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The Palaeolithic and Mesolithic in Italy: new
research and perspectives
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ISTITUTO ITAL IANO DI PREIS TO RIA E PROTOSTO RIA 2016 - www.iipp .it – ISBN 9788860450630
ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI PREISTORIA E PROTOSTORIA DIPARTIMENTO DI ANTICHITA’, FILOSOFIA, STORIA
Università degli Studi di Genova
AIQUA - Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Quaternario
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DAFIST, Aula Magna - Via Balbi, 2 - Genoa (Italy) – 4th-5th February 2016
ABSTRACT BOOK
a cura di / eds.: Fabio Negrino, Federica Fontana, Adriana Moroni, Julien Riel Salvatore
Redazione/Editing: Fabio Negrino, Monica Miari,
Layout: Monica Miari
Immagine di copertina/Cover image: Giovanni Bruzzo
Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria, 2016 ISBN 97 888 60 45 06 30
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Presentazioni
Dopo più di quarant’anni dall’ultimo congresso dedicato alla preistoria ligure, la Riunione Scientifica dell’IIPP del novembre 1973, e più di dieci dalla tavola rotonda del XVI Congresso degli Antropologi Italiani del 2005, il 4-5 febbraio scorsi si è tornati a parlare di Paleolitico e di Mesolitico a Genova.
La call-for-papers dell'evento genovese ha richiamato numerosi colleghi dall’Italia e dall’estero. Gli autori dei contributi sono oltre 200 e includono studiosi europei e d’oltreoceano, tutti coinvolti in progetti mirati allo studio di contesti archeologici italiani. Gli argomenti presentati spaziano dal Paleolitico inferiore alla fine del Mesolitico, trattando approcci diversi (tecnologia, analisi funzionali, archeozoologia, antropologia fisica, sperimentazione, ecc.) e rilevando l’imprescindibilità di uno studio interdisciplinare del nostro passato. Questo incontro ha inoltre evidenziato la vivacità delle ricerche sul Pleistocene e l’Olocene antico dei siti della Penisola, portate avanti grazie a progetti di diverse università italiane, in collaborazione con strutture di ricerca d’oltre confine e con la partecipazione di numerosi giovani ricercatori.
Per l’organizzazione dell’evento, oltre al sostegno dell'Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria, è stato fondamentale il supporto economico e logistico del Dipartimento di Antichità, Filosofia, Storia (DAFIST) dell’Università di Genova, nelle persone del preside prof. Michele Marsonet, del direttore di dipartimento prof. Franco Montanari, dell’ex-direttore prof. Roberto Sinigaglia, dei tecnici amministrativi (Anna Rita Calò, Marco Castoldi, Anna Vacchini) e di alcuni studenti del Corso in Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Giulia Berruto, Silvia Caffarone, Naomi Chiampan, Chiara Dodero, Matteo Gullotto, Martina Parise, Caterina Piu, Elisa Ulmert). L’iniziativa ha anche ottenuto il patrocinio dell'Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Quaternario (AIQUA).
Il Comitato Scientifico
Fabio Negrino, Federica Fontana, Adriana Moroni, Julien Riel-Salvatore More than 40 years have passed since the last conference dedicated to the Prehistory of Liguria – the Riunione Scientifica of IIPP held in November 1973 - and more than ten since the Round Table of the XVI Congresso degli Antropologi Italiani that took place in 2005. Finally,on the 4th and 5th of February 2016,Genoa once again served as the seat of a meeting dedicated to the Palaeolithic and the Mesolithic.
The call for papers of Genoa event was welcomed by numerous Italian and foreign colleagues. Over 200 colleagues participated, including European and American scholars, all of them being involved in projects focused on Italian archaeological contexts. The topics discussed spanned from the Lower Palaeolithic to the end of the Mesolithic and dealt with different issues (technology, functional analyses, zooarchaeology, physical anthropology, experimentation, etc.), highlighting the necessity to embrace an inter-disciplinary approach to our past. This meeting also underscored the liveliness of research on the Pleistocene and early Holocene of the Italian peninsula as a result of ongoing projects undertaken by different Italian universities in collaboration with foreign research institutions and with the involvement of numerous young researchers.
Organising this event was possible thanks to the support of the Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria, the funding and logistical assistance of the Dipartimento di Antichità, Filosofia, Storia (DAFIST) of the University of Genoa, represented by its president Prof. Michele Marsonet, director Prof. Franco Montanari, former director Prof. Roberto Sinigaglia, by technical office personnel (Anna Rita Calò, Marco Castoldi, Anna Vacchini) and by some of the undergraduate students in the Heritage Management program (Giulia Berruto, Silvia Caffarone, Naomi Chiampan, Chiara Dodero, Matteo Gullotto, Martina Parise, Caterina Piu, Elisa Ulmert). The event was also sponsored by the Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Quaternario (AIQUA).
The Scientific committee
Una delle attività più importanti che l’Istituto svolge è l’organizzazione di momenti di incontro, di scambio di idee e di aggiornamento. Il Consiglio Direttivo ha perciò deciso di affiancare alle tradizionali Riunioni Scientifiche, che continueranno puntualmente il loro corso, una nuova serie di incontri più “agili”, centrati sull’attualità della ricerca e su tematiche più circoscritte, che costituiscano soprattutto occasione di confronto tra specialisti della materia e di coinvolgimento più largo dei soci.
Il progetto consiste nella realizzazione di riunioni brevi, ognuna dedicata a fasi cronologiche diverse, da tenersi in sedi dislocate. La formula adottata, che si esplica nell’ambito di uno/due giorni di incontri, non sarà seguita dall’edizione di volumi di atti nella forma esaustiva ma costituisce l’occasione per dare avvio a una nuova collana editoriale on-line denominata “Incontri Annuali di Preistoria e Protostoria” (IAPP) che ne ospiterà gli Abstract Books. Questo primo incontro, dedicato all’aggiornamento sull’attualità della ricerca per le fasi del Paleolitico e del Mesolitico, sarà seguito da altre riunioni su tematiche riferibili allo stesso periodo ma anche al Neolitico, al Eneolitico e all’età del Bronzo e del Ferro.
Il Consiglio Direttivo
dell’Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria One of the main activities carried out by the IIPP is the organisation of meetings aimed at exchanging ideas and updating the state of the art on specific topics. The Executive Committee therefore recently decided to adda new series of meetings to the traditional Scientific Meetings of the Institute - which will continue to be organised yearly according to the same regular schedule. These less formal events are intended to focus on current research about specific themes that would represent an occasion for specialists to exchange about and for the IIPP membership in general to get better acquainted with.
The project consists in the organisation of short conferences dedicated to different chronological periods to be held in diverse locations. The favoured structure comprises one/two days of presentations, followed by the publication of extended abstracts in a new online edited series named “Annual Meetings of Prehistory and Protohistory” (IAPP) instead of more traditional published proceedings. The first event presented in this issue updates the current research on the Palaeolithic and the Mesolithic and will be followed by other conferences dedicated to this period as well as to the Neolithic, the Copper Age and the Bronze and Iron age.
The Executive Committe
INDICE
MEETING PROGRAM... 8
PODIUM PRESENTATION
A.ARELLANO,P.-E.MOULLÉ,F.LACOMBAT,The Early Pleistocene at Balzi Rossi Caves (Ventimiglia,
Imperia) ... 13 B.M.ARANGUREN,N.AMICO,M.BENVENUTI,C.CAPALBO,F.CAVANNA,F.CAVULLI,F.CIANI,G.COMENCINI,C.
D’AMICO, M. DELFINO, D. ESU, G. GIACHI, C. GIULIANI, E. GLIOZZI, G. GRANDINETTI, S. GRIMALDI, N.
MACCHIONI, M. MARIOTTI LIPPI, F. MASINI, P. MAZZA, M. MORI, P. PALLECCHI, A. REVEDIN, F. SANTANIELLO, A. SAVORELLI, M. SPADI, M. VOLTAGGIO, Men and elephants at Poggetti Vecchi
(Grosseto) ... 15 D.AURELI,The site of Ficoncella (Tarquinia, Viterbo) in the Lower Palaeolithic context of Europe:
on-going research and future perspectives …... 17 C.LEMORINI,A.ZUPANCICH,D.AURELI,E.NICOUD,E.SANTUCCI,A.P.ANZIDEI,Stone tool use in the Middle
Pleistocene of the Italian Peninsula: new data from the sites of “La Polledrara di Cecanibbio”
(Roma), “La Ficoncella” (Viterbo) and “Valle Giumentina” (Pescara) ... 19 E.NICOUD,D.AURELI,M.PAGLI,V.VILLA,C.CHAUSSÉ,F.FUSCO,G.BOSCHIAN,J.-P.DEGEAI,S.AGOSTINI,J.-J.
