us. Noteworthy is a large fragment of the bottom of a large amphora decorated with a geometric pattern, with smooth bands alternating with bands of tremoli, painted in black on a red terracotta background, in the style of Sarraferlicchio (2800-2600 BC). Most of the fragments are classifiable to the Middle Bronze Age, in the style of Thapsos-Milazzese (1450-1250 BC). Still to underline, unexpected, a corrugated bottom of a Punic amphora of the III century. BC [8, 9] and a fragment of a tile with a dubious setting, which I define as “post-medieval”;
6, 7- In these caves we have not seen any trace of previous visits. "

 (Text source: Giovanni Mannino: The rocky necropolis of the montagnola in Encounters Year I n.1 OCT / DEC 2012

 

In-depth documents: Giovanni Mannino: Monte Pellegrino in Prehistory - New data: in the Archaeological Newsletter Superintendence of Palermo 24/2017

download the document: G_Mannino_The_Grotte_of_Monte_Gallo_Notiz

Giovanni Mannino: The rocky necropolis of the montagnola in Encounters Year I n.1 OCT / DEC 2012

download the document: Meetings-1-Mannino

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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Photos: Giovanni Mannino: Monte Pellegrino in Prehistory - New data: in the Archaeological Newsletter Superintendence of Palermo 24/2017

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