Tephro-stratigraphy and the age of ancient Southern Italian Acheulean settlements: The sites of Loreto and Notarchirico (Venosa, Basilicata, Italy)

Lefèvre, David; Raynal, Jean‐Paul; Vernet, Gérard; Kieffer, Guy; Piperno, Marcello

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“…The origins of handaxe-making (Mode 2) behaviour are seen rather later, with the first Acheulean evidence in southern Europe generally appearing at around 600 ka, followed by a rapid colonization of the northwest at 500 ka (Coltorti et al, 2005;Tuffreau et al, 2008;Lefèvre et al, 2010;Jiménez-Arenas et al, 2011;Barsky and de Lumley, 2010;Moncel et al, 2013).…”

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Climatic control on palaeohydrology and cyclical sediment distribution in the Plio-Quaternary deposits of the Guadix Basin (Betic Cordillera, Spain)

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A cyclical pattern can be observed in the central sector of the Guadix Basin (southern Spain) in the Late Pliocene-Quaternary alluvial fan deposits prograding into its axial valley. A climatic significance has been attributed to this cyclicity on the basis of sedimentological and preliminary isotopic studies. The progradation phases of the alluvial fans are here attributed to more arid time intervals in which the vegetation cover would be less developed, erosion and sediment supply would be higher, and base level would be lower. In contrast, the time intervals during which the fluvial system sediments dominated the area are inferred to be wetter and base level higher, with vegetation cover retaining the soils and preventing erosion. Permanent water supply to the river would therefore facilitate the aggradation of the floodplain and prevent progradation of the fans. Starting from a litho-, bio-and magnetostratigraphical frame provided for the area, an age is assigned to the alternation of the reddish sediments of the transverse alluvial fans and the greyish to white fluvio-lacustrine sediments of the *Manuscript Click here to view linked ReferencesThis is a previous version of the article published in Quaternary International. 2015International. , 389: 56-69. doi:10.1016International. /j.quaint.2015 2 axial drainage system. A cyclicity of ca. 100 ky has been identified in most of the alluvial fan progradation phases, falling within Milankovitch high-frequency eccentricity periodicities. Correlation of the phases with insolation curves is accordingly discussed as a possible origin for the cyclicity. Finally, the results offer new insights into early hominin occupation patterns in the region, through the identification of predictable resources of permanent fresh water that would have remained available throughout the recorded time span (that includes the Early-Middle Pleistocene transition) even during times of aridification.

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Climatic control on palaeohydrology and cyclical sediment distribution in the Plio-Quaternary deposits of the Guadix Basin (Betic Cordillera, Spain)

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“…primigenius appears early in Italy at Venosa-Notarchirico, at ca. 0.6 Ma (Cassoli et al, 1999;Lefèvre et al, 2010) and is recorded together with B. schoetensacki. The auroch is relatively rare at Notarchirico but it appears more frequently in the fossiliferous localities of the Roman area dated at ca.…”

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Reassessing the sedimentary deposits and vertebrate assemblages from Ponte Galeria area (Rome, central Italy): An archive for the Middle Pleistocene faunas of Europe

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“…First proposed to be between 350 and 200 ka, the first stages of occupation is known placed at 640 ± 40 ka (MIS 16-15) using TL dating (Lefèvre et al, 2010). It is attributed to an interglacial phase, supported by microfossils and palaeontological analysis (Piperno, 1999;Lefèvre et al, 2010). The faunal assemblages recorded for the earliest stages match with the Isernia FU; however, the later mammal assemblages demonstrate the record of successive faunal phases through several interglacial phases (Cassoli et al, 1999;Sardella et al, 2006;Palombo and Sardella, 2007;Masini et al, 2013).…”

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“…Unfortunately, it has not yet directly been dated by radioisotopic methods (Lefèvre et al, 2010). However, its lithic industry, attributed to the early Tayacian, and the palaeontological record, linked to the Fontana Ranuccio FU (Barral and Simone, 1984), as well as the analysis of the underlaying formation place Loreto later than Notarchirico, at least younger than MIS 14 (Cassoli et al, 1999;Grifoni and Tozzi, 2005;Sardella et al, 2006;Lefèvre et al, 2010;Masini et al, 2013).…”

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Hominin responses to environmental changes during the Middle Pleistocene in central and southern Italy

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The palaeobotanical record of early Palaeolithic sites from Western Europe indicates that hominins settled in different kinds of environments. During the "Mid-Pleistocene Transition (MPT)", from about 1 to 0.6 Ma, the transition from 41-ka to 100-ka dominant climatic oscillations, occurring within a long-term cooling trend, was associated with an aridity crisis which strongly modified the ecosystems. Starting from the MPT the more favorable climate of central and southern Italy provided propitious environmental conditions for long-term human occupations even during the glacial times. In fact, the human strategy of territory occupation was certainly driven by the availabilities of resources. Prehistoric sites such as Notarchirico (ca. 680–600 ka), La Pineta (ca. 600–620 ka), Gaudo San Nicola (ca. 380–350 ka) or Ceprano (ca. 345–355 ka) testify to a preferential occupation of the central and southern Apennines valleys during interglacial phases, while later interglacial occupations were oriented towards the coastal plains, as attested by the numerous settlements of the Roma basin (ca. 300 ka). Faunal remains indicate that human subsistence behaviors benefited of a diversity of exploitable ecosystems, from semi-open to closed environments. In central and southern Italy, several palynological records have already illustrated the regional and local scale vegetation dynamic trends. During the Middle Pleistocene climate cycles, mixed mesophytic forests developed during the interglacial periods and withdrew in response to increasing aridity during the glacial episodes. New pollen data from the Boiano basin (Molise, Italy), attest to the evolution of vegetation and climate between OIS 13 and 9 (ca. 500 to 300 ka). In this basin, the persistence of high edaphic humidity, even during the glacial phases, could have favored the establishment of a refuge area for the arboreal flora and provided subsistence resources for the animal and hominin communities during the Middle Pleistocene. This could have constrained human groups to migrate into such a propitious area. Regarding to the local climate evolution during the glacial episodes, the supposed displacement from these sites could be linked to the environmental dynamics solely due to the aridity increase rather than directly to the global climate changes

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Tephro-stratigraphy and the age of ancient Southern Italian Acheulean settlements: The sites of Loreto and Notarchirico (Venosa, Basilicata, Italy)

Cited by 85 publications

References 14 publications

Climatic control on palaeohydrology and cyclical sediment distribution in the Plio-Quaternary deposits of the Guadix Basin (Betic Cordillera, Spain)

Climatic control on palaeohydrology and cyclical sediment distribution in the Plio-Quaternary deposits of the Guadix Basin (Betic Cordillera, Spain)

Reassessing the sedimentary deposits and vertebrate assemblages from Ponte Galeria area (Rome, central Italy): An archive for the Middle Pleistocene faunas of Europe

Hominin responses to environmental changes during the Middle Pleistocene in central and southern Italy

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