The Lower/early middle Pleistocene small débitage productions in western Europe: new data from Isernia La Pineta t. 3c (Upper Volturno Basin, Italy)

R Gallotti, C Peretto - Quaternary International, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Isernia La Pineta archaeological site in Central Italy, dated to about 0.6 Ma, is one
of the earliest archaeological sites of the Italian peninsula and one of the key sites for the …

The middle Pleistocene site of Guado san Nicola (Monteroduni, Central Italy) on the lower/middle palaeolithic transition

C Peretto, M Arzarello, JJ Bahain, N Boulbes… - Quaternary …, 2016 - Elsevier
The archaeological site of Guado San Nicola (Monteroduni, Central Italy), under excavation
since 2008, is located in the Upper Volturno Valley, near the top of a fluvial terrace attributed …

[HTML][HTML] Blades, bladelets and flakes: a case of variability in tool design at the dawn of the Middle–Upper Palaeolithic transition in Italy

M Peresani, LEC Di Taranto - Comptes Rendus Palevol, 2013 - Elsevier
Neanderthals left diverse sets of cultural evidence just before the Middle–Upper Palaeolithic
transition in Europe. Within this evidence, the production of lithic implements plays a key role …

Management of paleoenvironmental resources and exploitation of raw materials at the Middle Paleolithic site of Oscurusciuto (Ginosa, southern Italy): units 1 and 4

P Boscato, P Gambassini, F Ranaldo… - … and Technology: One …, 2011 - Springer
The authors introduce some preliminary data regarding the lithic industries and the faunal
remains discovered at the Middle Paleolithic site Oscurusciuto, situated in the ravine of …

Updating on the final Palaeolithic-Mesolithic transition in Trentino (NE Italy)

M Bassetti, A Cusinato, G Dalmeri… - Preistoria Alpina, 2009 - moa.muse.it
This work offers an approach to the question of the transition phase between the
Epigravettian and the Mesolithic in the Alpine area. The aim is to compare the techno …

[PDF][PDF] Continuity and replacement in flake production across the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic transition: a view over the Italian Peninsula

M De Stefani, M Dini, H Klempererova… - Flakes not blades: the …, 2012 - academia.edu
An assessment of the role of flake production across the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic transition
produces many similarities across the Italian peninsula. From the northern belt of the Po …

A second life: Recycling production waste during the Middle Palaeolithic in layer L at Grotta del Cavallo (Lecce, Southeast Italy)

F Romagnoli - Quaternary International, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents the modalities of recycling in lithic assemblage in layer L at Grotta del
Cavallo (Middle Palaeolithic, Southeast Italy). The layer exhibits a high diversity of …

Assessing the exploitation of double patinated artifacts from the Late Mousterian: Implications for lithic economy and human mobility in northern Italy

M Peresani, M Boldrin, P Pasetti - Quaternary International, 2015 - Elsevier
The finding of recycled lithic artifacts in the Mousterian stratigraphic sequences of Grotta
Fumane, Grotta San Bernardino and Grotta Broion in the southern Alps has stimulated …

Raw materials procurement strategies at the Ciota Ciara cave: New insight on land mobility in north-western Italy during Middle Palaeolithic

S Daffara, GLF Berruti, G Berruto, N Eftekhari… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The importance of the Ciota Ciara cave for the understanding of the Middle Palaeolithic
peopling of Piedmont (north-western Italy) is known since the 60s but it is just since 2009 …

Assessment of the Acheulean in southern Italy: new study on the Atella site (Basilicata, Italy)

C Abruzzese, D Aureli, R Rocca - Quaternary International, 2016 - Elsevier
In this research, still at a preliminary stage, we have studied the lithic assemblage of
Cimitero di Atella site (Basilicata, Southern Italy) with a technological and techno-functional …