Palaeoloxodon and human interaction: depositional setting, chronology and archaeology at the Middle Pleistocene Ficoncella site (Tarquinia, Italy).

The Ficoncella site in northern Latium (Italy) represents a unique opportunity to investigate the modalities of a short occupation in an alluvial setting during the Lower Palaeolithic. The small excavation area yielded a lithic assemblage, a carcass of Palaeoloxodon antiquus, and some other faunal r...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Daniele Aureli, Antonio Contardi, Biagio Giaccio, Brian Jicha, Cristina Lemorini, Sergio Madonna, Donatella Magri, Federica Marano, Salvatore Milli, Valerio Modesti, Maria Rita Palombo, Roxane Rocca
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124498