Abstract During the Lower Paleolithic, the interaction between hominins and elephants
through the medium of lithic tools is testified by numerous sites in Africa, Europe, and Asia …

This paper reports the archaeometric characterisation of a number of Phoenician-Punic
amphorae from the ancient site of Entella in western Sicily. Entella lies in the Sicani …

The results of the study of faunal remains from the Upper Pleistocene levels of the cave site
of Grotta del Romito in Calabria, southern Italy, are presented in this work. The present study …

North-eastern Italy was a familiar region for Neanderthal groups, as attested by over 20
Middle Palaeolithic multi-layered sites in caves, rockshelters and at the open, investigated …

In the October 2004 campaign of the Raganello Archaeological Project (RAP) of the
Groningen Institute of Archaeology (GIA), a survey team headed by the first author located …

In attempt to enlighten the debate on the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition, this work
contributes new data from a yet unpublished site, Riparo Broion in the north-east of Italy …

New human remains have been found during recent excavations conducted in the lower
section of Visogliano dolina (Trieste, Italy). They are represented by teeth and a fragment of …

The recent discovery of a site at Vallparadís (Terrassa), dated to the upper boundary of the
Jaramillo sub-chron (0.98 Ma), allows us to close the archaeological gap in the Late Lower …

In southern Italy, the number of Acheulean sites in a secure stratigraphic context is small and
sites with control over the age of the deposit and of the artefacts are even less. The open-air …

The onset of the Middle Pleistocene (780 ka) in the European continent is associated with
significant environmental variations (Middle Pleistocene Revolution), innovative behavioural …