BAHAIN,T.COLONNA,B.GIACCIO,M.HERNANDEZ,C.KUZUCUOGLU,C.LAHAYE,C.LEMORINI,N.LIMONDIN -LOZOUET, P. MAZZA, N. MERCIER, S. NOMADE, A. PEREIRA, V. ROBERT, M. A. ROSSI, C. VIRMOUX, A.
ZUPANCICH, Geochronology and archaeology of Valle Giumentina Lower Palaeolithic site
(Pescara) ... 20 R.ROCCA,C.ABRUZZESE,D.AURELI,J.-J.BAHAIN,P.BENEDUCE,P.DI LEO,P.GIANNANDREA,S.I.GIANO,D.
GIOIA, D. MAGRI, S. NOMADE, A. PEREIRA, M. SCHIATTARELLA, R. SULPIZIO, P. VOINCHET, New
multidisciplinary research project on the Lower Palaeolithic site of Cimitero di Atella
(Potenza) ... 21 C. PERETTO, J.ARNAUD, G. LEMBO, B.MUTTILLO, E.RUFO, B. SALA, D. SIGARI, U.THUN HOHENSTEIN, M.
ARZARELLO, The prehistoric settlement of Molise (Central Italy) in the light of the latest
research ... 24 M.ZAMBALDI,D.E.ANGELUCCI,M.ARZARELLO,First data on stratigraphy and formation processes at
Ciota Ciara cave (Monte Fenera, Borgosesia, Vercelli) ... 27 M.PERESANI,D.DELPIANO,C.JÉQUIER,A.LIVRAGHI,M.ROMANDINI,Discovery, excavation and first data
from a Quina Mousterian site: De Nadale Cave (Vicenza) ... 29 M. ROMANDINI, I. FIORE, M. GALA, A.LIVRAGHI, A. TAGLIACOZZO, M. PERESANI, Neanderthal - raptors
interactions in Italy. Evidence and research perspectives ... 31 D. DELPIANO, M. PERESANI, A. PASTOORS, Analizing a Discoid chaîne opératoire through a 3D
refitting... 34 E.ROSSONI-NOTTER,O.NOTTER,S.SIMONE,P.SIMON,Balzi Rossi (Ventimiglia, Imperia): researches of
the Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology of Monaco on the technical behaviour of the Acheulean and Mousterian collections from Grotta del Principe. New insights and future
programs ... 35 G.ONORATINI,A.ARELLANO,P.E.MOULLÉ,L.JOURDAN,The Palaeolithic sequence of the Barma Grande
Cave (Ventimiglia, Imperia) from the Bonfils excavations ... 38 V.SPAGNOLO, D.AURELI,A. ARAUJO, C.BERTO, F.BOSCHIN, G.CAPECCHI,J. CREZZINI,M. FREGUGLIA, J. J.
HUBLIN,G.MARCIANI,G.MONTANARI-CANINI,F.PARENTI,S.ARRIGHI,S.TALAMO,A.MORONI,The sea
destroys, the sea preserves. New evidence on last Neandertals in Central Italy from Grotta di
R.SARDELLA,M.MASSUSSI,D.A.IURINO,I.MAZZINI,L.BELLUCCI,A.BILLI,M.BRILLI,F.GIUSTINI,G.LEMBO,B.
MECOZZI, B. MUTTILLO, A.SCIANCALEPORE, S. TUCCI, Grotta Romanelli (Castro, Lecce) awakens:
legacies, issues and developments in excavating a site symbol of the Palaeolithic in Europe ... 42 E. SPINAPOLICE, Neanderthal mobility pattern and technological organization in the Salento
Mousterian ... 43 F. ROMAGNOLI, J. BAENA, L. SARTI, New perspectives in the study of Middle Palaeolithic shell
technology: understanding raw material performance, technical procedures and Neanderthal
socio-economic strategies with a multidisciplinary approach ... 45 G.MARCIANI,V.SPAGNOLO,D.AURELI,P.BOSCATO,A.RONCHITELLI,Continuities and discontinuities at
the Oscurusciuto rock shelter (Ginosa, Taranto). The last Neanderthals in Southern Italy ... 48 J.RIEL SALVATORE,An empirical analysis of Uluzzian crescents ... 51
F.NEGRINO,S.BENAZZI,J.HODGKINS,B.HOLT,C.MILLER,C.ORR,M.PERESANI,J.RIEL SALVATORE,D.STRAIT,
C. GRAVEL-MIGUEL, H. DE SANTIS, E. LEGER, S. MARTINI, E. PERRONI, A. LALIBERTÉ, G. POTHIER
BOUCHARD,E. STARNINI,A.ZERBONI,On-going research and first data from Middle and Upper
Palaeolithic sites of Liguria region ... 52 M.OTTE,The Caviglione (Ventimiglia, Imperia): the matrix in the cave ... 55 F.SANTANIELLO,S.GRIMALDI,The Noaillian Gravettian lithic collections from Balzi Rossi (Ventimiglia,
Imperia) …... 57 J.-M.TEJERO,S.GRIMALDI,Assessing bone and antler exploitation at Riparo Mochi: implications for
the characterization of the Aurignacian in South-western Europe ... 59 M. FROUIN, J.-L. SCHWENNINGER, A. DAVE, K. DOUKA, T. F.G. HIGHAM, F.SANTANIELLO, E. STARNINI, S.
GRIMALDI, New radiometric ages for the Palaeolithic site of Riparo Mochi (Ventimiglia,
Imperia) ... 60 R.DUCHES,M.PERESANI,C.BARTOLINI,The site of Bus de la Lum (Cansiglio Plateau, Pordenone)
during the Younger Dryas, between continuity and transformation of the Epigravettian mobility
patterns... 61 R.DUCHES,G.DALMERI,M.BASSETTI,I.FIORE,S.NERI,A.TAGLIACOZZO,Painted stones and ritual pits:
new evidence on Late Epigravettian art and symbolic behavior from Riparo Dalmeri (Trento).. 63 G.CAVALLO,F.FONTANA,M.PERESANI,M.P.RICCARDI,R.ZORZIN,Research on archaeological ochre: a
question of method ... 65 N. NANNINI, R. DUCHES, F. BOSCHIN, J. CREZZINI, M. ROMANDINI, M. PERESANI, Identification of Late
Epigravettian hunting injuries: descriptive and 3D analysis of experimental projectile impact
marks on bone ... 67 M. SERRADIMIGNI, The Late Epigravettian-Sauveterrian transition: Continenza Cave (Trasacco,
L’Aquila) and contemporary sites of the South-Central Adriatic area ... 69 M.MUSSI,E.BRUNELLI,E.CANCELLIERI,E.CATELLI,E.D’ANGELO,G.DE ANGELIS,L.DI BIANCO,I.FIORE,M.
GALA,E.GARGANI,R.MELIS,F.PIARULLI,G.RUTA,The Lateglacial and early Holocene sequence of
Grotta di Pozzo (L’Aquila), in the mountains of central Italy ... 73 S. ARRIGHI, D. AURELI, F. BOSCHIN, J. CREZZINI, E. MORETTI, A. RONCHITELLI, Inside the groove:
contribution of 3D microscopy to the study of human behavior... 74 C.COLLINA,B.GASSIN,The Late Mesolithic and the Early Neolithic in Southern Italy (Uzzo Cave and
Latronico 3) and the issue of the technical traditions in the North-west Mediterranean area
during VII-VI millennium BC ... 76 B.HOLT,E.WHITTEY, Mobility and lower limb morphology: the impact of terrain ... 79
D. LO VETRO, A. C. COLONESE, Z. DI GIUSEPPE, W. LANDINI, F. MARTINI, Human response to Late
Palaeolithic-Early Mesolithic transition: stone tool production and resources exploitation of the
last hunter-gatherers in SW Sicily ... 80 G. DI MAIDA,L’arte delle grotte della Sicilia dal Tardoglaciale al primo Olocene. Una revisione del
record e nuove metodologie di ricerca - The art of the Sicilian Lateglacial-Early Holocene caves.
