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
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 archaeozoolo...
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ftunivmilriv:oai:ojs.riviste.unimi.it:article/7674 2023-05-15T15:50:38+02:00 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 BUCCHERI, FABIO BERTÈ, DAVIDE FEDERICO BERRUTI, GABRIELE LUIGI FRANCESCO CÁCERES, ISABEL VOLPE, LISA ARZARELLO, MARTA 2016-10-14 application/pdf https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/7674 https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/7674 eng eng Università degli Studi di Milano https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/7674/7417 https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/7674 doi:10.13130/2039-4942/7674 Copyright (c) 2016 FABIO BUCCHERI, DAVIDE FEDERICO BERTÈ, GABRIELE LUIGI FRANCESCO BERRUTI, ISABEL CÁCERES, LISA VOLPE, MARTA ARZARELLO RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA Vol. 122 No. 3 (2016) Rivista italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia; V. 122 N. 3 (2016) 2039-4942 0035-6883 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2016 ftunivmilriv https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/7674 2022-02-21T07:13:19Z 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 archaeozoological studies have been performed on a portion of the palaeontological remains from the Stratigraphic Unit 14 (1144 bones). The studies confirmed the presence of cut-marks on Ursus spelaeus and Canis lupus, made by lithic instruments. The position of the cut marks on the bones can be related to skinning and butchery. An experimental butchery has been performed to test the efficiency of the tools made by local quartz during slaughtering activities. The archaeozoological analysis of the faunal remains of S.U. 14, identified cut-marks with weak peculiarities, probably due to the use of quartz tools. The analysis of the experimental collection allowed distinguishing between cut-marks made by quartz tools from those made by flint tools. A preliminary experimentation, conducted on more than 50 different cut-marks made with flakes of three different raw materials (vein quartz, quartzite and flint), allow us to hypothesize that it is possible to distinguish cut-marks made with unretouched flakes of different raw materials. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus University of Milan: Riviste UNIMI Flint ENVELOPE(-65.417,-65.417,-67.333,-67.333) |
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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 archaeozoological studies have been performed on a portion of the palaeontological remains from the Stratigraphic Unit 14 (1144 bones). The studies confirmed the presence of cut-marks on Ursus spelaeus and Canis lupus, made by lithic instruments. The position of the cut marks on the bones can be related to skinning and butchery. An experimental butchery has been performed to test the efficiency of the tools made by local quartz during slaughtering activities. The archaeozoological analysis of the faunal remains of S.U. 14, identified cut-marks with weak peculiarities, probably due to the use of quartz tools. The analysis of the experimental collection allowed distinguishing between cut-marks made by quartz tools from those made by flint tools. A preliminary experimentation, conducted on more than 50 different cut-marks made with flakes of three different raw materials (vein quartz, quartzite and flint), allow us to hypothesize that it is possible to distinguish cut-marks made with unretouched flakes of different raw materials. |
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BUCCHERI, FABIO BERTÈ, DAVIDE FEDERICO BERRUTI, GABRIELE LUIGI FRANCESCO CÁCERES, ISABEL VOLPE, LISA ARZARELLO, MARTA |
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BUCCHERI, FABIO BERTÈ, DAVIDE FEDERICO BERRUTI, GABRIELE LUIGI FRANCESCO CÁCERES, ISABEL VOLPE, LISA ARZARELLO, MARTA 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 |
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BUCCHERI, FABIO BERTÈ, DAVIDE FEDERICO BERRUTI, GABRIELE LUIGI FRANCESCO CÁCERES, ISABEL VOLPE, LISA ARZARELLO, MARTA |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Università degli Studi di Milano |
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2016 |
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https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/7674 https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/7674 |
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Canis lupus |
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Canis lupus |
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RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA Vol. 122 No. 3 (2016) Rivista italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia; V. 122 N. 3 (2016) 2039-4942 0035-6883 |
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https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/7674/7417 https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/7674 doi:10.13130/2039-4942/7674 |
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Copyright (c) 2016 FABIO BUCCHERI, DAVIDE FEDERICO BERTÈ, GABRIELE LUIGI FRANCESCO BERRUTI, ISABEL CÁCERES, LISA VOLPE, MARTA ARZARELLO |
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