First Data on the latest Pleistocene mammals from Mora Cavorso cave (Jenne, Latium, Central Italy)
Since 2006 the Mora Cavorso Cave has been object of archaeological investigations, and archaeological and faunal finds have been recorded referable, with some discontinuities, to an interval of time lasting over 13,000 years. The most ancient testimonies till now investigated are referable to the te...
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ftunivromatorver:oai:art.torvergata.it:2108/121018 2024-02-27T08:39:34+00:00 First Data on the latest Pleistocene mammals from Mora Cavorso cave (Jenne, Latium, Central Italy) Salari, L Passacantando, D ROLFO, MARIO FEDERICO Salari, L Passacantando, D Rolfo, Mf 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/2108/121018 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000300878400002 volume:24 issue:1 firstpage:131 lastpage:140 numberofpages:10 journal:IL QUATERNARIO http://hdl.handle.net/2108/121018 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-79952474761 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Vertebrate mammal late Pleistocene epigravettian Palaeoecology Settore L-ANT/01 - PREISTORIA E PROTOSTORIA info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2011 ftunivromatorver 2024-01-31T00:09:31Z Since 2006 the Mora Cavorso Cave has been object of archaeological investigations, and archaeological and faunal finds have been recorded referable, with some discontinuities, to an interval of time lasting over 13,000 years. The most ancient testimonies till now investigated are referable to the terminal phases of the Late Pleistocene and are followed by various Holocene layers between the Mesolithic and the Middle Age. In this paper the preliminary data related to the large Mammals, together with the hare and the greats Rodents, attributed to the latest Pleistocene are described. Nine taxa of fossil mammals in the “Dig B2” of the room 1 and ascribed to a late Upper Paleolithic cultural horizon (final Epigravettian) have been found: Lepus sp., Marmota marmota, Vulpes vulpes, Mustela nivalis, Sus scrofa, Cervus elaphus, Capreolus capreolus, Rupicapra sp. and Capra ibex. From other places of the cave (the perturbed ground of the room 1 and the “Sinkhole”) the fossil remains of Lepus sp., Lepus corsicanus, Castor fiber, M. marmota, Canis lupus, Ursus arctos, Equus ferus, E. hydruntinus, S. scrofa, C. elaphus, C. capreolus and C. ibex have been also found and these too are referable to the latest Pleistocene. The marmot and the ibex are the most significant species, but is even important the red deer presence, and a particular attention deserves also European beaver, till now not signaled in lateglacial mammal assemblages of central Italy, and the sure evidence of the Italic hare. The ecological requirements of the present taxa allow reconstructing the environment of the Simbruini Mounts and the tall of the Aniene River valley during such period colder than today, outlining a composite landscape with forests and woods alternated with grasslands, rocky bands and scree slopes, and wetlands. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Ursus arctos Universitá degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata": ART - Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca |
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Since 2006 the Mora Cavorso Cave has been object of archaeological investigations, and archaeological and faunal finds have been recorded referable, with some discontinuities, to an interval of time lasting over 13,000 years. The most ancient testimonies till now investigated are referable to the terminal phases of the Late Pleistocene and are followed by various Holocene layers between the Mesolithic and the Middle Age. In this paper the preliminary data related to the large Mammals, together with the hare and the greats Rodents, attributed to the latest Pleistocene are described. Nine taxa of fossil mammals in the “Dig B2” of the room 1 and ascribed to a late Upper Paleolithic cultural horizon (final Epigravettian) have been found: Lepus sp., Marmota marmota, Vulpes vulpes, Mustela nivalis, Sus scrofa, Cervus elaphus, Capreolus capreolus, Rupicapra sp. and Capra ibex. From other places of the cave (the perturbed ground of the room 1 and the “Sinkhole”) the fossil remains of Lepus sp., Lepus corsicanus, Castor fiber, M. marmota, Canis lupus, Ursus arctos, Equus ferus, E. hydruntinus, S. scrofa, C. elaphus, C. capreolus and C. ibex have been also found and these too are referable to the latest Pleistocene. The marmot and the ibex are the most significant species, but is even important the red deer presence, and a particular attention deserves also European beaver, till now not signaled in lateglacial mammal assemblages of central Italy, and the sure evidence of the Italic hare. The ecological requirements of the present taxa allow reconstructing the environment of the Simbruini Mounts and the tall of the Aniene River valley during such period colder than today, outlining a composite landscape with forests and woods alternated with grasslands, rocky bands and scree slopes, and wetlands. |
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First Data on the latest Pleistocene mammals from Mora Cavorso cave (Jenne, Latium, Central Italy) |
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First Data on the latest Pleistocene mammals from Mora Cavorso cave (Jenne, Latium, Central Italy) |
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First Data on the latest Pleistocene mammals from Mora Cavorso cave (Jenne, Latium, Central Italy) |
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First Data on the latest Pleistocene mammals from Mora Cavorso cave (Jenne, Latium, Central Italy) |
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First Data on the latest Pleistocene mammals from Mora Cavorso cave (Jenne, Latium, Central Italy) |
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first data on the latest pleistocene mammals from mora cavorso cave (jenne, latium, central italy) |
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