A revision of the record and the application of new methodologies ... 85 D.VISENTIN,F.FONTANA,G.L.F.BERRUTI,S.BERTOLA,S.ZIGGIOTTI,The first Holocene occupation of the
Emilian Po plain: techno-economical data from the Sauveterrian site of Collecchio (Parma) ... 86 POSTER
F.ALTAMURA,M.MUSSI,Scanty but meaningful: results of research on the Upper Paleolithic in the
Alban Hills (near Rome) ... 89 B. M. ARANGUREN, F. CAVULLI, M. D’ORAZIO, S. GRIMALDI, L. LONGO, A. REVEDIN, F. SANTANIELLO,
Territorial exploitation in the Tyrrhenian Gravettian Italy: the case-study of Bilancino
(Florence) ... 91 G.L.F.BERRUTI,J.ARNAUD,M.ARZARELLO,J.BELON,G.BERRUTO,S.CARACAUSI,S.DAFFARA,C.FERREIRA,C.
H.REIS,P.ROSINA,F.RUBAT BOREL,Geo-archaeological survey in the Baragge Biellesi area. New
data on the Middle Palaeolithic in Piedmont …... 93 V.BORGIA,T.DEVIESE,F.NEGRINO,J.RIEL SALVATORE,The chemical analysis of residues on prehistoric
hunting weapons: the project “Hunting Traces”... 94 G.CAPECCHI,A.MOUNIER,L.PUYMERAIL,S.RICCI,A.RONCHITELLI,L.MONTI,S.CONDEMI, Human remains
from Grotta Paglicci (Rignano Garganico, Foggia): re-examination of the finds and new study
perspectives …... 96 E.CATELLI,P.ARIAS CABAL,Prehistoric pigments: raw materials, processing and use of ochre during
the Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic of South-west Europe ... 99 M. CESTARI, Paleobiogeography of birds and climate: possible interactions with the artistic
manifestations of Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers ... 102 C.COLLINA,M. PIPERNO, The Palaeolithic sequence of Roccia San Sebastiano cave (Mondragone,
Caserta). The Gravettian chaînes opératoires and the production of microgravettes …... 103 J.CONFORTI,The human occupation during the Upper Palaeolithic in the Grotta del Leone at Agnano
(Pisa): preliminary results and research purposes of the new excavations …... 104 D.DELPIANO,F.GARBASI, Paleolithic findings along the northern Apennine fringe: analysis of survey
collections from the Piacenza region …... 106 E.GIANNITRAPANI,Late Glacial and Early Holocene landscape and human occupation dynamics in
the Erei uplands (Central Sicily) ... 107 F. LAROCCA, F. ARENA,A piece for the whole. A case of isolated bone deposition dated to the
Palaeolithic at Grotta della Monaca (Cosenza) ... 108 A.MORONI,P.BOSCATO,A.RONCHITELLI,The origin of the Uluzzian: the upsetting of a paradigm? ….... 110 V.S.SPARACELLO,P.PETTITT,C.ROBERTS,S.ROSSI,J.RIEL-SALVATORE,Insights on funerary dynamics in
the Late Upper Palaeolithic cemetery of Arene Candide (Finale Ligure, Savona) through new
osteological analyses of secondary depositions …... 114 U.THUN HOHENSTEIN,M.BERTOLINI,S.CHANNARAYAPATNA, C.PERETTO, Bone retouchers from some
Italian Middle Palaeolithic sites (Riparo Tagliente and Grotta della Ghiacciaia –Verona-, Grotta
Reali – Isernia-) …... 115 AUTHORS …... 119
PROGRAMMA - PROGRAM
Giovedì, 4 Febbraio / Thursday, 4th February
9:00 Saluti e introduzione al convegno / Welcome and introductionMICHELE MARSONET, Preside della Scuola di Scienze Umanistiche - Università di Genova FRANCO MONTANARI, Direttore del DAFIST - Università di Genova
MARIA BERNABÒ BREA,Presidente dell'Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria
ANGIOLO DEL LUCCHESE, Soprintendenza Archeologia della Liguria
9:45 A.ARELLANO,P.-E.MOULLÉ,F.LACOMBAT
Il Pleistocene inferiore nelle grotte dei Balzi Rossi (Ventimiglia, Imperia) - The Early Pleistocene at Balzi Rossi Caves (Ventimiglia, Imperia)
10:00 B.M.ARANGUREN,N.AMICO,M.BENVENUTI,C.CAPALBO,F.CAVANNA,F.CAVULLI,F.CIANI,G.COMENCINI,C.
D’AMICO,M.DELFINO,D.ESU,G.GIACHI,C.GIULIANI,E.GLIOZZI,G.GRANDINETTI,S.GRIMALDI,N.MACCHIONI, M.MARIOTTI LIPPI,F.MASINI,P.MAZZA,M.MORI,P.PALLECCHI,A.REVEDIN,F.SANTANIELLO,A.SAVORELLI,
M.SPADI,M.VOLTAGGIO
Uomini e elefanti a Poggetti Vecchi (Grosseto) - Men and elephants at Poggetti Vecchi (Grosseto) 10:15 D.AURELI
Il sito di Ficoncella (Tarquinia, Viterbo) nel contesto del Paleolitico inferiore europeo: nuove ricerche e prospettive future - The site of Ficoncella (Tarquinia, Viterbo) in the Lower Palaeolithic context of Europe: on-going research and future perspectives
10:30 C.LEMORINI,A.ZUPANCICH,D.AURELI,E.NICOUD,E.SANTUCCI,A.P.ANZIDEI
Strumenti in pietra nel Medio Pleistocene della penisola italiana: nuovi dati dai siti di La Polledrara di Cecanibbio (Roma), La Ficoncella (Viterbo) e Valle Giumentina (Pescara) - Stone tool use in the Middle Pleistocene of the Italian Peninsula: new data from the sites of “La Polledrara di Cecanibbio” (Roma), “La Ficoncella” (Viterbo) and “Valle Giumentina” (Pescara)
10:45 E.NICOUD,D.AURELI,M.PAGLI,V.VILLA,C.CHAUSSÉ,F.FUSCO,G.BOSCHIAN,J.-P.DEGEAI,S.AGOSTINI,J.-J.
BAHAIN, T.COLONNA, B.GIACCIO,M. HERNANDEZ,C. KUZUCUOGLU, C. LAHAYE, C.LEMORINI,N. LIMONDIN
-LOZOUET,P.MAZZA,N.MERCIER,S.NOMADE,A.PEREIRA,V.ROBERT,M.A.ROSSI,C.VIRMOUX,A.ZUPANCICH,
Geocronologia e archeologia del sito del Paleolitico inferiore di Valle Giumentina (Pescara) - Geochronology and archaeology of Valle Giumentina Lower Palaeolithic site (Pescara)
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30 R.ROCCA,C.ABRUZZESE,D.AURELI,J.-J.BAHAIN,P.BENEDUCE,P.DI LEO,P.GIANNANDREA,S.I.GIANO,D. GIOIA,D.MAGRI,S.NOMADE,A.PEREIRA,M.SCHIATTARELLA,R.SULPIZIO,P.VOINCHET
Nuovo progetto di ricerca pluridisciplinare sul sito del Paleolitico inferiore del Cimitero di Atella (Potenza) - New multidisciplinary research project on the Lower Palaeolithic site of Cimitero di Atella (Potenza)
11:45 C. PERETTO, J. ARNAUD, G. LEMBO, B. MUTTILLO, E. RUFO, B. SALA, D.SIGARI, U. THUN HOHENSTEIN, M.
