scholarly journals Back to Uluzzo – archaeological, palaeoenvironmental and chronological context of the Mid–Upper Palaeolithic sequence at Uluzzo C Rock Shelter (Apulia, southern Italy)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. E. Spinapolice ◽  
A. Zerboni ◽  
M. C. Meyer ◽  
S. Talamo ◽  
G. S. Mariani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern Italy ◽  
Upper Palaeolithic ◽  
Rock Shelter

A Late Upper Aurignacian Station in North Lincolnshire

1932 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 335-339
Author(s):  
A. Leslie Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Upper Palaeolithic ◽  
Research Committee ◽  
Distinctive Character ◽  
Rock Shelter ◽  
English Expression ◽  
Gradual Development ◽  
The Subject ◽  
University Of Bristol ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

The site forming the subject of this communication is an open-air station of Upper Palæolithic date, situated near the northern extremity of the Lincolnshire Cliff range, and previously unrecorded. The cultural horizon of the site closely corresponds with that of the upper levels of the rock-shelter known as ‘Mother Grundy's Parlour,’ Creswell Crags, Derbyshire, excavated by the writer in 1924, under the auspices of the British Association Research Committee for the Exploration of Caves in Derbyshire. Those excavations revealed, for the first time, the gradual development of our English phase of the Upper Aurignacian, and established the fact that this was of a distinctive character, and had been evolved practically free from Magdalenian influences. Excavations in the Mendip caves by the University of Bristol Spelæological Society, and elsewhere, have since confirmed these conclusions; and it is now recognised tlhat the culture is essentially an English expression of Upper Aurignacian, which is typical of the Upper Palæolithic in this country.

Between hearths and volcanic ash: The SU 13 palimpsest of the Oscurusciuto rock shelter (Ginosa – Southern Italy): Analytical and interpretative questions

2016 ◽  
Vol 417 ◽  
pp. 105-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Spagnolo ◽  
Giulia Marciani ◽  
Daniele Aureli ◽  
Francesco Berna ◽  
Paolo Boscato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Volcanic Ash ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Rock Shelter

scholarly journals A chrono-cultural reassessment of levels III-V from El Cuco rock-shelter: a new sequence for the late Middle Palaeolithic – early Upper Palaeolithic boundary in the Cantabrian region (northern Iberia)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro RASINES DEL RÍO ◽  
Julià MAROTO ◽  
Emilio MUÑOZ-FERNÁNDEZ ◽  
José Manuel MORLOTE-EXPÓSITO ◽  
undefined Pedro María CASTAÑOS-UGARTE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Middle Palaeolithic ◽  
Upper Palaeolithic ◽  
Large Mammals ◽  
Modern Humans ◽  
Rock Shelter ◽  
Cantabrian Region ◽  
Anatomically Modern Humans ◽  
Early Upper

The Iberian Peninsula is one of the key areas for studying the last populations of Neanderthals and the arrival in Europe of the first anatomically modern humans. In the Cantabrian region, this process can be traced in just a few sites with levels dating to the final stages of the Middle Palaeolithic and the earliest phases of the Upper Palaeolithic. One of these singular enclaves is El Cuco rock-shelter, where the sequence was initially dated by 14C only to the early Upper Palaeolithic sensu lato. However, new studies and datings now place this archaeological sequence in the late Mousterian and the Aurignacian. In this article we present a chrono-cultural reassessment of the upper levels of El Cuco (III-V), including a study of the large mammals. Levels Vc and Vb (>43.5-40.5 ky uncal BP) date from the late Mousterian, whereas levels Va, IV and III (c. 36.5-30 ky uncal BP) cover an interval extending at least from the Early Aurignacian to the Evolved Aurignacian. Particularly noteworthy is the discovery in level Va of a set of decorative beads made from marine shells in a context of possible symbolic behaviour.

An Automated Laser Scan Survey of the Upper Palaeolithic Rock Shelter of Cap Blanc

2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.A. Robson Brown ◽  
A. Chalmers ◽  
T. Saigol ◽  
C. Green ◽  
F. D'errico
Keyword(s):  
Upper Palaeolithic ◽  
Rock Shelter

scholarly journals Depositional processes and environmental settings in rock shelters: the case of the prehistoric Oscurusciuto site (Southern Italy)

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Ivan Martini ◽  
Andrea Baucon ◽  
Francesco Boschin
Keyword(s):  
Southern Italy ◽  
Complete Replacement ◽  
Rock Shelter ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Italian Peninsula ◽  
Depositional Processes ◽  
Sedimentary Succession ◽  
Archeological Site ◽  
Human Trampling ◽  
Rock Shelters

Abstract Clastic successions in rock shelters commonly host important archaeological findings, especially of prehistoric and protostoric times. The understanding of depositional and post-depositional processes in these environments is crucial to understand the lifestyle settings of humans, as well as the reliability of archaeological data obtained during excavations. Rock shelters are genetically related to caves, but while depositional processes in caves are generally well known, less information is available concerning the depositional processes active in rock shelters. This paper tries to contribute to this issue, describing the sedimentary succession exposed at the Oscurusciuto rock shelter (Ginosa, Southern Italy). This is one of the most important Middle Palaeolithic sites of the Italian peninsula, and its sedimentary infill hosts witnesses of very late Neanderthal populations that lived in Italy just before their total decline and complete replacement by Modern Humans (MH). This work presents the results of a sedimentologically based study integrated with an ichnological study of selected beds. The combination of these two methodologies allowed us to: (i) define the main depositional processes active in the rock shelter environment, as well as the relationships between different processes; (ii) discuss the meaning of peculiar ichnofabrics recognized at the site, and (iii) discuss the meaning of structureless strata at an archeological site in the framework of human trampling vs bioturbation as a cause of the obliteration of primary sedimentary structures.

The palaeoecological meaning of macromammal remains from archaeological sites exemplified by the case study of Grotta Paglicci (Upper Palaeolithic, southern Italy)

2018 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 470-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Boschin ◽  
Paolo Boscato ◽  
Claudio Berto ◽  
Jacopo Crezzini ◽  
Annamaria Ronchitelli
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Common Vole ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Upper Palaeolithic ◽  
Climatic Evolution ◽  
The Common ◽  
Mammal Assemblages ◽  
Cultural Choices

AbstractBone accumulation in Palaeolithic archaeological sites is often the result of activities carried out by hunter-gatherer groups. Cultural choices may have influenced prey representation in archaeological assemblages, distorting their palaeoecological meaning. We present a comparison between large mammal and small mammal assemblages from the Upper Palaeolithic sequence of Grotta Paglicci (Apulia, southern Italy) that extends from the Marginally Backed Bladelet Aurignacian (about 39,000 cal yr BP) to the Final Epigravettian (about 13,000 cal yr BP). At Paglicci, the high frequency of horse and ibex remains indicates open and dry environments for most of the Upper Palaeolithic. This is confirmed by the predominance of the common vole among small mammals. The alternation between horse and ibex, which takes place during the Upper Palaeolithic, however, looks to be more related to variations in hunting territories. Taxon frequencies change abruptly at 17,955–16,696 cal yr BP, with an increase in woodland-related ungulates together with micromammals, indicating a climatic evolution towards milder and more humid conditions. Results demonstrate that when the association of ungulate taxa is considered as a whole, it has a good palaeoecological signal, whilst considering taxa separately can help to better understand cultural choices of past hunter-gatherer communities.

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