Grotta Scaloria was a Neolithic ritual place used ca 5600-5300 BC. Grotta Scaloria was discovered and explored in 1931, later briefly excavated in 1967, and extensively from 1978–80.
See:
- Ernestine S. Elster, Eugenia Isetti, John Robb, and Antonella Traverso (eds.), The Archaeology of Grotta Scaloria. Ritual in Neolithic Southeast Italy, series «Monumenta Archaeologica» 38, University of New Mexico Press, 2016