ARZARELLO
Il popolamento preistorico del Molise (Italia centrale) alla luce delle ultime ricerche - The prehistoric settlement of Molise (Central Italy) in the light of the latest research
12:00 M.ZAMBALDI,D.E.ANGELUCCI,M.ARZARELLO
Stratigrafia e processi di formazione della successione di riempimento della Ciota Ciara (Monte Fenera, Vercelli): primi dati - First data on stratigraphy and formation processes at Ciota Ciara cave (Monte Fenera, Borgosesia, Vercelli)
12:15 M.PERESANI,D.DELPIANO,C.JÉQUIER,A.LIVRAGHI,M.ROMANDINI
Scoperta, scavo e primi dati da un sito con Musteriano di tipo Quina: la grotta De Nadale (Vicenza) -Discovery, excavation and first data from a Quina Mousterian site: De Nadale Cave (Vicenza)
12:30-13:00 Discussione / Discussion 13:00-15:00 Pranzo / Lunch
15:00 M.ROMANDINI,I.FIORE,M.GALA,A.LIVRAGHI,A.TAGLIACOZZO,M.PERESANI
Interazioni Neanderthal - rapaci in Italia. Evidenze e prospettive di ricerca -Neanderthal - raptors interactions in Italy. Evidence and research perspectives
15:15 D.DELPIANO,M.PERESANI,A.PASTOORS
La documentazione 3D a supporto dell’analisi di una catena operativa Discoide - Analizing a Discoid chaîne opératoire through a 3D refitting
15:30 E.ROSSONI-NOTTER,O.NOTTER,S.SIMONE,P.SIMON
Comportamenti tecnici dei gruppi acheuleani e musteriani ai Balzi Rossi (Ventimiglia, Imperia). Ricerche del Museo d’Antropologia Preistorica di Monaco alla Grotta del Principe: nuovi risultati e progetti futuri - Balzi Rossi (Ventimiglia, Imperia): researches of the Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology of Monaco on the technical behaviour of the Acheulean and Mousterian collections from Grotta del Principe. New insights and future programs
15:45 G.ONORATINI,A.ARELLANO,P.E.MOULLÉ,L.JOURDAN
La sequenza paleolitica della Barma Grande (Ventimiglia, Imperia): gli scavi Bonfils - The Palaeolithic sequence of the Barma Grande Cave (Ventimiglia, Imperia) from the Bonfils excavations 16:00 V.SPAGNOLO,D.AURELI,A.ARAUJO,C.BERTO,F.BOSCHIN,G.CAPECCHI,J.CREZZINI,M.FREGUGLIA,J.J.HUBLIN,
G.MARCIANI,G.MONTANARI-CANINI,F.PARENTI,S.ARRIGHI,S.TALAMO,A.MORONI
Il mare cancella, il mare conserva. Nuove evidenze sulle dinamiche di popolamento degli ultimi Neandertal in Italia centrale da Grotta di Cala dei Santi (Grosseto) - The sea destroys, the sea preserves. New evidence on last Neandertals in Central Italy from Grotta di Cala dei Santi (Grosseto) 16:15 R.SARDELLA,M.MASSUSSI,D.A.IURINO,I.MAZZINI,L.BELLUCCI,A.BILLI,M.BRILLI,F.GIUSTINI,G.LEMBO,B.
MECOZZI,B.MUTTILLO,A.SCIANCALEPORE,S.TUCCI
Il risveglio di Grotta Romanelli (Castro, Lecce): eredità, questioni aperte e sviluppi nello scavo di un sito simbolo del Paleolitico in Europa - Grotta Romanelli (Castro, Lecce) awakens: legacies, issues and developments in excavating a site symbol of the Palaeolithic in Europe
16:30-17:00 Coffee break 17:00 E.SPINAPOLICE
Mobilità neandertaliana e organizzazione tecnologica nel Musteriano del Salento - Neanderthal mobility pattern and technological organization in the Salento Mousterian
17:15 F.ROMAGNOLI,J.BAENA,L.SARTI
Nuove prospettive nello studio della tecnologia in conchiglia del Paleolitico medio: approccio multidisciplinare per comprendere il comportamento della materia prima, le tecniche di lavorazione e le strategie economiche e sociali neandertaliane - New perspectives in the study of Middle Palaeolithic shell technology: understanding raw material performance, technical procedures and Neanderthal socio-economic strategies with a multidisciplinary approach
17:30 G.MARCIANI,V.SPAGNOLO,D.AURELI,P.BOSCATO,A.RONCHITELLI
Continuità e discontinuità al Riparo dell’Oscurusciuto (Ginosa, Taranto). Gli ultimi neandertaliani in Sud Italia - Continuities and discontinuities at the Oscurusciuto rock shelter (Ginosa, Taranto). The last Neanderthals in Southern Italy
17:45 J.RIEL SALVATORE
Un’analisi empirica delle semilune uluzziane - An empirical analysis of Uluzzian crescents
18:00 F.NEGRINO,S.BENAZZI,J.HODGKINS,B.HOLT,C.MILLER,C.ORR,M.PERESANI,J.RIEL SALVATORE,D.STRAIT, C.GRAVEL-MIGUEL,H.DE SANTIS,E.LEGER,S.MARTINI,E.PERRONI,A.LALIBERTÉ,G.POTHIER BOUCHARD,E.
STARNINI,A.ZERBONI
Ricerche in corso e nuovi risultati da alcuni siti del Paleolitico medio e superiore della Liguria - On-going research and first data from Middle and Upper Palaeolithic sites of Liguria region
18:15 M.OTTE
Il Caviglione (Ventimiglia, Imperia): la matrice nella grotta - The Caviglione (Ventimiglia, Imperia): the matrix in the cave
18:30-19:00 Discussione / Discussion 20:00 Cena sociale / Social dinner
Venerdì, 5 Febbraio / Friday, 5th February
9:00 F.SANTANIELLO,S.GRIMALDILe collezioni litiche gravettiane a bulini di Noailles dai Balzi Rossi (Ventimiglia, Imperia) - The Noaillian Gravettian lithic collections from Balzi Rossi (Ventimiglia, Imperia)
9:15 J.-M.TEJERO,S.GRIMALDI.
La lavorazione dell’osso e del palco al Riparo Mochi: elementi per la caratterizzazione dell’Aurignaziano dell’Europa sud-occidentale - Assessing bone and antler exploitation at Riparo Mochi: implications for the characterization of the Aurignacian in South-western Europe
9:30 M. FROUIN, J.-L. SCHWENNINGER, A. DAVE, K. DOUKA, T. F. G. HIGHAM, F. SANTANIELLO, E. STARNINI, S. GRIMALDI
Nuove datazioni radiometriche del Paleolitico del Riparo Mochi (Ventimiglia, Imperia) - New radiometric ages for the Palaeolithic site of Riparo Mochi (Ventimiglia, Imperia)
9:45 R.DUCHES,M.PERESANI,C.BARTOLINI
Il sito di Bus de la Lum (Altopiano del Cansiglio, Pordenone) durante il Dryas recente, tra continuità insediativa e trasformazione della mobilità epigravettiana - The site of Bus de la Lum (Cansiglio Plateau, Pordenone) during the Younger Dryas, between continuity and transformation of the Epigravettian mobility patterns
10:00 R.DUCHES,G.DALMERI,M.BASSETTI,I.FIORE,S.NERI,A.TAGLIACOZZO
Pietre dipinte e fosse rituali: arte e comportamenti simbolici nell’Epigravettiano recente di Riparo Dalmeri (Trento) - Painted stones and ritual pits: new evidence on Late Epigravettian art and symbolic behavior from Riparo Dalmeri (Trento)
10:15 G.CAVALLO,F.FONTANA,M.PERESANI,M.P.RICCARDI,R.ZORZIN
Ricerche sull’ocra proveniente da contesti archeologici: una questione di metodo - Research on archaeological ochre: a question of method
10:30 N.NANNINI,R.DUCHES,F.BOSCHIN,J.CREZZINI,M.ROMANDINI,M.PERESANI
Identificazione di tracce da impatto su materiale faunistico Tardoglaciale: analisi descrittive e 3D su campioni sperimentali - Identification of Late Epigravettian hunting injuries: descriptive and 3D analysis of experimental projectile impact marks on bone
10:45 A.TOMASSO,C.TOZZI
La circolazione delle materie prime e la nozione di frontiera in Preistoria. Il caso della Toscana durante l’Epigravettiano - Raw material circulation and the notion of border in Prehistory. The example of Tuscany during the Epigravettian
11:00-11:30 Coffee break 11:30 M.SERRADIMIGNI
La transizione dall’Epigravettiano finale al Sauveterriano: Grotta Continenza (Trasacco, L’Aquila) e i siti coevi del territorio adriatico centro-meridionale - The Late Epigravettian-Sauveterrian transition: Continenza Cave (Trasacco, L’Aquila) and contemporary sites of the South-Central Adriatic area
11:45 M.MUSSI,E.BRUNELLI,E.CANCELLIERI,E.CATELLI,E.D’ANGELO,G.DE ANGELIS,L.DI BIANCO,I.FIORE,M.
