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52. Chasseurs épigravettiens dans le territoire de l’ours des cavernes : le cas du Covolo Fortificato di Trene (Vicenza, Italie)
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Romandini, Matteo and Nannini, Nicola
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- 2012
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53. Morphologies in‐between: The impact of the first steps on the human talus
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Figus, Carla, primary, Stephens, Nicholas B., additional, Sorrentino, Rita, additional, Bortolini, Eugenio, additional, Arrighi, Simona, additional, Higgins, Owen A., additional, Lugli, Federico, additional, Marciani, Giulia, additional, Oxilia, Gregorio, additional, Romandini, Matteo, additional, Silvestrini, Sara, additional, Baruffaldi, Fabio, additional, Belcastro, Maria Giovanna, additional, Bernardini, Federico, additional, Festa, Anna, additional, Hajdu, Tamás, additional, Mateovics‐László, Orsolya, additional, Pap, Ildiko, additional, Szeniczey, Tamás, additional, Tuniz, Claudio, additional, Ryan, Timothy M., additional, and Benazzi, Stefano, additional
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- 2022
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54. Late Neandertals and the intentional removal of feathers as evidenced from bird bone taphonomy at Fumane Cave 44 ky B.P., Italy
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Peresani, Marco, Fiore, Ivana, Gala, Monica, Romandini, Matteo, Tagliacozzo, Antonio, and Trinkaus, Erik
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- 2011
55. Filling in the blanks: the application of palaeoproteomics in faunal analysis
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Vidas, Lia, Silvestrini, Sara, Romandini, Matteo, Lugli, Federico, Real Margalef, Cristina, Radović, Siniša, Janković, Ivor, and Benazzi, Stefano
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palaeoproteomics, faunaly analysis, ZooMS, Istria, Late Pleistocene - Abstract
Faunal assemblages from archaeological contexts are often abundant in the form of highly fragmented osseous remains which can be a limiting factor for the purposes of standard archaezoological analysis. Therefore, the number of identified specimens (NISP), the minimum number of individuals (MNI), the minimum number of anatomical elements (MNE), age profiles etc. can be misrepresented. Because of this, efforts to further improve our knowledge of human—animal relationships in the past have been intensified in the last few decades. Apart from the already well- established ancient DNA analyses, in the past ten years, the use of palaeoproteomics in archaeology has been increasing. Proteomic studies range from exploring whole proteomes of a tissue or substrate (e.g., bone, enamel, shell) to detecting peptides to identify the taxon of the bone specimen. The latter can be achieved with Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS), a technique of peptide mass fingerprinting (PMF). ZooMS aims at discriminating tissue rich in collagen type I from a taxonomic point of view because the amino acid sequence of COL1 varies across different taxonomic groups. This method analyses collagen, a protein less prone to decay thanks to its high abundance in osseous tissues and its arrangement into a highly stable triple helix. ZooMS is a fast and cost- effective method that has been explored and improved rapidly in the past decade and is especially suitable for improving and complementing faunal analysis. Its effectiveness varies based on the taphonomic processes and the age of the sample itself but, generally, it has a significantly higher success rate than the DNA analysis. Here, we present the possibilities and limitations of proteomic studies in archaeology and preliminary results of the analysis conducted on Palaeolithic sites in Istria, Croatia as a part of the PREHISTRIA project (IP-2019-04-7821) and iNEAL Cost Action (CA-19141).
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- 2022
56. Exploring late Paleolithic and Mesolithic diet in the Eastern Alpine region of Italy through multiple proxies
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Oxilia, Gregorio, Bortolini, Eugenio, Badino, Federica, Gazzoni, Valentina, Lugli, Federico, Romandini, Matteo, Radini, Anita, Terlato, Gabriele, Marciani, Giulia, Silvestrini, Sara, Sartorio, Jessica C. Menghi, Thun Hohenstein, Ursula, Fiorenza, Luca, Kullmer, Ottmar, Tuniz, Claudio, Cecchi, Jacopo Moggi, Talamo, Sahra, Fontana, Federica, Peresani, Marco, Benazzi, Stefano, and Cristiani, Emanuela
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Objectives: The analysis of prehistoric human dietary habits is key for understanding the effects of paleoenvironmental changes on the evolution of cultural and social human behaviors. In this study, we compare results from zooarchaeological, stable isotope and dental calculus analyses as well as lower second molar macrowear patterns to gain a broader understanding of the diet of three individuals who lived between the end of the Late Pleistocene and the Early Holocene (ca., 17���8 ky cal BP) in the Eastern Alpine region of Italy. Materials and methods: We analyze individuals buried at the sites of Riparo Tagliente (Verona), Riparo Villabruna, and Mondeval de Sora (Belluno). The three burials provide a unique dataset for diachronically exploring the influence of climatic changes on human subsistence strategies. Results: Isotopic results indicate that all individuals likely relied on both terrestrial and freshwater animal proteins. Even though dental calculus analysis was, in part, hindered by the amount of mineral deposit available on the teeth, tooth macrowear study suggests that the dietary habits of the individuals included plant foods. Moreover, differences in macrowear patterns of lower second molars have been documented between Neanderthals and modern humans in the present sample, due to a prevalence of Buccal wear among the former as opposed to higher values of Lingual wear in modern human teeth. Discussion: Isotopic analyses have emphasized the contribution of animal proteins in the diet of the three foragers from the Eastern Alpine region. The possible intake of carbohydrate-rich plant foods, suggested by the retrieval of plant remains in dental calculus, is supported by the signal of macrowear analysis. Moreover, the latter method indicates that the distribution of macrowear in lower second molars (M2s) allows us to discriminate between Neanderthals and modern humans within the present reference sample. Overall, our results show these three prehistoric huntergatherers were well adapted to the environment in which they lived exploiting many natural resources.
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57. Marmot hunting during the Upper Palaeolithic: The specialized exploitation at Grotte di Pradis (Italian pre-Alps)
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Nannini, Nicola, primary, Duches, Rossella, additional, Fontana, Alex, additional, Romandini, Matteo, additional, Boschin, Francesco, additional, Crezzini, Jacopo, additional, and Peresani, Marco, additional
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- 2022
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58. Morphologies in‐between: The impact of the first steps on the human talus.
