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- The research undertaken inside the Grotta della Cala examined the Neolithic level of the cavern’s Holocene stratigraphy. The presence of plain ware pottery decorated with simple red bands confirmed the layer’s cultural attribution.
There was a lack of f
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- The research undertaken inside the Grotta della Cala examined the Neolithic level of the cavern’s Holocene stratigraphy. The presence of plain ware pottery decorated with simple red bands confirmed the layer’s cultural attribution.
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The coastal area between Marina di Camerota and Scario (Salerno) is particularly important for the presence of a good number of prehistoric deposits often represented by deep stratigraphic sequences.
Among these, the sit
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- The is no summary for this season.
The coastal area between Marina di Camerota and Scario (Salerno) is particularly important for the presence of a good number of prehistoric deposits often represented by deep stratigraphic sequences.
- This season, excavation continued in quadrants D-E/8-9-10 and extended into quadrants C9-10 and B9. The removal of a disturbed deposit from across the entire area exposed a layer of coarse sand thought to be of marine origin. Its presence justified the sub... Read More
- La campagna di scavo 2016 alla Grotta della Cala si è svolta nel periodo dal 3 al 21 ottobre. Sono stati indagati i quadrati E8, E7, B7, B8, B9 e B10 dove sono stati scavati il livelli GB3d e GB3m del Gravettiano antico fino al raggiungimento del tetto del... Read More
- During the 2017 campaign, quadrants C9, C10, D10, E, F, G 6 and F7 were investigated. Quadrants C9, C10, and D10, correspond with the area where in 2015 the remains of a large hearth formed by a thick layer of compacted and hardened ash was excavated, situ... Read More
- The 2018 excavations concentrated on quadrants C 30, 31 and 32, D-E 30, 31, 32 and 33, F30, 31, 32 e 33. During the opening of a sondages in the interior chamber of the cave traces of a ritual occupation dating to the Final Bronze Age came to light. In a... Read More
- The 2019 excavations at the Grotta della Cala centred on quadrants G, D, and E9, C and D29, and E30. There were two fronts: 1) the investigation of the early Gravettian levels in the cave’s atrium; 2) the investigation of the Bronze Age burial/ritual area ... Read More
- La campagna di scavo 2020 alla Grotta della Cala (Camerota – SA) si è svolta dal 5 al 24 ottobre ed è stata dedicata principalmente al proseguimento delle indagini del contesto rituale di età protostorica scoperto nella nicchia di fondo grotta nel corso de... Read More
- This season’s excavations focused on the area of the niche to the rear of the cave where, during the previous campaigns, a middle Bronze Age funerary complex was identified. Two main layers were identified in this sector (2018-2010 campaigns): a hardened l... Read More
- 25500 BC
- 20000 BC
- 7000 BC