Integration of direct radiocarbon dating, genetic studies and taxonomy of small mammals to investigate the chronology of past climatic oscillations: The Last Glacial Maximum sequence of Grotta della Ferrovia (Fabriano, Italy)

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Ceregatti L., Berto C., Fewlass H., Baca M., Luzi E., Brancaleoni G., Pereswiet-Soltang A., Peresani M.
• Other Authors: Ceregatti, L., Berto, C., Fewlass, H., Baca, M., Luzi, E., Brancaleoni, G., Pereswiet-Soltang, A., Peresani, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Late pleistocene; Paleoenvironment; Palaeoclimate; Italian peninsula; Southern Bank; Microtus arvalis
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11392/2509070; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108095

The recent developments in palaeoecological reconstruction methods, collagen extraction of small bone samples and ancient DNA analyses led us to test new approaches to enhance the chronological resolution of past climate reconstructions inferred from small mammal assemblages. Grotta della Ferrovia (...