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Fire-places, frequentations and the environmental setting of the final Mousterian at Grotta di Fumane: a report from the 2006-2008 research

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: The excavations campaigns carried out in 2006-08 at Grotta di Fumane enabled the extensive exploration of the final Mousterian layers and, at the same time, to start the first large-scale research of the valuable archaeological record preserved at the cave entrance. The present work provides a preliminary assessment of the results from several anthropogenic signatures recovered from the complex of units A5-A6. Marked differences between A5-A5+A6 and A6 are shown in the density and number of certain signatures, as a consequence of changes in settlement dynamics. Combustion structures are numerous in A6, a layer which yielded thousands of artefacts and ecofacts. Conversely, anthropogenic signatures in A5 are scarce. Red deer, ungulate and some carnivore bones are exclusively of cultural origin.

Source: Institutional Research Information System University of Ferrara (University of Ferrara)

DOI: 10.7485/qu58_07

Authors: Peresani, Marco, Chrzavzez, Julia, Danti, Alice, March, Martina De, Duches, Rossella, Gurioli, Fabio, Muratori, Simona, Romandini, Matteo, Trombino, Luca, Tagliacozzo, Antonio

Language: English

Topic: Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2654620742

FWCI: 9.485

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Cited by: 38

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