Human settlement and vegetation-climate relationships in the Greenland Stadial 5 at the Piovesello site (Northern Apennines, Italy)
The Gravettian settlements of Europe are considered as an expression of human adaptation to harsh climates. In Southern Europe, however, favorable vegetation-climate conditions supported hunters-gatherer subsistence and the maintenance of their large-scale networks. This was also the case of the Nor...
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ftunivferrarair:oai:iris.unife.it:11392/2396702 2024-02-11T10:04:18+01:00 Human settlement and vegetation-climate relationships in the Greenland Stadial 5 at the Piovesello site (Northern Apennines, Italy) Marco Peresani Cesare Ravazzi Roberta Pini Davide Margaritora COCILOVA, Arianna DELPIANO, Davide Stefano Bertola Lorenzo Castellano Fabio Fogliazza Gabriele Martino Cristiano Nicosia Patrick Simon Peresani, Marco Cesare, Ravazzi Roberta, Pini Margaritora, Davide Cocilova, Arianna Delpiano, Davide Bertola, Stefano Lorenzo, Castellano Fabio, Fogliazza Gabriele, Martino Nicosia, Cristiano Patrick, Simon 2018 STAMPA http://hdl.handle.net/11392/2396702 https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2018.76 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000451712000006 volume:90 firstpage:503 lastpage:528 numberofpages:26 journal:QUATERNARY RESEARCH http://hdl.handle.net/11392/2396702 doi:10.1017/qua.2018.76 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85057803090 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Human settlement Palaeoecology Mountain timberline Gravettian Apennine watershed Italy info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2018 ftunivferrarair https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2018.76 2024-01-24T17:40:27Z The Gravettian settlements of Europe are considered as an expression of human adaptation to harsh climates. In Southern Europe, however, favorable vegetation-climate conditions supported hunters-gatherer subsistence and the maintenance of their large-scale networks. This was also the case of the North-Adriatic plain and the Apennine mountain ridge in Italy. Traditionally considered lacking evidence, the northern part of the Apennine ridge has recently yielded the Early Gravettian site of Piovesello, located at 870 m a.s.l. Survey and excavation revealed lithic artifacts in primary position embedded in loamy sediments. Radiocarbon dating, anthracological and extended palynological and microcharcoal analyses have been integrated to reconstruct the palaeoecological context of this camp which was probably positioned above the timberline in an arid rocky landscape, bounding the fronts of local glaciers close to their maximum expansion at the time of Greenland Stadial (GS) 5 (32.04 - 28.9 ka cal BP). Human activity left ephemeral traces represented by lithic artefacts, charcoal, and the introduction of radiolarites from sources in proximity to the site and of chert from very far western sources. Evidence from Piovesello contributes to the reconstruction of human and vegetation ecology during Late Pleistocene glaciations and also provides hints for the historical biogeography of petrophytic plants and their orographic relics in the northern Apennine. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Università degli Studi di Ferrara: CINECA IRIS Greenland Quaternary Research 90 3 503 528 |
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The Gravettian settlements of Europe are considered as an expression of human adaptation to harsh climates. In Southern Europe, however, favorable vegetation-climate conditions supported hunters-gatherer subsistence and the maintenance of their large-scale networks. This was also the case of the North-Adriatic plain and the Apennine mountain ridge in Italy. Traditionally considered lacking evidence, the northern part of the Apennine ridge has recently yielded the Early Gravettian site of Piovesello, located at 870 m a.s.l. Survey and excavation revealed lithic artifacts in primary position embedded in loamy sediments. Radiocarbon dating, anthracological and extended palynological and microcharcoal analyses have been integrated to reconstruct the palaeoecological context of this camp which was probably positioned above the timberline in an arid rocky landscape, bounding the fronts of local glaciers close to their maximum expansion at the time of Greenland Stadial (GS) 5 (32.04 - 28.9 ka cal BP). Human activity left ephemeral traces represented by lithic artefacts, charcoal, and the introduction of radiolarites from sources in proximity to the site and of chert from very far western sources. Evidence from Piovesello contributes to the reconstruction of human and vegetation ecology during Late Pleistocene glaciations and also provides hints for the historical biogeography of petrophytic plants and their orographic relics in the northern Apennine. |
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Peresani, Marco Cesare, Ravazzi Roberta, Pini Margaritora, Davide Cocilova, Arianna Delpiano, Davide Bertola, Stefano Lorenzo, Castellano Fabio, Fogliazza Gabriele, Martino Nicosia, Cristiano Patrick, Simon |
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Human settlement and vegetation-climate relationships in the Greenland Stadial 5 at the Piovesello site (Northern Apennines, Italy) |
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Human settlement and vegetation-climate relationships in the Greenland Stadial 5 at the Piovesello site (Northern Apennines, Italy) |
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Human settlement and vegetation-climate relationships in the Greenland Stadial 5 at the Piovesello site (Northern Apennines, Italy) |
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Human settlement and vegetation-climate relationships in the Greenland Stadial 5 at the Piovesello site (Northern Apennines, Italy) |
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Human settlement and vegetation-climate relationships in the Greenland Stadial 5 at the Piovesello site (Northern Apennines, Italy) |
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