The deposit of the Late Pleistocene from Avetrana (Taranto, southern Italy): biochronology and palaeoecology. Il
Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: The analytical study of the vertebrate assemblage from the Late Pleistocene, found in a karstic cavity (which lays on a calcarenite near \nAvetrana, Taranto, southern Italy), allows us to reduce the chronological span during which the fossil remains were deposited. In particular, \nsome circumstances allowed the authors to collocate the fauna in a temporal span from 100.000 to 80.000 years (Faunal Unit of \nMelpignano - PETRONIO et al., 2007). The findings show the occurence of Hystrix vinogradovi (never found in Italy during the central \npart of the Late Pleistocene), the even more rare presence of Hippopotamus amphibius in the same period, the discovery of Cervus \nelaphus elaphus, the archaic morphology of Dama dama dama, the dimension of Bos primigenius. Finally the finding of an archaic \nMousterian tool is also recorded. The analysis of the avifauna and of the mammal fauna allowed us to retrace the habitat of that \nperiod.
Language: English
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2808639716