GALA,E.GARGANI,R.MELIS,F.PIARULLI,G.RUTA
La sequenza del Tardoglaciale e dell’Olocente antico di Grotta di Pozzo (L’Aquila), nelle montagne dell’Italia centrale - The Lateglacial and early Holocene sequence of Grotta di Pozzo (L’Aquila), in the mountains of central Italy
12:00 S.ARRIGHI,D.AURELI,F.BOSCHIN,J.CREZZINI,E.MORETTI,A.RONCHITELLI
Dentro la traccia: il contributo della microscopia 3D allo studio delle azioni dell’Uomo - Inside the groove: contribution of 3D microscopy to the study of human behavior
12:15 C.COLLINA,B.GASSIN
Il Mesolitico finale e il Neolitico antico in Italia meridionale (Grotte dell’Uzzo e Latronico 3) e la problematica delle tradizioni tecniche nel VII-VI millennio a.C. nel Mediterraneo nord-occidentale - The Late Mesolithic and the Early Neolithic in Southern Italy (Uzzo Cave and Latronico 3) and the issue of the technical traditions in the North-west Mediterranean area during VII-VI millennium BC
12:30-13:00 Discussione / Discussion 13:00-15:00 Pranzo / Lunch
15:00 B.HOLT,E.WHITTEY
Mobilità e morfologia degli arti inferiori: l’impatto con il terreno - Mobility and lower limb morphology: the impact of terrain
15:15 D.LO VETRO,A.C.COLONESE,Z.DI GIUSEPPE,W.LANDINI,F.MARTINI
La risposta umana al passaggio tra Paleolitico finale e Mesolitico antico: produzione di strumenti litici e sfruttamento delle risorse da parte degli ultimi cacciatori-raccoglitori della Sicilia sud-occidentale - Human response to Late Palaeolithic-Early Mesolithic transition: stone tool production and resources exploitation of the last hunter-gatherers in SW Sicily
15:30 G. DI MAIDA
L’arte delle grotte della Sicilia dal Tardoglaciale al primo Olocene. Una revisione del record e nuove metodologie di ricerca - The art of the Sicilian Lateglacial-Early Holocene caves. A revision of the record and the application of new methodologies
15:45 D.VISENTIN,F.FONTANA,G.L.F.BERRUTI,S.BERTOLA,S.ZIGGIOTTI
L’occupazione della pianura padana emiliana durante il primo Olocene: dati tecno-economici dal sito sauveterriano di Collecchio (Parma) - The first Holocene occupation of the Emilian Po plain: techno-economical data from the Sauveterrian site of Collecchio (Parma)
16:00-16:45 Coffee break
16:45-18:00 Discussione finale e chiusura dei lavori / Final discussion and closing meeting
Poster Session
1. F.ALTAMURA,M.MUSSI
Pochi ma buoni: metodologia e risultati delle ricerche sul Paleolitico superiore dei Colli Albani (Roma) – Scanty but meaningful: results of research on the Upper Paleolithic in the Alban Hills (near Rome)
2. B.M.ARANGUREN,F.CAVULLI,M.D’ORAZIO,S.GRIMALDI,L.LONGO,A.REVEDIN,F.SANTANIELLO
Sfruttamento del territorio nel Gravettiano dell’area tirrenica italiana: il caso-studio del Bilancino (Firenze) - Territorial exploitation in the Tyrrhenian Gravettian Italy: the case-study of Bilancino (Florence)
3. G.L.F.BERRUTI,J.ARNAUD,M.ARZARELLO,J.BELON,G.BERRUTO,S.CARACAUSI,S.DAFFARA,C.FERREIRA,C.H. REIS,P.ROSINA,F.RUBAT BOREL
Prospezioni geo-archeologiche nelle Baragge Biellesi. Nuovi dati sul Paleolitico medio del Piemonte – Geo-archaeological survey in the Baragge Biellesi area. New data on the Middle Palaeolithic in Piedmont
4. V.BORGIA,T.DEVIESE,F.NEGRINO,J.RIEL SALVATORE
L'analisi chimica dei residui sulle armi da caccia preistoriche: il progetto “Hunting Traces” - The chemical analysis of residues on prehistoric hunting weapons: the project “Hunting Traces”
5. G.CAPECCHI,A.MOUNIER,L.PUYMERAIL,S.RICCI,A.RONCHITELLI,L.MONTI,S.CONDEMI
I resti umani provenienti da Grotta Paglicci (Rignano Garganico, Foggia): revisione del materiale e prospettive di studio – Human remains from Grotta Paglicci (Rignano Garganico, Foggia): re-examination of the finds and new study perspectives
6. E.CATELLI,P.ARIAS CABAL
Pigmenti preistorici: materie prime, lavorazione e uso dell’ocra durante il Paleolitico superiore e il Mesolitico dell’Europa sud-occidentale - Prehistoric pigments: raw materials, processing and use of ochre during the Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic of South-west Europe
7. M.CESTARI
Paleobiogeografia delle avifaune e clima: possibili interazioni con le manifestazioni artistiche dei cacciatori-raccoglitori del Paleolitico superiore - Paleobiogeography of birds and climate: possible interactions with the artistic manifestations of Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers
8. C.COLLINA,M.PIPERNO
La sequenza paleolitica della grotta di Roccia San Sebastiano (Mondragone, Caserta). Chaînes opératoires gravettiane e produzione di microgravettes - The Palaeolithic sequence of Roccia San Sebastiano cave (Mondragone, Caserta). The Gravettian chaînes opératoires and the production of microgravettes
9. J.CONFORTI
La frequentazione umana nella Grotta del Leone di Agnano (Pisa) durante il Paleolitico superiore. Risultati preliminari e obiettivi di ricerca alla luce della riapertura degli scavi – The human occupation during the Upper Palaeolithic in the Grotta del Leone at Agnano (Pisa): preliminary results and research purposes of the new excavations
10. D.DELPIANO,F.GARBASI
Il Paleolitico del Pedeappennino piacentino: analisi delle raccolte di superficie - Paleolithic findings along the northern Apennine fringe: analysis of survey collections from the Piacenza region
11. E.GIANNITRAPANI
Paesaggio e dinamiche del popolamento umano nell’area delle colline degli Erei (Sicilia centrale) nel corso dell'ultima età Glaciale e del primo Olocene - Late Glacial and Early Holocene landscape and human occupation dynamics in the Erei uplands (Central Sicily)
12. F.LAROCCA,F.ARENA
Una parte per il tutto. Un caso di deposizione ossea isolata di età paleolitica a Grotta della Monaca (Cosenza) – A piece for the whole. A case of isolated bone deposition dated to the Palaeolithic at Grotta della Monaca (Cosenza)
13. A.MORONI,P.BOSCATO,A.RONCHITELLI
L’origine dell’Uluzziano: lo sconvolgimento di un paradigma? – The origin of the Uluzzian: the upsetting of a paradigm?
14. V.S.SPARACELLO,P.PETTITT,C.ROBERTS,S.ROSSI,J.RIEL-SALVATORE
Ricerche sulle dinamiche funerarie nella necropoli del Paleolitico superiore finale delle Arene Candide (Finale Ligure, Savona) attraverso nuove analisi osteologiche di deposizioni secondarie - Insights on funerary dynamics in the Late Upper Palaeolithic cemetery of Arene Candide (Finale Ligure, Savona) through new osteological analyses of secondary depositions
15. U.THUN HOHENSTEIN,M.BERTOLINI,S.CHANNARAYAPATNA,C.PERETTO
I ritoccatoi provenienti dai siti del Paleolitico medio di Riparo Tagliente, Grotta della Ghiacciaia (Verona) e Grotta Reali (Isernia) - Bone retouchers from some Italian Middle Palaeolithic sites (Riparo Tagliente and Grotta della Ghiacciaia –Verona-, Grotta Reali – Isernia-)
Comitato Scientifico / Scientific committee
Fabio Negrino, Federica Fontana, Adriana Moroni, Julien Riel Salvatore
Segreteria organizzativa / Organizational secretary
Sara Benzi, Giulia Berruto, Silvia Caffarone, Naomi Chiampan, Chiara Dodero, Matteo Gullotto, Martina Parise, Caterina Piu, Elisa Ulmert
Ringraziamenti / Acknowledgements
Si ringraziano, per il sostegno e la collaborazione, il Prof. Michele Marsonet, il Prof. Franco Montanari, il Prof. Roberto Sinigaglia, la Dott.ssa Anna Vacchini e la Dott.ssa Anna Rita Calò. Un particolare ringraziamento a Giovanni Bruzzo, fumettista di professione, che ha realizzato il bellissimo disegno utilizzato quale immagine simbolo del convegno genovese.
