University of Rome Carbon-14 Dates V

Alessio, M.; Bella, Francesco; Bachechi, F; Cortesi, C

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“…The Early Epigravettian assemblages in the region were divided into three phases: an initial phase characterised by a 'large format' industry and an absence of truncations and shouldered backed bladelets; a phase with foliate points; and a phase with shouldered points. The latter was subdivided into three subphases on the basis of the fluctuations in the burin and endscraper Sources: Alessio et al 1964Alessio et al , 1965Alessio et al , 1967Alessio et al , 1976Alessio et al , 1978Azzi et al 1974Azzi et al , 1977Bella et al 1961;Evin et al 1979;Linick 1984;Vogel and Waterbolk 1963. HUNTER-GATHERER LAND USE IN LATE GLACIAL SOUTH-EAST ITALY OXFORD JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY 274 ß indices and the relative percentages of shouldered points. No distinction was made between the assemblages from the northern and the southern parts of the region.…”

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Hunter‐gatherer land use in Late Glacial south‐east Italy

Milliken

1998

Oxford J Archaeology

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This paper is concerned with the Late Palaeolithic settlement of south-eastern Italy at the close of the Pleistocene. The Late Palaeolithic assemblages of the region have been studied previously from a rigid typological stance, with various schemes put forward suggesting evolution of the assemblages through different stages of an Epigravettian tradition, while the potential role of social and economic factors in shaping the various industries has been ignored. This paper shows how the Late Palaeolithic occupation of the region should be considered in relation to the former existence of an extensive coastal plain and to the sea-level rise which submerged it. Factors such as the availability of lithic raw material and the alternative strategies by which it was procured, the particular activities in which the tools were used and the role of the sites within a larger land use system were clearly crucial to assemblage composition. GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXTSouth-east Italy is composed almost exclusively of exogeneous rocks, of which

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Hunter‐gatherer land use in Late Glacial south‐east Italy

Milliken

1998

Oxford J Archaeology

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“…The site was divided into two main areas, a front region under a rock shelter and a rear area accessible by a narrow inner passage. Stratigraphic differences between these regions occur, so that in the rear area the deposits had a depth of 8 m, with levels ranging from the Neolithic (6,420 * 70 years before the present (BPI to the early Epi-Gravettian (18,750 + 350 BP; Alessio et al, 1966Alessio et al, , 1967). In the rock shelter the archaeological deposits were 1.45 thick and included only industries of the late Upper Paleolithic age, although Neolithic deposits were removed in historic times.…”

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A case of chondrodystrophic dwarfism in the Italian late Upper Paleolithic

Frayer

Macchiarelli

Mussi

1988

American J Phys Anthropol

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During excavations by P. Graziosi at Romito Cave near Papasidero (Cosenza) in Calabria, Italy, two skeletons (Romito 1 and 2) were discovered in a common grave. Although the specimens were briefly described by Messeri (Atti X Riuniuone Scientifica Ist. Ital. Preist. Protost., pp. 301-307, 1966), it is generally unknown in the anthropological literature that one of these individuals is a chondrodystrophic dwarf. As such, the specimen provides the earliest known case of dwarfism in the human skeletal record, extending the time span of this genetically determined growth abnormality to approximately 10,000 years ago. The specimen (Romito 2) exhibits features typical of chondrodysplasia, including a high domed skull, compressed cranial base, and in the postcranial skeleton extremely shortened diaphyseal lengths. The unique combination of these features suggests this pathological condition is acromesomelic dysplasia. Besides providing evidence for a greater antiquity of dwarfism than previously known, the fact that this individual reached late adolescence attests to tolerance of Upper Paleolithic groups for severely abnormal individuals and their ability to support members who were of limited economic value to the social group.

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“…The oldest of the remains chronologically included in the gap of 6000 years come from layer L of Grotta della Madonna, (Praia a Mare, at the feet of Mount Vingiolo on the Tyrrhenian coast of Calabria; latitude 39°53′43″N, longitude: 15°47′11″E, approximately 52 m a.s.l. ), and are dated to 12 100 ± 150 (cal years BP 14 038-14 291)/9020 ± 125 (cal years BP 9014-10 243) years BP on charcoal and burnt bones (Alessio et al, 1966(Alessio et al, , 1967Cardini, 1972;Fiore et al, 2004). Other early evidence of lions comes from Riparo Fredian (valley of Turrite Secca, upper part of the Serchio Vally, Lucca, central Italy): these remains gave a radiocarbon date of 10 870 ± 119 (cal years BP 12 875-12 993) years BP and are therefore referred to the late Epigravettian (Cilli, 1993(Cilli, -1994Cilli et al, 1998).…”

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Western European Quaternary lions: new working hypotheses

Masseti

Mazza

2013

Biol J Linn Soc Lond

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Cave lions (Panthera spelaea), which spread throughout Western Europe for several thousand years, disappeared approximately 14 000–14 500 years ago. They were supposedly replaced by modern lions (Panthera leo) approximately 8000 years ago. Modern lions reached the steppes of Ukraine and Hungary, without penetrating the forests of Central Europe. The present study focuses on Italian and Spanish findings that possibly bridge the alleged absence of these big cats from Europe for 6000 years. Fossil lion remains from reliably radiocarbon‐dated levels have been plotted against the δ18O curve and mapped. The accumulated evidence indicates that lions inhabited Western Europe uninterruptedly from the early Middle Pleistocene up to the Early Holocene. Moreover, all of the latest Pleistocene/early Holocene lion‐bearing localities do not range farther than the 44th parallel north and are located at relatively high altitudes. Two working hypotheses are formulated: one, which is less likely because it is not supported by palaeontological evidence indicating earlier migrations of lions from Africa, suggests that modern lions entered Western Europe prior to 8000 years ago; the second, which is more probable, suggests that P. spelaea (or an advanced offspring of the species) survived up until the latest Pleistocene. Panthera leo accessed Eastern Europe between 6000–6500 and 8000 years ago but was prevented from penetrating further west, probably because of the intrusive presence of their indigenous European relatives, and/or the increasing encroachment of modern human populations. © 2013 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2013, 109, 66–77.

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University of Rome Carbon-14 Dates V

Cited by 24 publications

References 10 publications

Hunter‐gatherer land use in Late Glacial south‐east Italy

Hunter‐gatherer land use in Late Glacial south‐east Italy

A case of chondrodystrophic dwarfism in the Italian late Upper Paleolithic

Western European Quaternary lions: new working hypotheses

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