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Figus, Carla, Stephens, Nicholas B., Sorrentino, Rita, Bortolini, Eugenio, Arrighi, Simona, Higgins, Owen A., Lugli, Federico, Marciani, Giulia, Oxilia, Gregorio, Romandini, Matteo, Silvestrini, Sara, Baruffaldi, Fabio, Belcastro, Maria Giovanna, Bernardini, Federico, Festa, Anna, Hajdu, Tamás, Mateovics‐László, Orsolya, Pap, Ildiko, Szeniczey, Tamás, and Tuniz, Claudio
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- 2023
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59. Early Alpine occupation backdates westward human migration in Late Glacial Europe
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Bortolini, Eugenio, Pagani, Luca, Oxilia, Gregorio, Posth, Cosimo, Fontana, Federica, Badino, Federica, Saupe, Tina, Montinaro, Francesco, Margaritora, Davide, Romandini, Matteo, Lugli, Federico, Papini, Andrea, Boggioni, Marco, Perrini, Nicola, Oxilia, Antonio, Cigliano, Riccardo Aiese, Barcelona, Rosa, Visentin, Davide, Fasser, Nicolò, Arrighi, Simona, Figus, Carla, Marciani, Giulia, Silvestrini, Sara, Bernardini, Federico, Menghi Sartorio, Jessica C., Fiorenza, Luca, Cecchi, Jacopo Moggi, Tuniz, Claudio, Kivisild, Toomas, Gianfrancesco, Fernando, Peresani, Marco, Scheib, Christiana L., Talamo, Sahra, D’Esposito, Maurizio, and Benazzi, Stefano
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- 2021
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60. Integrated multidisciplinary ecological analysis from the Uluzzian settlement at the Uluzzo C Rock Shelter, south‐eastern Italy
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Silvestrini, Sara, primary, Romandini, Matteo, additional, Marciani, Giulia, additional, Arrighi, Simona, additional, Carrera, Lisa, additional, Fiorini, Andrea, additional, López‐García, Juan Manuel, additional, Lugli, Federico, additional, Ranaldo, Filomena, additional, Slon, Viviane, additional, Tassoni, Laura, additional, Higgins, Owen Alexander, additional, Bortolini, Eugenio, additional, Curci, Antonio, additional, Meyer, Matthias, additional, Meyer, Michael Christian, additional, Oxilia, Gregorio, additional, Zerboni, Andrea, additional, Benazzi, Stefano, additional, and Spinapolice, Enza Elena, additional
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- 2021
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61. Caccia e alimentazione dal Paleolitico medio al Mesolitico nell’Italia Nord-orientale
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THUN HOHENSTEIN, Ursula, Romandini, Matteo, Ivana, Fiore, Bertolini, Marco, and Antonio, Tagliacozzo
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Hunting, Food, Middle Palaeolithic, Upper Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, northeastern Italy ,Alimentazione ,Caccia, Alimentazione, Paleolitico medio, Paleolitico superiore, Mesolitico, Italia Nordorientale ,Socio-culturale ,Upper Palaeolithic ,SH6_2 ,Mesolitico ,Caccia ,northeastern Italy ,Paleolitico superiore ,Food ,Italia Nordorientale ,Hunting ,Middle Palaeolithic ,Paleolitico medio ,Mesolithic - Published
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62. Late Neanderthal subsistence at San Bernardino Cave (Berici Hills-Northeastern Italy) inferred from zooarchaeological data
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Terlato, Gabriele, Lubrano, Valentina, Romandini, Matteo, Marín Arroyo, Ana Belén, Benazzi, Stefano, Peresani, Marco, Universidad de Cantabria, and Gabriele TERLATO, Valentina LUBRANO, Matteo ROMANDINI, Ana B. MARIN-ARROYO, Stefano BENAZZI, Marco PERESANI
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Middle Paleolithic ,Northeastern Italy ,Zooarchaeology ,SH6_1 ,MIS 3 ,Neanderthal subsistence, Middle Paleolithic, MIS 3, Northeastern Italy, Zooarchaeology ,NO ,Neanderthal subsistence - Abstract
North-eastern Italy is a key region for the study of Neanderthal way of life over a wide timeframe, as attested by over 20 Middle Palaeolithic multi-layered sites in caves, rock shelters and at open-air sites. Here we contribute to increase our understanding of Neanderthal subsistence strategies through the study of the faunal assemblage of Unit II dated to the first half of Marine Isotopic Stage 3 (MIS3), from San Bernardino Cave. The site is located in the Berici Hills, at low altitude near the edge of a karstic plateau dissected by valleys and delimited by the alluvial lowland. Zooarchaeological and taphonomic analyses suggest that Neanderthal groups were the primary agent for the accumulation of mammal remains, and that hunting mainly focused on ungulates, such as Cervus elaphus and Capreolus capreolus. Forested environment sustained by mild climatic conditions is also inferred by micromammals evidence. Our data suggest a selective transport of the prey - even for the roe deer - which might have implied a long distance transportation from the site. Also, it might have been related to the age of the prey or to multiple preys hunted in a single episode. The Bayesian method applied to the analysis of skeletal profiles shows a high level of attrition at the site and a greater degree of processing appendicular skeleton. Neanderthals used San Bernardino Cave as a place where carcasses processing was finalized, after an initial process at the kill-site, and then prepared for consumption. Also, discarded bones were used for lithic manufacturing. The San Bernardino evidence can be compared with productive systems for exploiting available ungulate game from other regional-scale MIS 3 Middle Palaeolithic sites. Excavations and studies at San Bernardino Cave are coordinated by the University of Ferrara (M.P.) and supported by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Tourism and Veneto Archaeological Superintendency (SABAPVerona, Vicenza and Rovigo), public institutions (Veneto Region - Department for Cultural Heritage, Province of Vicenza, Municipality of Mossano). Author contributions: M.P. conceived research; V.L., G.T. and M.R. analysed data; A.B.M.A. supported new radiocarbon dating; S.B. and M.R. are supported by the ERC-CoG Horizon 2020 project SUCCESS (Ref 724046 - website: http://www.erc-success.eu/); G.T. and M.P. wrote the paper with inputs from A.B.M.A., M.R. and S.B. The authors want to acknowledge Lucía Agudo Pérez for graphic support. Radiocarbon dating has been funded by the ERC-CoG Horizon 2020 project SUBSILIENCE (Ref 818299 - website: https://www.subsilience.eu/) led by A. B. Marín-Arroyo.
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63. Exploring directional and fluctuating asymmetry in the human palate during growth
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Oxilia, Gregorio, Menghi Sartorio, Jessica C., Bortolini, Eugenio, Zampirolo, Giulia, Papini, Andrea, Boggioni, Marco, Martini, Sergio, Marciani, Filippo, Arrighi, Simona, Figus, Carla, Marciani, Giulia, Romandini, Matteo, Silvestrini, Sara, Pedrosi, Maria Elena, Mori, Tommaso, Riga, Alessandro, Kullmer, Ottmar, Sarig, Rachel, Fiorenza, Luca, Giganti, Melchiore, Sorrentino, Rita, Belcastro, Maria Giovanna, Cecchi, Jacopo Moggi, Benazzi, Stefano, Oxilia, Gregorio, Menghi Sartorio, Jessica C., Bortolini, Eugenio, Zampirolo, Giulia, Papini, Andrea, Boggioni, Marco, Martini, Sergio, Marciani, Filippo, Arrighi, Simona, Figus, Carla, Marciani, Giulia, Romandini, Matteo, Silvestrini, Sara, Pedrosi, Maria Elena, Mori, Tommaso, Riga, Alessandro, Kullmer, Ottmar, Sarig, Rachel, Fiorenza, Luca, Giganti, Melchiore, Sorrentino, Rita, Belcastro, Maria Giovanna, Cecchi, Jacopo Moggi, and Benazzi, Stefano