Thanks for support and cooperation to Prof. Michele Marsonet, Prof. Franco Montanari, Prof. Roberto Sinigaglia, Dr. Anna Vacchini and Dr. Anna Rita Calò. A particular thank to Giovanni Bruzzo, a professional cartoonist, who created the beautiful drawing used as iconic image of the Genoa meeting.
Podium Presentation - 4/02 h 9:45 ALMUDENA ARELLANO,PIERRE-ELIE MOULLÉ,FRÉDÉRIC LACOMBAT,GERARD ONORATINI
The Early Pleistocene from the Balzi Rossi Caves (Ventimiglia, Imperia)
Early Pleistocene remains have been found in two sites in the Balzi Rossi Caves: in Grimaldi Cave, also known as the Torre di Grimaldi site (de Lumley-Woodyear 1969; Rivière 1879) (fig.1), and in the Caverna del Principe (Arellano et alii 2009; Bonifay, Bonifay 1962; Boule 1906; Lacombat 2003; Lacombat, Moullé 2004; Moullé 1996).
The archaeological material from these sites includes mainly animal remains that date to the same chronological period as those discovered in Vallonet Cave (Grotte du Vallonet), at Roquebrune Cap Martin (France). These remains are curated at the Regional Museum of Prehistory of Menton and at the Prehistoric Anthropology Museum of Monaco and include species like Ursus deningeri, Canis lupus mosbachensis, Pachycrocuta brevirostris, Panthera gombazoegensis, Mammuthus meridionalis, Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis, Equus stenonis s.l., Praeovibos s.p., and Praemegaceros cf. verticornis (de Lumley 1988; de Lumley et alii 1963 e 1988; Moullé 1997-1998; Id. 2006).
Vallonnet Cave dates to ~1Ma, making it one of the oldest sites documenting human presence in Europe (de Lumley 1988; de Lumley et alii 1963, 1988; Moullé 1997-1998, 2006). Its deposits yielded lithic tools made from local raw material, including rare pieces of flint bearing Microcodium that probably come from the Ciotti conglomerate outcrop near Mortola (Ventimiglia, Italy) (Del Lucchese et alii 2002; Moullé et alii 2014; Negrino et alii 2006).
While the Early Pleistocene fauna from Caverna del Principe is not associated to lithic artefacts attributable to the same age, the situation of Grimaldi Cave is less clear-cut. Indeed, at that site, Stanislas Bonfils collected in 1871 some unworked chunks of Ciotti flint (fig. 2). The considerable distance of this site from the Ciotti conglomerate outcrop reopens the question of whether their presence in this Early Pleistocene deposit is best explained as the result of natural or anthropic forces.
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Fig. 1 - Grimaldi Cave or Torre di Grimaldi site (Grimaldi superiore, Ventimiglia, Italy) (photo by A. Arellan) Fig. 2 - Flint pebble with Microcodium from the Grimaldi Cave (Grimaldi superiore, Ventimiglia, Italy) (photo by P.-E. Mouillé)
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Podium Presentation - 4/02 h 10:00 BIANCAMARIA ARANGUREN,NICOLA AMICO,MARCO BENVENUTI,CHIARA CAPALBO,FLORIANO CAVANNA,FABIO CAVULLI,FRANCESCO CIANI,GIACOMO COMENCINI,CARMINE D’AMICO,MASSIMO DELFINO,DANIELA ESU,GIANNA
GIACHI,CLAUDIA GIULIANI,ELISA GLIOZZI,GIUDITTA GRANDINETTI,STEFANO GRIMALDI,NICOLA MACCHIONI, MARTA MARIOTTI LIPPI,FEDERICO MASINI,PAUL MAZZA,MIRIA MORI,PASQUINO PALLECCHI,ANNA REVEDIN,
FABIO SANTANIELLO,ANDREA SAVORELLI,MARCO SPADI,MARIO VOLTAGGIO.
Men and elephants at Poggetti Vecchi (Grosseto)
In the early months of 2012 investigative works for the construction of a thermal pool within a small artificial basin in the district of Poggetti Vecchi, close to Grosseto unearthed a Palaeolithic site with many remains of Palaeoloxodon antiquus, alongside those of several other vertebrates.
Urgent excavations were carried out by the Tuscan Archaeological Commission between March and June 2012 and in November 2013, over an area of around 160 m2 within the artificial basin. The work was complicated by the constant flow of hot spring water; the pool was emptied during the excavation by a large pump, while it was filled with water during the rest of the day.
The same level yielded a set of wooden artefacts of great scientific relevance. These items are presently being restored and under study. Based on preliminary analytical results, the oldest level of frequentation of the Poggetti Vecchi site can be attributed to a time period ranging around 150-200 ka BP. The area is located at the foot of a small limestone land surface elevation of around 11 metres above sea level, along the shore of an old lake, now filled. The area was repeatedly frequented by prehistoric man, probably at the beginning of the middle Palaeolithic, for hunting and/or scavenging carcasses of large herbivores that lived in the area.
The research in the site of Poggetti Vecchi called for a multidisciplinary approach, involving numerous specialists from different scientific disciplines. The study, still in progress, will include also absolute dating, which is however difficult to obtain in presence of hot spring water.
Fig. 1 - The recovering of a tusk of Paleoloxodon antiquus during the excavation.
The excavated stratigraphic succession starts, at the base, with an anthropic level containing numerous stone tools, a fair number of bone tools, and many faunal and floral remains.
Podium Presentation - 4/02 h 10:15 DANIELE AURELI,ROXANE ROCCA,ANTONIO CONTARDI,BIAGIO GIACCIO,CRISTINA LEMORINI,DONATELLA MAGRI,
FEDERICA MARANO,SALVATORE MILLI,VALERIO MODESTI,MARIA RITA PALOMBO.
The site of Ficoncella (Tarquinia, Viterbo) in the Lower Palaeolithic context of Europe: current results and future perspectives.
The site of Ficoncella, located in lower part of the Mignone river valley (Tarquinia, Tolfa Mountains, northern Lazio), has provided the opportunity to study a single carcass of Palaeoloxodon antiquus human occupation during the Lower Palaeolithic (Aureli et alii 2012; 2015) (fig. 1).
The research conducted from 2010 to 2015, with the approval and collaboration of the Soprintendenza Archeologia del Lazio e dell’Etruria meridionale, were supported by the Comune of Allumiere, the Museo Civico "A. Klitsche De La Grange" and the Fondazione Cariciv.
Over the past five years the research team has involved over the past five years involved the participation of different institutions, including the University of Siena, UR Prehistory and Anthropology, UMR 7041 ArScAn-antet, the
University of Rome "La Sapienza "and the CNR-IGAG.
Thanks to regional geological and stratigraphic sequence studies, radiometric dates and tephro-chronological observations, we can assert that human activities took place on a riverbank during the high-stand sea-level of marine isotope stage 13 (ca. 500ky). In the current state of research we proposed the hypothesis of a quick burial of the lithic implements and fauna, which occurred in a short time range, thanks to alluvial deposits in a floodplain context (Aureli et alii 2015).
The lithic industry recovered, about 400 elements, has some very interesting features which are useful to understand the technical complexity of the European Lower Paleolithic. Currently no elements coming from handaxes or LTC reduction sequence were found.
Fig.. 1 – 1. Location of Ficoncella site. 2. Stratigraphic sequence of the site; the arrows indicate the archaeological level and the skull of the elephant (2015 excavation). 3. Archaeological map with Paleoloxodon antiquus carcass, other faunal remains and lithic artefacts. 4. Small flint tools.
Thanks to technological and techno-functional analysis we determined two distinct reduction sequences (Aureli et alii in press). The first one concerns large limestone pebbles. It consists in the production of medium/large flakes, through an additional production system (Boëda 2013). The aim is to obtain robust and long (40-60 mm) cutting-edges on elongated, convergent or backed flakes. The second reduction sequence is performed on small flint pebbles, in order to obtain “small-tools” with several cutting-edges (spine, mini-rostrum, etc.). The small flakes coming from this reduction sequence (retouch and notches flakes) are used on several working materials (Aureli et alii 2015).
