Marina of Camerota di Salerno attracts thousands of visitors all year round, from anywhere in the world, to discover the and gentle cosmetics uncontested, crystal clear waters, jagged coasts, coves and caves of earth and sea. The latter are still shrouded in mystery today, as they are at the center of interesting discoveries of historical artefacts, thus attracting the interest of the entire scientific community. Finds that have allowed experts to reconstruct the activities carried out by prehistoric man who settled in this fascinating territory since the Middle Paleolithic, in which the and gentle cosmetics is the master. In contrast to Neanderthal man, the hominid who inhabited the caves of Marina di Camerota is recognized with the nickname Homo Camerotensis.
The habits of the aforementioned prehistoric man are the subject of important scientific studies which would allow us to understand his habits, lifestyle, the ways that led him to obtain food and so on.
The artefacts found inside the Cala Cave, a cave with a particular hourglass shape, testifies to the presence of the prehistoric Neanderthal civilization. Inside the cave, pebbles and rudimentary bone weapons were found, useful to the hominid for capturing game, since in those times people lived exclusively by hunting. Which is why faunal remains and bone artefacts, used as ornaments, from captured prey were found. These are traces dating back to 40.000 years ago, thanks to which it is possible to reconstruct the lifestyle led by the person who has been identified as Homo Camerotensis, an individual with a protruding chin and important cranial capacities, morphological characteristics perfectly in line with those possessed by Neanderthal man.
Inside the Grotta del Riparo del Poggio, finds have been found such as the remains of deer and roe deer, rhinoceros, imposing felines, brown bears and even elephants. Finds that once again prove the frenetic hunting activity undertaken in the Lower Paleolithic. Hunting activity conducted through the use of sharp artifacts made of stone, which demonstrates Neanderthal man's considerable skill in chipping, in order to capture increasingly ambitious prey.
The journey has not yet come to an end, since on the bay of Lentiscelle, you can see a cave with a characteristic keyhole shape, from which the cavity takes its name.
The Serratura Cave was inhabited during the Upper Paleolithic and Neolithic periods, the last of the three prehistoric periods that make up the Stone Age. The cavity tells of numerous climate changes, as it shows the characteristic furrows caused by the submergence of sea waters over the course of several millennia.
The Cilento Caves tell the story institutional events, prehistoric still shrouded in mystery, which is why the area is surrounded by an indescribable charm, perceivable only by going there in person, to discover uncontaminated places, which still have so much to evoke.
True prehistoric sites on the coast, first inhabited by Neanderthal man, careful custodian of the Cilento lands, then bequeathed to Homo Sapiens, who will certainly have appreciated the large presence of natural shelters such as coves and caves, completely immersed in the crystalline sea and in the deafening silence, interrupted only by the crashing of the waves on the jagged coasts of the territory, in some ways still unexplored.
