Cave site in the south of the island of Malta which has given its name to the island’s earliest Neolithic phase, and indeed the earliest evidence of occupation of any kind. The culture, which is dated to the late 5th millennium be, is characterized by evidence of domesticated animals and cultivated plants and by the use of Impressed ware, quite similar to the Sicilian Stentinello type, and of obsidian from Lipari. As well as at the type site, the culture is well represented in the lower levels of Skorba.
The Macmillan dictionary of archaeology, Ruth D. Whitehouse, 1983Copied