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Objectives Palate morphology is constantly changing throughout an individual's lifespan, yet its asymmetry during growth is still little understood. In this research, we focus on the study of palate morphology by using 3D geometric morphometric approaches to observe changes at different stages of life, and to quantify the impact of directional and fluctuating asymmetry on different areas at different growth stages.Materials and Methods The sample consists of 183 individuals (1-72 years) from two identified human skeletal collections of 19th and early 20th Century Italian contexts. A 3D-template of 41 (semi)landmarks was applied on digital palate models to observe morphological variation during growth.Results Asymmetrical components of the morphological structure appears multidirectional on the entire palate surface in individualsDiscussion Morphological structure appears instable during the first year of life and acquires an opposite asymmetric bilateral direction between 2 and 6 years of age. This condition has been also documented in adults; when paired with vertical alteration, anterior/posterior asymmetry seems to characterize palate morphology, which is probably due to mechanical factors during the lifespan. Fluctuating asymmetry is predominant in the first period of life due to a plausible relationship with the strength of morphological instability of the masticatory system. Directional asymmetry, on the other hand, shows that the patterning of group-level morphological change might be explained as a functional response to differential inputs (physiological forces, nutritive and non-nutritive habits, para-masticatory activity as well as the development of speech) in different growth stages. This research has implications with respect to medical and evolutionary fields. In medicine, palate morphology should be considered when planning orthodontic and surgical procedures as it could affect the outcome. As far as an evolutionary perspectiv
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64. Exploring directional and fluctuating asymmetry in the human palate during growth
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Oxilia, Gregorio, primary, Menghi Sartorio, Jessica C., additional, Bortolini, Eugenio, additional, Zampirolo, Giulia, additional, Papini, Andrea, additional, Boggioni, Marco, additional, Martini, Sergio, additional, Marciani, Filippo, additional, Arrighi, Simona, additional, Figus, Carla, additional, Marciani, Giulia, additional, Romandini, Matteo, additional, Silvestrini, Sara, additional, Pedrosi, Maria Elena, additional, Mori, Tommaso, additional, Riga, Alessandro, additional, Kullmer, Ottmar, additional, Sarig, Rachel, additional, Fiorenza, Luca, additional, Giganti, Melchiore, additional, Sorrentino, Rita, additional, Belcastro, Maria Giovanna, additional, Cecchi, Jacopo Moggi, additional, and Benazzi, Stefano, additional
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- 2021
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65. Osseous Retouchers from the Final Mousterian and Uluzzian Levels at Fumane Cave (Verona, Italy)
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Jéquier, Camille, primary, Romandini, Matteo, additional, and Peresani, Marco, additional
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- 2013
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66. Exploring late Paleolithic and Mesolithic diet in the Eastern Alpine region of Italy through multiple proxies
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Oxilia, Gregorio, Bortolini, Eugenio, Badino, Federica, Bernardini, Federico, Gazzoni, Valentina, Lugli, Federico, Romandini, Matteo, Radini, Anita, Terlato, Gabriele, Marciani, Giulia, Silvestrini, Sara, Menghi Sartorio, Jessica, Thun Hohenstein, Ursula, Fiorenza, Luca, Kullmer, Ottmar, Tuniz, Claudio, Moggi Cecchi, Jacopo, Talamo, Sahra, Fontana, Federica, Peresani, Marco, Benazzi, Stefano, Cristiani, Emanuela, Oxilia, Gregorio, Bortolini, Eugenio, Badino, Federica, Bernardini, Federico, Gazzoni, Valentina, Lugli, Federico, Romandini, Matteo, Radini, Anita, Terlato, Gabriele, Marciani, Giulia, Silvestrini, Sara, Menghi Sartorio, Jessica, Thun Hohenstein, Ursula, Fiorenza, Luca, Kullmer, Ottmar, Tuniz, Claudio, Moggi Cecchi, Jacopo, Talamo, Sahra, Fontana, Federica, Peresani, Marco, Benazzi, Stefano, and Cristiani, Emanuela
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© 2020 The Authors. American Journal of Physical Anthropology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. Objectives: The analysis of prehistoric human dietary habits is key for understanding the effects of paleoenvironmental changes on the evolution of cultural and social human behaviors. In this study, we compare results from zooarchaeological, stable isotope and dental calculus analyses as well as lower second molar macrowear patterns to gain a broader understanding of the diet of three individuals who lived between the end of the Late Pleistocene and the Early Holocene (ca., 17–8 ky cal BP) in the Eastern Alpine region of Italy. Materials and methods: We analyze individuals buried at the sites of Riparo Tagliente (Verona), Riparo Villabruna, and Mondeval de Sora (Belluno). The three burials provide a unique dataset for diachronically exploring the influence of climatic changes on human subsistence strategies. Results: Isotopic results indicate that all individuals likely relied on both terrestrial and freshwater animal proteins. Even though dental calculus analysis was, in part, hindered by the amount of mineral deposit available on the teeth, tooth macrowear study suggests that the dietary habits of the individuals included plant foods. Moreover, differences in macrowear patterns of lower second molars have been documented between Neanderthals and modern humans in the present sample, due to a prevalence of Buccal wear among the former as opposed to higher values of Lingual wear in modern human teeth. Discussion: Isotopic analyses have emphasized the contribution of animal proteins in the diet of the three foragers from the Eastern Alpine region. The possible intake of carbohydrate-rich plant foods, suggested by the retrieval of plant remains in dental calculus, is supported by the signal of macrowear analysis. Moreover, the latter method indicates that the distribution of macrowear in lower second molars (M2s) allows us to discriminate between Neanderthals and modern h
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- 2020
67. The De Nadale Cave, a single layered Quina Mousterian site in the North of Italy
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Jéquier Camille, Peresani Marco, Delpiano Davide, Joannes Boyau Renaud, Lembo Giuseppe, Livraghi Alessandra, López García Juan Manuel, Obradović Marija, Nicosia Cristiano, ROMANDINI, MATTEO, Jéquier Camille, Peresani Marco, Romandini Matteo, Delpiano Davide, Joannes-Boyau Renaud, Lembo Giuseppe, Livraghi Alessandra, López-García Juan Manuel, Obradović Marija, and Nicosia Cristiano
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Lithic industry ,010506 paleontology ,060102 archaeology ,Berici hills ,Cave ,Excavation ,Mousterian ,Zooarchaeology ,Socio-culturale ,06 humanities and the arts ,01 natural sciences ,0601 history and archaeology ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
This article presents the results of archaeological exploration at De Nadale Cave, a new Late Middle Palaeolithic site recently discovered in the Berici Hills, a karstic plateau in the north-east of Italy. A first survey and field campaigns have brought to light a small cavity almost totally filled with sediments embedding one single Mousterian layer sandwiched by sediments avoid of any relevant archaeological remains. A large herbivore tooth has been U-Th dated, with a minimum age of 70.2 +1/-0.9 ky BP. Several economic and cultural aspects make this site peculiar with respect to the others at the regional scale. The faunal remains record the abundance of large ungulates, mostly Megaloceros giganteus, but also Cervus elaphus and Bos/Bison. Their bone surfaces bear traces of human modification produced during skinning, dismembering, and fracturing of the carcasses and the long bone shafts for marrow recovery. There is a high number of bone retouchers in proportion to the fragmented shafts, used for shaping and rejuvenating different types of scrapers. The lithic industry shows typical Quina characteristics in its technology and typology, with several thin and thick scrapers made of non-local flint due to its absence in proximity of the site. On-going research will investigate in more detail a so specific evidence in the Middle Palaeolithic of the North-Adriatic rim.
