Archaeological site of Grotta Molara
Paleontological and archaeological evidence of considerable interest from the Upper Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Aeneolithic to historical age.
Further information: https://www.lasiciliainrete.it/storia-di-sicilia/i-sentimenti-religiosi-e-le-sepolture-nel-paleolitico-e-nel-mesolitico/
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
Bibliography and in-depth documents:
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: List of Neolithic Sites
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