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

• Main Authors: Buccheri, F., Bertè, D., Berruti, G., Caceres, I., Volpe, L., Arzarello, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Homo neanderthalensis; Ursus spelaeus; archaeozoology; quartz; cut-marks; Middle Paleolithic; Canis lupus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11392/2353756; https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/7674; http://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/7674/7417

Abstract. 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 ar...