Lithic techno-complexes in Italy from 50 to 39 thousand years BP: An overview of lithic technological changes across the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic boundary

G Marciani, A Ronchitelli, S Arrighi, F Badino… - Quaternary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Defining the processes involved in the technical/cultural shifts from the Late Middle to the
Early Upper Palaeolithic in Europe (~ 50-39 thousand years BP) is one of the most important …

[HTML][HTML] Late Neanderthal “menu” from northern to southern Italy: freshwater and terrestrial animal resources

M Romandini, S Silvestrini, C Real, F Lugli… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
One of the unanswered questions in Palaeolithic studies is how Neanderthals adapted their
subsistence strategies by changing their diet at such a late stage of their existence …

Chronometric data and stratigraphic evidence support discontinuity between Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens in the Italian Peninsula

T Higham, M Frouin, K Douka, A Ronchitelli… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The process by which Palaeolithic Europe was transformed from a Neanderthal-dominated
region to one occupied exclusively by Homo sapiens has proven challenging to diagnose. A …

Insights into the timing, intensity and natural setting of Neanderthal occupation from the geoarchaeological study of combustion structures: A micromorphological and …

L Leierer, M Jambrina-Enríquez, AV Herrera-Herrera… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Middle Paleolithic lithic and faunal assemblages throughout Eurasia reflect short-term
Neanderthal occupations, which suggest high group mobility. However, the timing of these …

[PDF][PDF] Grotta del cavallo (Apulia–Southern Italy). The uluzzian in the mirror

A Moroni, A Ronchitelli, A Simona, D Aureli… - Journal of …, 2018 - pure.mpg.de
The Uluzzian techno-complex is commonly considered to be a “transitional industry” mostly
on the basis of some inferred characteristics such as a chiefly flake-based production, a …

Neanderthal activity and resting areas from stratigraphic unit 13 at the Middle Palaeolithic site of Oscurusciuto (Ginosa-Taranto, Southern Italy)

V Spagnolo, G Marciani, D Aureli, F Berna… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Stratigraphic Unit 13 of Oscurusciuto Rockshelter (Ginosa, Taranto, Southern Italy)
is a short Mousterian palimpsest representing the first stable occupation of the site soon after …

Examining Neanderthal and carnivore occupations of Teixoneres Cave (Moià, Barcelona, Spain) using archaeostratigraphic and intra-site spatial analysis

L Zilio, H Hammond, T Karampaglidis… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Teixoneres Cave (Moià, Barcelona, Spain) is a reference site for Middle
Palaeolithic studies of the Iberian Peninsula. The cave preserves an extensive stratigraphic …

Macromammal and bird assemblages across the late Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Italy: an extended zooarchaeological review

M Romandini, J Crezzini, E Bortolini, P Boscato… - Quaternary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Evidence of human activities during the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition is well
represented from rock-shelters, caves and open-air sites across Italy. Over the past decade …

[HTML][HTML] Grotta Grande (southern Italy). Disentangling the Neandertal and carnivore interaction in a short-term palimpsest at the last glacial onset (∼ 116-109 ka)

V Spagnolo, J Crezzini, C Falguères, O Tombret… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mousterian of the Grotta Grande (Southern Italy) is here subject to new dating,
which provide a surprisingly high-resolution on the stratigraphic sequence. Overall, the …

Defining and characterising clusters in Palaeolithic sites: a review of methods and constraints

L Sánchez-Romero, A Benito-Calvo… - Journal of Archaeological …, 2021 - Springer
Spatial analysis studies in Palaeolithic archaeology arise as indispensable research tools
for understanding archaeopalaeontological sites. In general terms, spatial studies have …