The latter category of tools, generally defined in the literature as "small tools", is studied at Ficoncella site in order to better understand their functional and evolutive status within the variability of the Lower Palaeolithic. Therefore it was important to define a specific protocol involving different analysis methods to provide a better understanding of the function and role of stone tools: technological production, techno-functional, ergonomic, experimental.
A systematic study with the objective of identifying the use-wear and residues traces was carried out on the entire sample, providing interesting data on the worked material and the type of action of these tools.
In the future, microstratigraphical taphonomical,
archeozoological and fabric analyses, will help us to reconstruct in greater detail the micro-history of the site. The results already obtained allow us to approach the technical and behavioural variability expressed by Palaeolithic communities, during Early Middle Pleistocene.
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AURELI D.,CONTARDI A.,GIACCIO B.,MODESTI V.,PALOMBO
M.R., ROZZI R., SPOSATO A., TRUCCO F. (2012) -
Straight-tusked elephants in the Middle Pleistocene of northern Latium: Preliminary report on the Ficoncella site (Tarquinia, central Italy), Quaternary International 255, 2935. Doi: 10.1016 /j.quaint.2011.06.052.
AURELI D.,CONTARDI C.,GIACCIO B.,JICHA B.,LEMORINI C., MADONNA S.,MAGRI D.,MARANO F.,MILLI S.,MODESTI
V.,PALOMBO M.R.,ROCCA R. (2015) - Palaeoloxodon and Human Interaction: Depositional Setting, Chronology and Archaeology at the Middle Pleistocene Ficoncella Site (Tarquinia, Italy), PLoS ONE 10, 0124498.
AURELI D.,ROCCA R.,LEMORINI C.,MODESTI V.,SCARAMUCCI
S., MILLI S., GIACCIO B., MARANO F., PALOMBO M.R.,
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tools” in the technical variability of the European Lower Palaeolithic: The site of Ficoncella (Tarquinia, Lazio, central Italy), Quaternary International. Doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.07.055 BOËDA E. (2013) - Techno-logique & technologie: une
paléo-histoire des objects lithiques tranchants, @rchéo-éditions.
Podium Presentation - 4/02 h 10:30 CRISTINA LEMORINI,ANDREA ZUPANCICH,DANIELE AURELI,ELISA NICOUD,ERNESTO SANTUCCI,
ANNA PAOLA ANZIDEI
Stone tool use in the Middle Pleistocene of the Italian Peninsula: new data from the sites of “La Polledrara di Cecanibbio” (Roma), “La Ficoncella” (Viterbo) and “Valle Giumentina” (Pescara).
Evidence coming from the analysis of stone tool use plays a major role in the investigation of human behaviour during Palaeolithic. If for the later periods data related to this matter is getting more and more exhaustive, the same cannot be said for the earlier periods. Indeed, the preservation degree of the materials associated to the industries coming from earlier contexts has often prevent the application of through and in-depth functional analyses.
Here we present data coming from the application of use wear analysis and its integration with the technological and techno-morpho-functional analysis on the lithic assemblages of three Middle Pleistocene sites of the Italian Peninsula: La Polledrara di Cecanibbio (Latium), La Ficoncella (Latium) and Valle Giumentina (Abbruzzo). The overall high degree of preservation of these contexts allowed to perform
a detailed analysis of the use wear present on the tool edges providing relevant data related to the exploitation of these implements during the Middle Pleistocene.
The analyses of both the edge damage and micro wear preserved on the tools permits to speculate about their use in specific tasks often related to butchering activities. Moreover, in two cases, La Polledrara di Cecanibbio and La Ficoncella, the tools are associated to Palaeoloxodon anitiquus remains providing important suggestions on the ongoing relation between early humans and megafauna during the Lower Palaeolithic.
The results presented in this work provide new and relevant data related to the understanding of the early human groups and their behaviours, contributing to the overall knowledge of the Lower Palaeolithic of the Italian peninsula.
Podium Presentation - 4/02 h 10:45 ELISA NICOUD,DANIELE AURELI,MARINA PAGLI,VALENTINA VILLA,CHRISTINE CHAUSSÉ,FABIO FUSCO,GIOVANNI
BOSCHIAN,JEAN-PHILIPPE DEGEAI,SILVANO AGOSTINI,JEAN-JACQUES BAHAIN,TOMMASO COLONNA,BIAGIO GIACCIO,MARION HERNANDEZ,CATHERINE KUZUCUOGLU,CHRISTELLE LAHAYE,CRISTINA LEMORINI,NICOLE LIMONDIN-LOZOUET,PAUL MAZZA,NORBERT MERCIER,SÉBASTIEN NOMADE,ALISON PEREIRA,VINCENT ROBERT,
MARIA ADELAIDE ROSSI,CLÉMENT VIRMOUX,ANDREA ZUPANCICH
Geochronology and archaeology of Valle Giumentina Lower Palaeolithic site (Pescara)
Valle Giumentina is located on the Adriatic side of the Central Apennines, on the north-western slope of the Majella mountain. This hanging valley was the site of a small lake during the Pleistocene.
The valley is deeply incised by a small stream in its northern part. This cutting allows observing the Middle Pleistocene infilling of the basin on a long stratigraphic profile, 25 m deep. Studied in the 1950s by J. Demangeot and A.M. Radmilli, the sedimentary sequence was considered to be of Rissian and Würmian age as well as the nine archaeological levels they included. They were attributed to the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic. Their classification needed to be revised. Valle Giumentina is a key site to reassess the Pleistocene cultural evolution in Italy due to its unique succession of distinct in situ archaeological levels included in a long sedimentary sequence.
Pluridisciplinary researches were resumed at
Valle Giumentina (École Française de Rome project 2012-16) in order to understand and reconstruct its environmental evolution during the Pleistocene and to clarify the nature and chronology of human occupations. A high-resolution pluridisciplinary study of the sequence (sedimentology, micromorphology, bioproxies, tephrochronology) and dating techniques (Ar/Ar, ESR, OSL) have been performed. 6 levels of volcanic ashes have been found.
Results depict an evolution of the Valle Giumentina basin in four phases, from a lake environment to its drying. 11 archaeological layers have been identified, in both glacial and interglacial periods, during stable environmental conditions (soils). We present here a synthesis of both archaeological and chronostratigraphical data obtained after four years of field and laboratory studies on this rich Lower Palaeolithic site.
Podium Presentation - 4/02 h 11:30 ROXANE ROCCA,CLAUDIA ABRUZZESE,DANIELE AURELI,JEAN-JACQUES BAHAIN,PAOLO BENEDUCE,PAOLA DI LEO,
PAOLO GIANNANDREA,SALATORE IVO GIANO,DARIO GIOIA,DONATELLA MAGRI,SEBASTIEN NOMADE,ALISON PEREIRA,MARCELLO SCHIATTARELLA,ROBERTO SULPIZIO,PIERRE VOINCHET
New multidisciplinary research project on the Lower Palaeolithic site of Cimitero di Atella in Basilicata (southern Italy).
The site of Cimitero di Atella is located in the village of Atella (Basilicata, southern Italy), at about 10 km south of Mount Vulture. The 20-years long excavation of Prof. E. Borzatti von Löwenstern, brought to light an important sequence containing two archaeological levels attributed to the Lower Acheulean (Borzatti et alii 1990, 1997). The lithic implements and faunal remains are at the moment dated to 0.63 Ma on the base of stratigraphical, volcanological and biochronological correlations (Borzatti et alii 1990; Ciolli 1997; Di Muro 1999; Zucchelli 2002).
A new multidisciplinary project, started in 2015, proposes to reactivate the research on this important site (fig. 1). The aim of this program is to re-assess the chrono-stratigraphical context, as well as the site formation and the features of fauna and lithic industry.
The study area is located in the frontal part of the south-Apennines orogenic chain (fig. 2). The Atella site is included in a narrow area between the southernmost base slope of Mount Vulture Volcano and the Atella palaeolake (fig. 3).
