Most of the Middle Palaeolithic evidence of Central Italy still lacks a reliable chrono-cultural framework mainly due to research history. In this context Grotta dei Santi, a wide cave located on Monte Argentario, on the southern coast of Tuscany, is particularly relevant as it contains a very well preserved sequence including several Mousterian layers. Research carried out at this site in the last years (2007e2017) allowed for a preliminary estimation of its chronology based on a set of radiometric determinations which place the investigated sequence in the time interval between 50 and 40 ka BP. Alongside the chronological issue, this paper mainly focuses on the geoarchaeological and zooarchaeological (micro and macro fauna) studies carried out on the materials retrieved during the 2007e2014 excavation fieldworks. The results of these studies are consistent with those from the radiometric chronology. A state of art concerning the MIS3 Italian sites is also provided in order to highlight the key role Grotta dei Santi may play in the assessment of late Neandertals’ behaviour within the framework of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition of Central Italy
Late neandertals in central italy. High resolution chronicles from Grotta dei Santi (Monte Argentario - Tuscany) / Moroni A., Boschian G., Crezzini J., Montanari – Canini G., MARCIANI G., Capecchi G., Arrighi S., Aurel, D., Berto C., Freguglia M., Araujo A., Scaramucci S., Hublin J.J., Lauer T., Benazzi S., Parenti F., Bonato M., Ricci S., Talamo S., Segre A.G., Boschin F., Spagnolo V. - In: QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS. - ISSN 0277-3791. - ELETTRONICO. - 217:(2019), pp. 130-151. [10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.11.021]
Late neandertals in central italy. High resolution chronicles from Grotta dei Santi (Monte Argentario - Tuscany).
MARCIANI G.;Arrighi S.;Benazzi S.;Talamo S.;
2019
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Most of the Middle Palaeolithic evidence of Central Italy still lacks a reliable chrono-cultural framework mainly due to research history. In this context Grotta dei Santi, a wide cave located on Monte Argentario, on the southern coast of Tuscany, is particularly relevant as it contains a very well preserved sequence including several Mousterian layers. Research carried out at this site in the last years (2007e2017) allowed for a preliminary estimation of its chronology based on a set of radiometric determinations which place the investigated sequence in the time interval between 50 and 40 ka BP. Alongside the chronological issue, this paper mainly focuses on the geoarchaeological and zooarchaeological (micro and macro fauna) studies carried out on the materials retrieved during the 2007e2014 excavation fieldworks. The results of these studies are consistent with those from the radiometric chronology. A state of art concerning the MIS3 Italian sites is also provided in order to highlight the key role Grotta dei Santi may play in the assessment of late Neandertals’ behaviour within the framework of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition of Central Italy| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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