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68. Exploring late Paleolithic and Mesolithic diet in the Eastern Alpine region of Italy through multiple proxies
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Oxilia, Gregorio, primary, Bortolini, Eugenio, additional, Badino, Federica, additional, Bernardini, Federico, additional, Gazzoni, Valentina, additional, Lugli, Federico, additional, Romandini, Matteo, additional, Radini, Anita, additional, Terlato, Gabriele, additional, Marciani, Giulia, additional, Silvestrini, Sara, additional, Menghi Sartorio, Jessica C., additional, Thun Hohenstein, Ursula, additional, Fiorenza, Luca, additional, Kullmer, Ottmar, additional, Tuniz, Claudio, additional, Moggi Cecchi, Jacopo, additional, Talamo, Sahra, additional, Fontana, Federica, additional, Peresani, Marco, additional, Benazzi, Stefano, additional, and Cristiani, Emanuela, additional
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69. Early Alpine occupation backdates westward human migration in Late Glacial Europe
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Bortolini, Eugenio, primary, Pagani, Luca, additional, Oxilia, Gregorio, additional, Posth, Cosimo, additional, Fontana, Federica, additional, Badino, Federica, additional, Saupe, Tina, additional, Montinaro, Francesco, additional, Margaritora, Davide, additional, Romandini, Matteo, additional, Lugli, Federico, additional, Papini, Andrea, additional, Boggioni, Marco, additional, Perrini, Nicola, additional, Oxilia, Antonio, additional, Cigliano, Riccardo Aiese, additional, Barcelona, Rosa, additional, Visentin, Davide, additional, Fasser, Nicolò, additional, Arrighi, Simona, additional, Figus, Carla, additional, Marciani, Giulia, additional, Silvestrini, Sara, additional, Bernardini, Federico, additional, Sartorio, Jessica C. Menghi, additional, Fiorenza, Luca, additional, Moggi Cecchi, Jacopo, additional, Tuniz, Claudio, additional, Kivisild, Toomas, additional, Gianfrancesco, Fernando, additional, Peresani, Marco, additional, Scheib, Christiana L., additional, Talamo, Sahra, additional, D’Esposito, Maurizio, additional, and Benazzi, Stefano, additional
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- 2020
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70. Peopling dynamics in the Mediterranean area between 45 and 39 ky ago: State of art and new data
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Benazzi, Stefano, primary, Arrighi, Simona, additional, Badino, Federica, additional, Bortolini, Eugenio, additional, Figus, Carla, additional, Lugli, Federico, additional, Marciani, Giulia, additional, Oxilia, Gregorio, additional, Romandini, Matteo, additional, Silvestrini, Sara, additional, Boscato, Paolo, additional, Cipriani, Anna, additional, Moroni, Adriana, additional, Negrino, Fabio, additional, Peresani, Marco, additional, Pini, Roberta, additional, Ravazzi, Cesare, additional, Ronchitelli, Annamaria, additional, and Spinapolice, Enza, additional
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- 2020
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71. Refining the Uluzzian through a new lithic assemblage from Roccia San Sebastiano (Mondragone, southern Italy)
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Collina, Carmine, primary, Marciani, Giulia, additional, Martini, Ivan, additional, Donadio, Carlo, additional, Repola, Leopoldo, additional, Bortolini, Eugenio, additional, Arrighi, Simona, additional, Badino, Federica, additional, Figus, Carla, additional, Lugli, Federico, additional, Oxilia, Gregorio, additional, Romandini, Matteo, additional, Silvestrini, Sara, additional, Piperno, Marcello, additional, and Benazzi, Stefano, additional
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- 2020
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72. An overview of Alpine and Mediterranean palaeogeography, terrestrial ecosystems and climate history during MIS 3 with focus on the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition
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Badino, Federica, primary, pini, roberta, additional, ravazzi, cesare, additional, margaritora, davide, additional, arrighi, simona, additional, bortolini, eugenio, additional, figus, carla, additional, giaccio, biagio, additional, lugli, federico, additional, marciani, giulia, additional, monegato, giovanni, additional, moroni, adriana, additional, negrino, fabio, additional, oxilia, gregorio, additional, peresani, marco, additional, romandini, matteo, additional, ronchitelli, annamaria, additional, spinapolice, enza e., additional, zerboni, andrea, additional, and benazzi, stefano, additional
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- 2020
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73. Fast offline data reduction of laser ablation MC-ICP-MS Sr isotope measurements via an interactive Excel-based spreadsheet ‘SrDR’
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Lugli, Federico, primary, Weber, Michael, additional, Giovanardi, Tommaso, additional, Arrighi, Simona, additional, Bortolini, Eugenio, additional, Figus, Carla, additional, Marciani, Giulia, additional, Oxilia, Gregorio, additional, Romandini, Matteo, additional, Silvestrini, Sara, additional, Jochum, Klaus Peter, additional, Benazzi, Stefano, additional, and Cipriani, Anna, additional
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- 2020
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74. Late Pleistocene fossil birds from Buso Doppio del Broion Cave (North-Eastern Italy): Implications for palaeoecology, palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimate
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Carrera, Lisa, Marco, Pavia, Peresani, Marco, Romandini, Matteo, Carrera, Lisa, Pavia, Marco, Peresani, Marco, and Romandini, Matteo
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Avifauna, Systematics, Late Pleistocene, Last Glacial Maximum, North-Eastern Italy ,Systematic ,North-Eastern Italy ,Systematics ,Avifauna ,Ambientale ,Last glacial maximum ,Paleontology ,Late pleistocene - Abstract
The taxonomic and taphonomic analysis of the bird fossil remains from Buso Doppio del Broion Cave (Vicenza), located in the Berici Hills in North-Eastern Italy, are presented herein. The investigated deposits are referred to the end of MIS 3 and the boundary with MIS 2, in a phase of climate harshening. At least 44 species have been identified in the study, which indicate the presence of a wide variety of environments in the surroundings of the cave, such as conifer or mixed forests, open areas with rocky cliffs or crags, grasslands, steppes and slow flowing water bodies. Of particular interest are two Boreal taxa, Bubo scandiacus and Surnia ulula, which are considered markers of a colder climate than the present one. The S. ulula specimen represents the second Pleistocene fossil record of this species in Italy, attesting the presence of this taxon across the MIS 3/MIS 2 boundary, at least in the southern fringes of the Alps. Furthermore, the deposit provided the first Italian Pleistocene fossil remains of Troglodytes troglodytes and Phoenicurus ochruros. This contribution provides noteworthy new data about the southward range shift of Boreal bird species during the cold phases of the Pleistocene and gives new insights into the palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimate of North-Eastern Italy at the end of MIS 3 and the onset of the Last Glacial Maximum.
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75. Integrated multidisciplinary ecological analysis from the Uluzzian settlement at the Uluzzo C Rock Shelter, south‐eastern Italy.
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Silvestrini, Sara, Romandini, Matteo, Marciani, Giulia, Arrighi, Simona, Carrera, Lisa, Fiorini, Andrea, López‐García, Juan Manuel, Lugli, Federico, Ranaldo, Filomena, Slon, Viviane, Tassoni, Laura, Higgins, Owen Alexander, Bortolini, Eugenio, Curci, Antonio, Meyer, Matthias, Meyer, Michael Christian, Oxilia, Gregorio, Zerboni, Andrea, Benazzi, Stefano, and Spinapolice, Enza Elena
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OPTICALLY stimulated luminescence ,CAVES ,OPTICALLY stimulated luminescence dating ,INTERDISCIPLINARY research ,FOSSIL DNA ,MIDDLE Paleolithic Period - Abstract
The Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition, between 50 000 and 40 000 years ago, is a period of important ecological and cultural changes. In this framework, the Rock Shelter of Uluzzo C (Apulia, southern Italy) represents an important site due to Late Mousterian and Uluzzian evidence preserved in its stratigraphic sequence. Here, we present the results of a multidisciplinary analysis performed on the materials collected between 2016 and 2018 from the Uluzzian stratigraphic units (SUs) 3, 15 and 17. The analysis involved lithic technology, use‐wear, zooarchaeology, ancient DNA of sediments and palaeoproteomics, completed by quartz single‐grain optically stimulated luminescence dating of the cave sediments. The lithic assemblage is characterized by a volumetric production and a debitage with no or little management of the convexities (by using the bipolar technique), with the objective to produce bladelets and flakelets. The zooarchaeological study found evidence of butchery activity and of the possible exploitation of marine resources, while drawing a picture of a patchy landscape, composed of open forests and dry open environments surrounding the shelter. Ancient mitochondrial DNA from two mammalian taxa were recovered from the sediments. Preliminary zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry results are consistent with ancient DNA and zooarchaeological taxonomic information, while further palaeoproteomics investigations are ongoing. Our new data from the re‐discovery of the Uluzzo C Rock Shelter represent an important contribution to better understand the meaning of the Uluzzian in the context of the Middle/Upper Palaeolithic transition in south‐eastern Italy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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76. The Uluzzian in the north of Italy. Insights around the new evidence at Riparo Broion Rockshelter
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Peresani, Marco, Bertola, Stefano, Delpiano, Davide, Stefano, Benazzi, and Romandini, Matteo
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Radiocarbon dating ,Italy ,Socio-culturale ,Uluzzian ,Rockshelter ,Palaeolithic, Uluzzian, Radiocarbon dating, Bead, Rockshelter, Italy ,Bead ,Palaeolithic - Published
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77. Exploring age-related variations during talar growth
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Figus, Carla, Stephens, Nicholas B., Sorrentino, Rita, Bortolini, Eugenio, Scalise, Lucia M., Gabanini, Gaia, Romandini, Matteo, Lugli, Federico, Arrighi, Simona, Badino, Federica, Marciani, Giulia, Oxilia, Gregorio, Panetta, Daniele, Belcastro, Maria G., Harcourt-Smith, William, Ryan, Timothy M., and Benazzi, Stefano
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This study is part of an ongoing project aiming to unravel the different phases of growth during talar development. Overall, our preliminary results suggest that age-related morphological variations of the talus may be used to determine the general age of juvenile skeletal remains, which could be valuable to many archaeological and forensic researchers. Future studies will explore larger samples, including individuals younger than 12 months, and a more in depth analysis (i.e., single surfaces) to better evaluate differences between groups.
