Ecology and subsistence strategies in the eastern Italian Alps during the Middle Palaeolithic

• Published in: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
• Main Authors: Fiore, Ivana, Gala, Monica, Tagliacozzo, Antonio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2004
• Subjects: Giganteus; Ursus arctos; Lynx
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oa.761; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Foa.761; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/oa.761

Abstract Italy is very rich in Middle Palaeolithic sites, and the Veneto region ranges among those with the best archaeozoological information. Most of the Middle Palaeolithic sites are located in caves and rock shelters situated at the mouths of the Alpine valleys, in the piedmont slopes. The two s...