Referring to the cultural context of the megalithic complex of Monte Grande are the clay horns, or birds' beaks, commonly interpreted as phallic symbols (Fig. 1a-bc) and which constitute, as highlighted by Cultraro (2010), one of the types of artifacts among those most present in Castelluccian sites, both in necropolises and in inhabited areas….
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Cozzo Busonè (see photo 1) is a hill on the border between the municipality of Raffadali and Agrigento. Here a necropolis was found with many oven tombs and two large chamber tombs, inside which stone and ceramic artefacts were found. They were also found…
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In the heights above Palma di Montechiaro, in the area of Monte Grande, several structures have been identified which seem to form a monumental Castelluccian sanctuary dating back to a middle phase of the Ancient Sicilian Bronze Age and frequented up to the Middle Bronze Age. The area is rich in extraordinarily pure sulfur mines (exploited since…
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The vast rock shelter of San Giovanni takes its name from a district where a small church dedicated to the saint stands, a few kilometers south of Sambuca di Sicilia. The set of cavities is located at the foot of a rocky ridge - on which there are several ravines and a…
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