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78. Marine and freshwater shell exploitation in the Early Upper Palaeolithic. Re-examination of the assemblages from Fumane Cave (NE Italy)
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Peresani, Marco, Forte, Manuela, Ermanno, Quaggiotto, Colonese, André C., Romandini, Matteo, Cilli, Cristina, and Giacobini, Giacomo
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Socio-culturale - Published
- 2019
79. Il Musteriano delle unità A10 e A11 a Grotta di Fumane (VR). Risultati delle campagne di scavo 2014, 2016 e 2017
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Peresani, Marco, Delpiano, Davide, Duches, Rossella, Gennai, Jacopo, Marcazzan, Diana, Nannini, Nicola, Romandini, Matteo, Tassoni, Laura, Aleo, Alessandro, Cocilova, Arianna, and Benazzi, Stefano
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In questo lavoro vengono presentati i risultati delle ultime tre campagne di scavo effettuate a Grotta di Fumane. Le ricerche hanno riguardato la parte orientale esterna della grotta per una superficie totale di 6 m2 con l’obiettivo di indagare le unità basali del Musteriano Finale A10 e A11, datate ad oltre 48 ka cal BP (Peresani, 2012; López-García et alii, 2015). È stata esposta una sequenza finemente stratificata di sottili livelli antropizzati all’interno dell’unità A10 e di un unico livello in A11 con strutture di combustione distribuite lungo l’intera sequenza stratigrafica. L’insieme faunistico mostra caratteristiche tipiche dell’accumulo antropico e ricalca quello della sovrastante unità A9 (Cassoli, Tagliacozzo, 1991; Romandini et alii, 2014). L’industria litica denota una marcata presenza del metodo Levallois, in particolare la modalità unipolare per la produzione di supporti allungati, e una presenza, per quanto largamente minoritaria, del metodo Discoide nella parte alta dell’unità A10 (Gennai, 2017). Nel complesso, le unità A10 e A11 hanno rivelato importanti testimonianze del comportamento dei Neandertaliani del MIS3 che saranno contestualizzate in questa regione del Mediterraneo centrale. I risultati inducono a proseguire le ricerche., Sezione di Museologia Scientifica e Naturalistica, Vol 13 (2017): IV IAPP - Ferrara 2018
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- 2018
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80. Avian fossil assemblages at the onset of LGM in the Eastern Alps: A palaecological contribution from the Rio Secco Cave (Italy) [Assemblages fossiles d’oiseaux au commencement du dernier maximum glaciaire dans les Alpes oreintales : une contribution paléo-écologique de la grotte du Rio Secco (Italie)]
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Lisa, Carrera, Marco, Pavia, Romandini, Matteo, and Peresani, Marco
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Birds ,Late Pleistocene ,Last Glacial Maximum ,Italy ,Systematics ,Birds, Late Pleistocene, Last Glacial Maximum, Eastern alps, Italy, Systematics, Palaeoecology, Rio Secco cave ,Socio-culturale ,Palaeoecology ,Eastern alps ,Rio Secco cave - Published
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81. Discovery, excavation and first data from a Quina Mousterian site: De Nadale Cave (Vicenza)
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Peresani Marco, Delpiano Davide, Jéquier Camille, Livraghi Alessandra, ROMANDINI, MATTEO, Peresani Marco, Delpiano Davide, Jéquier Camille, Livraghi Alessandra, and Romandini Matteo
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Palaeolithic, discovery, excavation, Quina, Mousterian, De Nadale Cave, Italy ,NO - Published
- 2016
82. L’Albania Sud-Occidentale, un corridoio Paleolitico per la costa Nord-Mediterranea
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Peresani Marco, Gjipali Ilirjan, Ruka Rudenç, ROMANDINI, MATTEO, Sonia Antonelli, Roberta Belli Pasqua, Sofia Cingolani, Dhimiter Çondi, Sandro De Maria, Giacomo Disantarosa, Anna Gamberini, Ilirjan Gjipali, Danilo Leone, Giuseppe Lepore, Belisa Muka, Marco Peresani, Roberto Perna, Luan Përzhita, Matteo Romandini, Rudenç Ruka, Sara Santoro, David Sforzini, Maria Turchiano, Giuliano Volpe, G. Lepore, Peresani Marco, Gjipali Ilirjan, Romandini Matteo, and Ruka Rudenç
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Neanderthal ,Sapiens ,Albania Sud - Occidentale ,Adriatico ,Socio-culturale ,Ambientale ,Paleolitico - Abstract
L'Albania e i Balcani occidentali rappresentano una lacuna nell’archeologia del Paleolitico, un periodo interessato da profondi cambiamenti geografici ed ecologici e da vasti flussi migratori attorno al Bacino Adriatico. Questa mancanza di dati non può essere ascritta a un deficit nella presenza umana. Al contrario, l’assetto morfologico della larga fascia che si estende dalla costa marina verso l’interno, attraversata da fiumi che scorrono in valli orientate NW-SE in un paesaggio montano, rappresenta un ottimo contesto per l’insediamento dei cacciatori-raccoglitori. Tale situazione può essere comparata a contesti simili in Grecia, Dalmazia e lungo il versante adriatico dell’Appennino. A rinforzare questa prima valutazione, bisogna tenere presente che il paesaggio albanese include anche ripari, grotte e terrazzi fluviali, oltre a vasti affioramenti di formazioni carbonatiche ricche di selci. La sfida del progetto di ricerca l’Albania sud-occidentale, un corridoio paleolitico per la costa nord mediterranea è quella di produrre delle evidenze paleoantropologiche utili a ricostruire l’evoluzione delle società paleolitiche in questa parte del Bacino Adriatico e inserirla nel vasto scenario balcanico. Temi come il popolamento Neandertaliano, la diffusione dell’Uomo Anatomicamente Moderno, il popolamento durante l’Ultimo Massimo Glaciale, l’incremento demografico nel Tardoglaciale e la transizione al Postglaciale, sono di notevole rilevanza.
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83. Exploring late Paleolithic and Mesolithic diet in the Eastern Alpine region of Italy through multiple proxies.
