TAPHONOMIC ANALYSIS ON FOSSIL REMAINS FROM THE CIOTA CIARA CAVE (PIEDMONT, ITALY) AND NEW EVIDENCE OF CAVE BEAR AND WOLF EXPLOITATION WITH SIMPLE QUARTZ FLAKES BY NEANDERTHAL

TAPHONOMIC ANALYSIS ON FOSSIL REMAINS FROM THE CIOTA CIARA CAVE (PIEDMONT, ITALY) AND NEW EVIDENCE OF CAVE BEAR AND WOLF EXPLOITATION WITH SIMPLE QUARTZ FLAKES BY NEANDERTHAL

The Ciota Ciara cave is located in the karst area of Monte Fenera (Borgosesia - VC) and, with the Ciotarun cave, it is the only Middle Palaeolithic site in Piedmont where the presence of Homo neanderthalensis has been confirmed by discoveries of human remains. Preliminary taphonomic and archaeozoolo...

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Main Authors: FABIO BUCCHERI, DAVIDE FEDERICO BERTÈ, GABRIELE LUIGI FRANCESCO BERRUTI, ISABEL CÁCERES, LISA VOLPE, MARTA ARZARELLO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Milano 2016-10-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Subjects:
Homo neanderthalensis
Ursus spelaeus, archaeozoology
quartz
cut-marks
Middle Paleolithic.
Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/7674

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