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
DOI: ND URL: http://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/issue/view/987/showToc Filiació URV: SI Inclòs a la memòria: SI 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...
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fturoviravirgili:oai:urv.cat:PC:2031 2023-05-15T15:50:50+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 ISABEL CÁCERES; FABIO BUCCHERI; DAVIDE FEDERICO BERTÈ; GABRIELE LUIGI FRANCESCO BERRUTI; LISA VOLPE; MARTA ARZARELLO Autoecologia Humana del Quaternari Història i Història de l'Art Universitat Rovira i Virgili Anglès 2016 18943 kb http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/PC2031 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/PC2031 openAccess Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/7674 10.13130/2039-4942/7674 Paleontologia Restes d'animals--Arqueologia Homo neanderthalensis Cut-marks Archaeozoology History Historia Història 0035-6883 article Artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2016 fturoviravirgili 2020-09-15T23:04:33Z DOI: ND URL: http://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/issue/view/987/showToc Filiació URV: SI Inclòs a la memòria: SI 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 Universitat Rovira i Virgili: Repositori institucional URV Flint ENVELOPE(-65.417,-65.417,-67.333,-67.333) |
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Paleontologia Restes d'animals--Arqueologia Homo neanderthalensis Cut-marks Archaeozoology History Historia Història 0035-6883 ISABEL CÁCERES; FABIO BUCCHERI; DAVIDE FEDERICO BERTÈ; GABRIELE LUIGI FRANCESCO BERRUTI; LISA VOLPE; MARTA ARZARELLO 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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DOI: ND URL: http://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/issue/view/987/showToc Filiació URV: SI Inclòs a la memòria: SI 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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Autoecologia Humana del Quaternari Història i Història de l'Art Universitat Rovira i Virgili |
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ISABEL CÁCERES; FABIO BUCCHERI; DAVIDE FEDERICO BERTÈ; GABRIELE LUIGI FRANCESCO BERRUTI; LISA VOLPE; MARTA ARZARELLO |
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ISABEL CÁCERES; FABIO BUCCHERI; DAVIDE FEDERICO BERTÈ; GABRIELE LUIGI FRANCESCO BERRUTI; LISA VOLPE; MARTA ARZARELLO |
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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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