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Oxilia, Gregorio, Bortolini, Eugenio, Badino, Federica, Bernardini, Federico, Gazzoni, Valentina, Lugli, Federico, Romandini, Matteo, Radini, Anita, Terlato, Gabriele, Marciani, Giulia, Silvestrini, Sara, Menghi Sartorio, Jessica C., Thun Hohenstein, Ursula, Fiorenza, Luca, Kullmer, Ottmar, Tuniz, Claudio, Moggi Cecchi, Jacopo, Talamo, Sahra, Fontana, Federica, and Peresani, Marco
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FOOD habits ,PREHISTORIC food ,PALEO diet ,MESOLITHIC Period ,HUMAN evolution - Abstract
Objectives: The analysis of prehistoric human dietary habits is key for understanding the effects of paleoenvironmental changes on the evolution of cultural and social human behaviors. In this study, we compare results from zooarchaeological, stable isotope and dental calculus analyses as well as lower second molar macrowear patterns to gain a broader understanding of the diet of three individuals who lived between the end of the Late Pleistocene and the Early Holocene (ca., 17–8 ky cal BP) in the Eastern Alpine region of Italy. Materials and methods: We analyze individuals buried at the sites of Riparo Tagliente (Verona), Riparo Villabruna, and Mondeval de Sora (Belluno). The three burials provide a unique dataset for diachronically exploring the influence of climatic changes on human subsistence strategies. Results: Isotopic results indicate that all individuals likely relied on both terrestrial and freshwater animal proteins. Even though dental calculus analysis was, in part, hindered by the amount of mineral deposit available on the teeth, tooth macrowear study suggests that the dietary habits of the individuals included plant foods. Moreover, differences in macrowear patterns of lower second molars have been documented between Neanderthals and modern humans in the present sample, due to a prevalence of Buccal wear among the former as opposed to higher values of Lingual wear in modern human teeth. Discussion Isotopic analyses have emphasized the contribution of animal proteins in the diet of the three foragers from the Eastern Alpine region. The possible intake of carbohydrate‐rich plant foods, suggested by the retrieval of plant remains in dental calculus, is supported by the signal of macrowear analysis. Moreover, the latter method indicates that the distribution of macrowear in lower second molars (M2s) allows us to discriminate between Neanderthals and modern humans within the present reference sample. Overall, our results show these three prehistoric hunter‐gatherers were well adapted to the environment in which they lived exploiting many natural resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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84. Il Musteriano delle unità A10 e A11 a Grotta di Fumane (VR). Risultati delle campagne di scavo 2014 e 2016
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Peresani, Marco, Delpiano, Davide, Duches, Rossella, Gennai, Jacopo, Diana, Marcazzan, Nannini, Nicola, Romandini, Matteo, Aleo, Alessandro, and Cocilova, Arianna
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Archeozoologia ,Industria litica ,Musteriano, Industria litica, Archeozoologia, Grotta di Fumane, Italia ,Socio-culturale ,Grotta di Fumane ,Musteriano ,Italia - Published
- 2017
85. Tool-kits, subsistence and land-use patterns: Neanderthal ecology revisited across a dense cultural sequence in the Alpine chain
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Peresani, Marco, Delpiano, Davide, Heasley, K., Nannini, Nicola, and Romandini, Matteo
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Socio-culturale - Published
- 2017
86. Tool-kits, subsistence and land-use patterns: Neanderthal ecology revisited across a dense cultural sequence in the Alpine chain
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Peresani M., Delpiano D., Heasley K., Nannini N., ROMANDINI, MATTEO, Peresani M., Delpiano D., Heasley K., Nannini N., and Romandini M.
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Tool-kits, Neanderthal ecology, Italy, Alpine chain - Abstract
Studies of the way Neanderthal groups used knapping technologies and organized their economy and land-use are sparse in Europe and even scantier in the Alps, so only in some regions can cyclical and seasonal residential movements be inferred from data on the exploitation of ungulates with variable levels of migratory behavior. Two of the most widespread methods used in stone knapping were the Discoidal and Levallois. However, analyses of these lithic artifacts are not yet sufficiently integrated into a corpus of zooarchaeological indicators that outline an ecological profile of Neanderthal mobility. To address this issue, this study presents evidence from Grotta di Fumane in northern Italy, where the use of manufacturing technologies is embedded in a dense Late Mousterian sequence. Given the specific ecological and contextual setting on the Southern Alps, we assume that Neanderthals exploited knappable rocks balancing transport costs and utility and that hunting activity was shaped by the availability of game and that well-established, cost-effective patterns were used in carcass processing. Compared on a broader scale with other contexts, these foraging practices show striking differences each other and suggest that a common model for Neanderthal subsistence strategy cannot be applied.
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87. I PRIMI OCCUPANTI DELLE PREALPI CARNICHE
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Peresani, Marco, Romandini, Matteo, Terlato, Gabriele, Peresani Marco, Romandini Matteo, and Terlato gabriele
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Neanderthal ,Middle Paleolithic ,Socio-culturale ,Ambientale ,Nordeastern Italy ,Ursidae ,Archaeozoology - Abstract
Nelle Prealpi Carniche un ampia cavità di natura carsica conserva le testimonianze archeologiche più recenti degli ultimi gruppi neandertaliani nell’Italia nord-orientale. La Grotta del Rio Secco, sull’Altopiano di Pradis (PN), a 580 metri s.l.m, offre un panorama completo delle attività e delle strategie adattative di questi primi abitanti durante il Paleolitico medio. In the Carnic Prealps a large carsic cavity preserves archaeological evidences of the last Neanderthals in Nordeastern Italy: is Rio Secco Cave, situated at an elevation of 580 m. a.s.l. on the Pradis Plateau (PN), that offer us a complete overview about the subsistence and adaptive strategies of first Prealps inhabitants during Middle Paleolithic.
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88. Chronological and Isotopic data support a revision for the timing of cave bear extinction in Mediterranean Europe
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Terlato, Gabriele, primary, Bocherens, Hervé, additional, Romandini, Matteo, additional, Nannini, Nicola, additional, Hobson, Keith A., additional, and Peresani, Marco, additional
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- 2018
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89. Late neandertals and the exploitation of small mammals in northern Italy: fortuity, necessity or hunting variability?
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Romandini, Matteo, primary, hohenstein, Ursula Thun, additional, Fiore, Ivana, additional, Tagliacozzo, Antonio, additional, Perez, Andrea, additional, Lubrano, Valentina, additional, Terlato, Gabriele, additional, and Peresani, Marco, additional
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90. Strategie di sfruttamento delle risorse animali dei livelli uluzziani di Grotta di Fumane (Verona)
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Romandini, Matteo, Tagliacozzo, Antonio, Fiore, Ivana, Gala, Monica, and Peresani, Marco
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Riassunto - La Grotta di Fumane (Verona), situata sui monti Lessini Occidentali, ad una quota di 350 m s.l.m., presenta una serie stratigrafica conservante il passaggio dal Paleolitico medio al Paleolitico superiore. Le unità A3 e A4, caratterizzate da un’industria litica di tipo Uluzziano, attestano una frequentazione della cavità attorno ai 37,4 – 38,3 14C Ky BP, (OIS 3). L’analisi dell’insieme faunistico mostra una ricca associazione di ungulati, carnivori ed uccelli appartenenti ad ambienti e climi differenti. Gli animali più cacciati sono il cervo e lo stambecco seguiti dal capriolo, e in misura minore camoscio, megacero e bisonte. L’analisi tafonomica rivela la presenza di tracce antropiche riferibili alle diverse attività di macellazione sulla quasi totalità degli ungulati presenti in entrambe le unità. Un quadro più articolato sembra risultare dallo studio approfondito del trasporto e sfruttamento delle carcasse di cervo e stambecco oltre che dalla presenza di tracce di macellazione sulle superfici ossee di carnivori. Modificazioni antropiche sono state osservate anche su pochi resti di uccelli. Summary - Exploitation strategies of the animal resources from the Uluzzian levels of Grotta di Fumane (Verona, Italy). Grotta di Fumane (Verona-Italy), located in the western Monti Lessini,, at 350 m a.s.l., presents a stratigraphic sequence thick that includes the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic transition. Units A3 and A4, characterized by an Uluzzian lithic industry, bear evidences of the frequentation of the cave around 37.4 – 38.3 14C Ky BP (OIS 3). The analysis of the faunal assemblage shows a rich ungulate, carnivore and bird association, belonging to different environments and climates. The most frequently hunted animals are: red deer and ibex followedby roe deer, and, to a lesser extent, chamois, giant deer and bison. The taphonomic analysis reveals the presence of human modifications referable to different butchering activities on almost all the ungulate taxa from the investigated units. A more specific pattern seems to arise from the thorough study on the transportation and exploitation of red deer and ibex carcasses, as well as the presence of butchery induced traces on carnivores’ bones. Anthropic modifications have been observed also on a few bird bones., Sezione di Museologia Scientifica e Naturalistica, Vol 12, N° 1 (2016): Atti del 7° Convegno Nazionale di Archeozoologia - Comunicazioni
