Romito Cave

The Romito cave is a natural limestone cave in the Lao Valley of Pollino National Park, near the town of Papasidero in Calabria, Italy. Stratigraphic record of the first excavation confirmed prolonged paleo-human occupation during the Upper Paleolithic from 17,000 years ago and the Neolithic from 6,400 years ago. A single, but exquisite piece of Upper Paleolithic parietal rock engraving was documented. Several burial sites of varying age were initially discovered. Irregularly recurring sessions have led to additional finds, which suggests future excavation work. Notable is the amount of accumulated data that has revealed deeper understanding of prehistoric daily life, the remarkable quality of the rock carvings and the burial named Romito 2, who exhibits features of pathological skeletal conditions (dwarfism).

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  cave of Marina di Maratea ⓘ
  cave in Maratea, Italy

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  Romito Cave ⓘ
  cave in the Lao Valley of Pollino National Park, near the town of Papasidero in Calabria, Italy

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  galleria Bersaglio ⓘ
  

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  Jannello Tunnel ⓘ
  

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  Serra Rotonda Tunnel ⓘ
  

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Grotta del romito1H

Grotta del Romito

Grotta del romito3H

Grotta del romito2H

Romito grotte un

Romito zone fouille grotte

Romito grotte deux

Romito musee

Romito refuge

Romito sepultures refuge

• The human skeletal remains from the upper palaeolithic burials found in Romito cave (Papasidero, Cosenza, Italy) - article

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Atlas of Cultural Heritage Calabria page@		Wikidata
site	cave		cave of Marina di Maratea	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Romito Cave	archaeological site, museum of a public entity, archaeological park, museum, cave	Wikidata
site	tunnel		galleria Bersaglio	tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Jannello Tunnel	road tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Serra Rotonda Tunnel	road tunnel	Wikidata
commons	image		Grotta del romito1H		Commons
commons	image		Grotta del Romito		Commons
commons	image		Grotta del romito3H		Commons
commons	image		Grotta del romito2H		Commons
commons	image		Romito grotte un		Commons
commons	image		Romito zone fouille grotte		Commons
commons	image		Romito grotte deux		Commons
commons	image		Romito musee		Commons
commons	image		Romito refuge		Commons
commons	image		Romito sepultures refuge		Commons