The cave opens in limestone rocks which form the island and retains a documentation very important the prehistory of Sicily, in particular of the Upper Palaeolithic age, as it provides images of animals of the Quaternary, as the Cervus elaphus, Bos primigenius and The Equus hydruntinus, together with some human figures with masks to head of bird and headgear similar to those of the caves of the Addaura. In addition to these graffiti there are painted figures clearly more recent; these are colored in black and red and represent some human figures of men and women together to mammals and fish among which the tuna present up to our days in the life and culture of the Egadi Islands. Still the cave can be visited at payment.
The main figure, that predominates on those animals that the position assumed seem intent to graze, is that of a man dressed in a coat likely sewn and with fringes pending. In head carries a headgear of particular form elongated wedge and convex. The arms are evident of bracelets and is evidently property. At his side two other figures, a with head or mask of bird and in position maybe dancing and the other in motion and with a headgear similar to that of the center. It remains unclear whether it is a ritual dance or a prayer before the hunt.
The Grotta del Genovese was inhabited by man in a time interval between 10,000 and 6,000 years before Christ. Other caves of the island said, of pigs, of Cala Tramontana, Punta capers have provided abundant material, also dating from the Upper Palaeolithic.
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