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- 2016
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91. Ritoccatori in materia dura animale, confronto tra Musteriano finale (44 ky cal. BP) e Uluzziano (42 ky cal. BP) in Nord Italia: il caso di Grotta di Fumane
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Jéquier, Camille, Romandini, Matteo, and Peresani, Marco
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Riassunto - I ritoccatori in materie dure animali utilizzati per modificare i margini delle schegge litiche sono oggetto di studio sempre più approfondito e si rivelano molto diffusi, sia geograficamente che cronologicamente. In Italia sono abbondanti in siti e livelli del Musteriano finale ma presenti e utilizzati anche nell’Uluzziano. Al fine di rilevare eventuali differenze culturali nell’utilizzo di tali manufatti, questo lavoro presenta un confronto qualitativo interno alla sequenza stratigrafica della Grotta di Fumane (Verona), dalla quale per le unità in oggetto sono stati individuati più di 150 strumenti nei due diversi tecno-complessi. Sia a livello tassonomico (soprattutto il cervo) che anatomico (prevalentemente femori e tibie), i ritoccatori presentano un’importante omogeneità. Sono stati identificati quattro tipi di stigmate: impronte puntiformi, lineari, strie e tacche. Queste sono solitamente inscrivibili in aree circoscritte con anche tre zone di utilizzo per una singola diafisi. L’analisi rileva tra i due tecno-complessi grandi similitudini, sovrapposizioni tecniche e alcune divergenze legate principalmente all’intensità e al modo di utilizzo. Summary - Bone retouchers, a comparison between final Mousterian (44 ky cal. BP) and Uluzzian (42 ky cal. BP) in North Italia, the case of Fumane Cave Hard osseous retouchers, used for the modification of stone flakes margins, have been ever more accurately studied and it appears they are very diffused, be it geographically or chronogically. In Italy, they are abundant in final Mousterian sites and layers as well as during the Uluzzian period. In order to pinpoint the possible cultural discrepancies in using these artifacts, this study mostly relies on a qualitative stratigraphical comparison within the Fumane Cave (VR) sequence, where over 150 pieces from the aforementioned two different techno-complexes were discovered. The retouchers present an important homogeneity regarding either the faunal spectrum of the species (mostly deer) or the anatomical segments (femurs and tibias) that were preferred. Four kind of stigmata have been identified: punctiform and stretched impressions, strias and notches. They are usually located in small superficies on a long bone diaphysis, which can bear up to three utilisation zones. On a whole, we noticed wide technical similarities, but some differences were noted, such as a discrepancy in the intensity and the utilisation modalities., Sezione di Museologia Scientifica e Naturalistica, Vol 12, N° 1 (2016): Atti del 7° Convegno Nazionale di Archeozoologia - Comunicazioni
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92. Giant deers and large-sized bovids exploited by Quina Neanderthals in the North of Italy
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Livraghi, Alessandra, Romandini, Matteo, and Peresani, Marco
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93. Bovines, food resource and prey during middle and upper Palaeolithic in north-east Italy. !e case studies of Fumane cave and San Bernardino cave
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Terlato, Gabriele, Romandini, Matteo, and Peresani, Marco
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Taphonomy ,Socio-culturale ,Ambientale ,Key words: Bovines ,North-East Italy MUPT ,Key words: Bovines, Archaeozoology, Taphonomy, North-East Italy MUPT ,Archaeozoology - Published
- 2016
94. Experience of archaeological didactics and museal interaction on the Palaeolithic of the Pradis Plateau (Pordenone, Italy)
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Romandini, Matteo, Del Missier, Flavio, Cescutti, Giuliano, Aviani, Chiara, Terlato, Gabriele, Scaramucci, Sem, L��one, Aur��li��, Zunnui, Elisa, Carrara, Lisa, and Peresani, Marco
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The ���Museo della Grotta��� was opened to the public in 2001, in the small mountain village of Pradis (Clauzetto). Since that year, the activity of the museum has been deeply bound to the scientific research carried out by the University of Ferrara on the prehistoric sites of Clusantin and Rio Secco caves. In last years, the museum and the Municipal administration launched many new cultural and educational activities such as: the ���Prehistory Days���, conferences and courses for local guides. Nowadays the museum activities of cultural enhancement of the territory and scientific research represent a key attraction to the Pradis Valley, acting in this scenario as a promotion hub for the whole territory., Annali online della Didattica e della Formazione Docente, Vol 7, N�� 10 (2015): Musei e didattica
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- 2015
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95. La diffusione del primo Aurignaziano a sud dell’arco alpino
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Bertola Stefano, Broglio Alberto, Cristiani Emanuela, De Stefani Mirco, Gurioli Fabio, Negrino Fabio, Vanhaeren Marian, ROMANDINI, MATTEO, Bertola Stefano, Broglio Alberto, Cristiani Emanuela, De Stefani Mirco, Gurioli Fabio, Negrino Fabio, Vanhaeren Marian, and Romandini Matteo
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Balzi Rossi ,Spread ,Diffusione ,Socio-culturale ,Ambientale ,Parole chiave: Italia Settentrionale ,Northern Italy ,Protoaurignacian ,Northern Italy, Protoaurignacian, Spread, Fumane, Balzi Rossi ,Parole chiave: Italia Settentrionale, Protoaurignaziano, Diffusione, Fumane, Balzi Rossi Key words: Northern Italy, Protoaurignacian, Spread, Fumane, Balzi Rossi ,Fumane ,Protoaurignaziano ,Balzi Rossi Key words: Northern Italy - Abstract
RIASSUNTO - La diffusione del primo Aurignaziano a sud dell’arco alpino - I siti protoaurignaziani del Riparo Mochi e del Riparo Bombrini (Balzi Rossi, Alpi Marittime) e della Grotta di Fumane (Prealpi Venete) vengono confrontati sulla base dei seguenti aspetti: cronologia, aree di approvvigionamento dei materiali litici, lavorazione della selce (catene operative, prodotti, tipologia), manufatti in materie dure animali e provenienza delle conchiglie marine usate come parures. La comparsa del Protoaurignaziano nelle serie stratigrafiche dei tre siti avviene nel medesimo intervallo cronologico. Le industrie ricadono nella tradizione tecnologica del Protoaurignaziano, ma si differenziano per quanto riguarda aree di approvvigionamento della selce e tipologia delle armature. Le ricerche sinora condotte su scala europea attribuiscono al medesimo gruppo “italo-greco” le conchiglie marine dei tre siti; per la collezione di Fumane non vi sono dati sufficienti per stabilire la provenienza adriatica o tirrenica, anche se quest’ultima pare più probabile. Rapporti tra Fumane e spiagge liguri sono suggeriti anche da alcuni ciottoli utilizzati nel sito veneto. In conclusione: allo stato delle ricerche non pare possibile indicare, per l’Italia settentrionale, un modello di diffusione del Protoaurignaziano da est verso ovest o viceversa. I siti dei Balzi Rossi e di Fumane potrebbero essere espressione della migrazione di due gruppi di Uomini Moderni diversi, anche se legati da una medesima tradizione culturale. SUMMARY - The diffusion of the earliest Aurignacian south of the Alpine mountain range - The protoaurignacian assemblages of Mochi and Bombrini Shelters (Balzi Rossi, Maritime Alps) and Fumane Cave (Venetian Prealps) are compared on the basis of the following aspects: chronology, provenance of lithic raw material, techno-typological features of both lithic and bone industries and provenance of the marine shells used as personal ornaments. The Protoaurignacian is dated to the same chronological interval in the stratigraphic sequence of the three sites. The lithic industries belong to the technological tradition of the Protoaurignacian, but a difference between sites is observed in the provisioning areas of lithic raw material and in the typology of armatures. Analysis of aurignacian bead-types across Europe, attributes the marine shells of the three sites to an “italian-greek” group. Present data do not allow establishing the Adriatic or Tyrrhenian provenance of the Fumane marine shell-bead collection, although the latter seems more probable. A link between Fumane and the ligurian shores is also suggested by some pebbles used in the former site. The current state of knowledge does not favour a Protoaurignacian spreading model from east to west or vice versa. The Balzi Rossi and Fumane sites could have been the expressions of the migrations of different human groups, even if linked by a common cultural tradition.
