Grotta di Santa Croce

The Grotta di Santa Croce is a cave near Bisceglie, in the Apulia region of Italy.

The cave was inhabited during the Later Paleolithic era. It has a rock shelter and a long interior corridor. Red starburst marks are visible 14 meters away from the entrance. A woven basked contained grains of barley and may indicate an offering, and earthenware vessels may have been used to collect water dripping from the ceiling.^[1]

References

^ Skeates, Robin (2012). "Constructed Caves: Transformations of the Underworld in Prehistoric Southeast Italy". In Moyes, Holley (ed.). Sacred Darkness: A Global Perspective on the Ritual Use of Caves. University Press of Colorado. pp. 27–44. ISBN 9781607321781.

[1] Skeates, Robin (2012). "Constructed Caves: Transformations of the Underworld in Prehistoric Southeast Italy". In Moyes, Holley (ed.). Sacred Darkness: A Global Perspective on the Ritual Use of Caves. University Press of Colorado. pp. 27–44. ISBN 9781607321781.

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