The site is considered one of the most important Italian deposits, in fact it contains one of the oldest testimonies of prehistoric art in Italy and one of the most important at a European level. The importance is linked not only to the presence of rock art but also to the burials (9 individuals in total) and to the numerous…
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The Grotta del Romito, near Papasidero (CS), represents one of the most interesting and important cave sites of the Italian Paleolithic, thanks also to the excavations conducted by Paolo Graziosi in the 60s which brought to light some engraved figures of a naturalistic nature (figures of bovids) and abstract (linear signs) as well as…
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It is a female statuette in the round, probably forming part of the handle of a vase, with a strong naturalistic imprint and with physiognomic details and clothing details made with paint. The figurine has a continuous cylindrical structure, without interruptions between the head, torso, hips and limbs; the nape…
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It is a series of fragments of female clay figurines discovered in the ancient Neolithic village of Favella della Corte in Corigliano, near Cosenza, in the plain of Sibari. The site was frequented during the first Neolithic phase of the southeast of the peninsula (VI millennium BC) and later…
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