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96. First report from the excavations at De Nadale Cave, a single layered Mousterian site in the North of Italy
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Jéquier, C., Delpiano, Davide, López García, J. M., Lembo, G., Livraghi, A., Obradović, M., Romandini, Matteo, Peresani, Marco, Jéquier C., Delpiano D., López-García J.M., Lembo G., Livraghi A., Obradović M., Romandini M., and Peresani M.
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Mousterian, zooarchaeology, lithic industry, cave, excavation, Berici Hills ,Socio-culturale - Abstract
This article presents the results of archaeological exploration at De Nadale Cave, a new Late Middle Palaeolithic site recently discovered in the Berici Hills, a karstic plateau in the north-east of Italy. A first survey and field campaigns have brought to light a small cavity almost totally filled with sediments embedding one single Mousterian layer sandwiched by sediments avoid of any relevant archaeological remains. A large herbivore tooth has been U-Th dated, with a minimum age of 70.2 +1/-0.9 ky BP. Several economic and cultural aspects make this site peculiar with respect to the others at the regional scale. The faunal remains record the abundance of large ungulates, mostly Megaloceros giganteus, but also Cervus elaphus and Bos/Bison. Their bone surfaces bear traces of human modification produced during skinning, dismembering, and fracturing of the carcasses and the long bone shafts for marrow recovery. There is a high number of bone retouchers in proportion to the fragmented shafts, used for shaping and rejuvenating different types of scrapers. The lithic industry shows typical Quina characteristics in its technology and typology, with several thin and thick scrapers made of non-local flint due to its absence in proximity of the site. On-going research will investigate in more detail a so specific evidence in the Middle Palaeolithic of the North-Adriatic rim.
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97. Cacciatori gravettiani ed epigravettiani nei Colli Berici (Vicenza): due casi di sfruttamento dell’orso delle caverne (Ursus spelaeus)
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Nannini, Nicola and Romandini, Matteo
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Colli Berici ,Tafonomia ,Socio-culturale ,Gravettiano ,Colli Berici, Gravettiano, Epigravettiano antico, Ursus spelaeus, Tafonomia ,Ursus spelaeus ,Epigravettiano antico - Abstract
Riassunto - La revisione tassonomica e tafonomica dei resti faunistici provenienti dalla nicchia terminale del Covolo Fortificato di Trene ha arricchito le conoscenze sulle modalità di sussistenza di gruppi di cacciatori dell’Epigravettiano antico presenti sui Colli Berici (Vicenza) nella grande Pianura Padana circa 20.000 14C anni BP. Durante la frequentazione il sito era immerso in un ambiente prevalentemente forestale a clima temperato freddo con presenza di zone umide nella piana sottostante come testimoniano alce, cervo, cinghiale e vertebre di pesce. L’analisi ha rilevato la presenza di tracce antropiche su resti di alce e orso speleo, il quale utilizzava la grotta come tana durante lo svernamento. Lo studio si è concentrato sui resti dell’urside, interessato da tracce di macellazione, rivolte all’acquisizione di pellicce. Un confronto con altri siti coevi e poco distanti, Grotta di Paina e Grotta del Buso Doppio del Broion, associa la presenza di orso delle caverne sia alle punte a cran che alle gravette. Questo potrebbe rivelare indirettamente una probabile continuità nelle strategie di caccia e sussistenza tra i gruppi di cacciatori raccoglitori in un ampio lasso di tempo ed un attardamento nei Colli Berici di Ursus spelaeus durante l’ultimo massimo glaciale (LGM), quando questa specie sembra fosse già estinta in buona parte d’Europa. Summary - Gravettian and Epigravettian hunters in the Berici Hills (Vicenza): two case of cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) exploitation The taxonomic and taphonomic revision of faunal remains from the terminal niche at Covolo Fortificato di Trene has enriched our knowledge on the subsistence modality of Epigravettian hunters fron Berici hills (Vicenza, Italy) in the great Po plain around 20.000 14C yr BP. During human occupation, the site was in a predominantly forest environment under cold-temperate climate conditions with wetland areas on the underlying plain, as shown by the presence of elk, red deer, wild boar and fish vertebrae. Analyses revealed anthropic traces on the remains of elk and cave-bear, who used the cave as their den for hibernation. The study focused on Ursidae remains, affected by butchering marks due to fur extraction. Moreover, a space-limited comparison with contemporary sites like Grotta di Paina and Grotta del Buso Doppio del Broion associate the presence of cave bear with cran and gravette points. This could possibly reveal a continuity in the hunting and subsistence strategies between hunter-gatherers group durin a wide span of time. These data may also show a possible survival of Ursus spelaeus duringLGM, while it seems to have been extinct in large parts of Europe., Sezione di Museologia Scientifica e Naturalistica, Vol 11, N° 2 (2015)
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98. Same but different: 20,000 years of bone retouchers from Northern Italy. A multi-cultural approach from Neanderthals to Anatomically Modern Humans
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Jéquier C., Peresani M., Livraghi A., ROMANDINI, MATTEO, Jéquier C., Peresani M., Livraghi A., and Romandini M.
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Bone retouchers, Northern Italy, Neanderthal, Modern Humans ,Socio-culturale - Published
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99. Nuovi dati sul Paleolitico dei Colli Berici: risultati preliminari dello studio archeozoologico e delle materie prime liriche della Grotta del Buso Doppio del Broion (Lumignano, Longare, Vicenza)
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Romandini, Matteo, Bertola, Stefano, and Nannini, Nicola
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Colli Berici ,Colli Berici, Ursus spelaeus, Gravettiano, Epigravettiano antico, archeozoologia ,archeozoologia ,Socio-culturale ,Ambientale ,Gravettiano ,Ursus spelaeus ,Epigravettiano antico - Published
- 2015
100. Chronological and Isotopic data support a revision for the timing of cave bear extinction in Mediterranean Europe.
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Terlato, Gabriele, Bocherens, Hervé, Romandini, Matteo, Nannini, Nicola, Hobson, Keith A., and Peresani, Marco
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CAVE bear ,BIOLOGICAL extinction ,STABLE isotopes ,PLEISTOCENE paleoecology ,SLAUGHTERING - Abstract
The Cave Bear, Ursus spelaeus (sensu lato), was one of many megafaunal species that became extinct during the Late Pleistocene in Europe. With new data we revisit the debate about the extinction and paleoecology of this species by presenting new chronometric, isotopic and taphonomic evidence from two Palaeolithic cave bear sites in northeastern Italy: Paina Cave and Trene Cave. Two direct radiocarbon dates on well-preserved collagen have yielded ages around 24,200-23,500 cal yr BP, which make them the latest known representatives of the species in Europe. The carbon (δ
13 C) and nitrogen (δ15 N) isotopic values of bone collagen exhibit values similar to those of older cave bears from Swabian Jura and France, suggesting that the feedings preferences of cave bears remained unchanged until the disappearance of this species in Europe. Several bear remains preserved traces of human modification such as cut marks, which enables a reconstruction of the main steps of fur recovery and the butchering process. The broad range of plant types available and the favorable location of Berici Hills may have played an important role in the range expansion of cave bears and their interaction with the Paleolithic hunters settled the same area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2019
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