Monte Vulture is a strato-volcano composed of highly undersaturated alkaline-potassic to ultrapotassic rocks belonging to the Roman Magmatic Province. It is a relatively small volcanic complex which consists of a 700 m thick lava and
pyroclastic succession and is characterised by a central vent and parasitic cones, eccentric lava-plugs, and domes. The earlier volcanic morphology has been modified by summit and lateral volcano-tectonic collapses. The volcano is localised on a structural high of the pre-Pliocene and Pliocene sedimentary bedrock. Its activity developed in middle Pleistocene times, starting at about 0.7 Ma and ending at 0.14 Ma. Therefore, genesis and evolution of Mount Vulture Volcano took place during the recent deformation of the frontal (i.e. eastern) part of the south-Apennines chain (Schiattarella et alii 2005).
The arrangement of Monte Vulture deposits has been widely reviewed by grouping, into basic unconformity-bounded units (Synthems), the volcano-stratigraphic units which are not separated by unconformities or long quiescence periods marked by palaeosols and erosional surfaces (Giannandrea et alii 2006).
The presence of lacustrine deposits at the bottom of the stratigraphic succession, related to the Atella paleolake, and of several volcanic layers in the upper part of the sequence, belonging to the Vulture Mt. eruptive events, allowed us to re-collocate the sequence in a more precise chronological context (fig. 4).
The new study of lithic industry (Abruzzese 2014, Abruzzese et alii 2016) shows that the assemblage contains in fact a great variability of reduction sequences (large cutting-tools, small tools, flakes production).
This diversity, at the centre of the current research on Lower Palaeolithic, make of Cimitero di Atella an important site, which will add new and unpublished data to the debate on the evolution of technical systems in Italy during the Middle Pleistocene.
Acknowledgment: This project is lead in collaboration with the Soprintendenza Archeologia della Basilicata (Potenza, Italy), and supported by the Basilicata Region (Italy), the Commune di Atella (Potenza, Italy) and the Umr 7041 – ArScAn, équipe AnTET (Nanterre, France).
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ABRUZZESE C. (2014) - Il sito paleolitico di Atella (Pz) nel quadro del primo popolamento europeo: studio tecnologico dell’industria litica. Tesi di Laurea. Università degli Studi di Napoli «L’Orientale». ABRUZZESE C., AURELI D.,ROCCA R. (2016) - Assessment
of the Acheulean in Southern Italy: new study on the Cimitero di Atella site (Basilicat a, Italy), Quaternary International 393, 158-168.
BORZATTI VON LÖWENSTERN E., SOZZI M., VANNUCCI
S.,VIANELLO F. (1990) - L’acheuleano antico del
cimitero di Atella. Prime indagini sulla stratigrafia del sedimento e sulle industrie litiche, Studi per l’ecologia del quaternario 12.
BORZATTI VON LÖWENSTERN E., PALCHETTI A., SOZZI M. (1997) - Témoignages de l’Acheuléen inferieur en Italie Méridionale: Le gisement du Cimitero di Atella (Basilicata), L’Anthropologie 101, 617-638. CIOLLI N. (1997) - Elephas antiquus Falconer &
Cautley del Cimitero di Atella (PZ), Studi per l’Ecologia del Quaternario 19, 25-33.
DI MURO A. (1999) - Inquadramento tefrostratigrafico del sito acheuleano del Cimitero di Atella (Basilicata, Italia), Studi per l’Ecologia del Quaternario 21, 7-14.
GIANNANDREA P.,LA VOLPE L.,PRINCIPE C.,SCHIATTARELLA
M. (2006) - Unità stratigrafiche a limiti inconformi e storia evolutiva del vulcano medio-pleistocenico di Monte Vulture (Appennino meridionale, Italia), Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana125,67-92 (with attached geological map, 1:25.000 scale). SCHIATTARELLA M., BENEDUCE P., DI LEO P., GIANO
S.I.,GIANNANDREA P., PRINCIPE C. 2005, Assetto strutturale ed evoluzione morfotettonica quaternaria del vulcano del Monte Vulture (Appennino Lucano), Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana 124, 543-562.
ZUCCHELLI M. (2002) - I cervidi dell’Acheuleano antico nel Cimitero di Atella (Potenza), Studi per l’Ecologia del Quaternario 24, 13-17.
Fig. 3 – Geological and morphological simplified scheme of the study area, with the location of the Atella site.
Fig. 4 – Detailed stratigraphic log of the Atella site in the frame of the larger succession of the Mount Vulture Volcano.
Podium Presentation - 4/02 h 11:45 CARLO PERETTO,JULIE ARNAUD,GIUSEPPE LEMBO,BRUNELLA MUTTILLO,ETTORE RUFO,BENEDETTO SALA,DARIO
SIGARI,URSULA THUN HOHENSTEIN,MARTA ARZARELLO
The prehistoric settlement of Molise (south-central Italy) in the light of the latest research
Following the discovery, in 1979, of the prehistoric site of Isernia La Pineta (Isernia, Molise, south-central Italy), the archaeological researches carried out by the University of Ferrara have expanded throughout the territory highlighting other Palaeolithic sites: the Achelean site of Guado San Nicola (Monteroduni, Isernia), the Mousterian site of Grotta Reali (Rocchetta a Volturno, Isernia), the rock art site of Riparo di Morricone del Pesco (Civitanova del Sannio, Isernia).
Archaeological researches – conducted with the support of Soprintendenza Archeologia del Molise MiBACT – are still in progress and have allowed the achievement of many important scientific results. Isernia La Pineta
Isernia La Pineta, dated to ~0.6 Ma, is a key-site for the comprehension of the early Middle Pleistocene in Western Europe. It is an extensive open-air site with abundant lithic industry and faunal remains distributed across four stratified archaeo-surfaces. The complex stratigraphic sequence is characterised by fluvial-lacustrine and volcanic deposits (Peretto 2013).
The lithic production is characterised by the exploitation of two local raw materials: flint and limestone. The most representative debitage method is the opportunistic one, with the exploitation of two or more percussion planes, followed by the centripetal (cf. discoid) method. Bipolar percussion on an anvil was mostly used for the reduction of flint tablets of low quality, characterised by many fractures.
The local limestone cobbles were exploited mainly for debitage and rarely for shaping. Retouching was adopted, both with specific functional purposes for the manufacture of sidescrapers and denticulates and for the re-sharpening of the cutting edges.
The faunal assemblage, characteristic of the Middle Galerian, is mainly represented by herbivores, testifying the presence of an arboreal steppe. The systematic exploitation of animal carcasses is shown by numerous cut marks and intentional fresh bone fractures.
An isolated human deciduous child incisor has recently been discovered (Peretto et alii 2015).
Guado San Nicola
The site of Guado San Nicola (Monteroduni, Isernia), is located on the distal part of the ancient terraced alluvial fan of the Lorda stream, a tributary of the Volturno river. The excavation has unearthed a rich concentration of lithic and faunal remains within a stratigraphic sequence of more than two meters in thickness, characterised by alternating gravelly and sandy fluvial layers rich in pyroclastic materials (Peretto et alii cds).
The chronology of the site is attributable to the end of MIS 11– beginning of MIS 10, according to the available radiometric dates (40Ar/39Ar and ESR/U-series) (Bahain et alii 2014; Nomade, Pereira 2014).
The faunal assemblage is characterised by the presence of Cervus elaphus acoronatus, Cervidae, Equus ferus ssp., followed by Palaeoloxondon sp., Bos primigenius and Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis, Ursus sp., Dama sp. Megacerini are very rare.
The palaeo-environment was constituted by woodland and shrub areas, mostly occupied by cervids, and open grassland, populated by elephants, aurochs and horses, that should refer to one or more temperate or warm temperate phases.
The zoo-archaeological analysis revealed the presence of cut marks and intentional fractures associated with anthropic activities aimed at marrow recovery. The abundance of deer antlers, together with the presence of peculiar marks on the surface of the burrs of four shed antlers seems to indicate a probable use as hammers for the knapping of lithic material, a hypothesis corroborated by the characteristics of the lithic industry (Sala et alii 2014).
The techno-economic analysis of the lithic assemblage, mostly obtained by the exploitation of flint and only occasionally by the exploitation of limestone flint, allows the reconstruction of the technical behaviour (Muttillo et alii 2014).
Handaxes are frequent and generally produced at the expense of slabs of flint and only very rarely from flakes: although they are very heterogeneous in terms of morphology and dimensions, the technical investment is concentrated on the shaping of the distal part, while the basal part
