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Excavation

  • Grotta di Pozzo
  • Pozzo di Forfora
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  • Italy
  • Abruzzo
  • Province of L'Aquila
  • Ortucchio

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  • The Italian Database is the result of a collaboration between:

    MIBAC (Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Direzione Generale per i Beni Archeologici),

    ICCD (Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione) and

    AIAC (Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica).

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Summary (English)

  • The research programme for this field season focused on square or box trenches (G8, H8, 17. 18, 110, J7, J8, J10, L9, L10). The continuation of the excavations of trenches 17, 18, J8 was limited. An external trench was also opened in the talus of the cave, next to that of 2005, called Hx1, and continuing the alignment of areas G and H. The two square metres excavated were called respectively Gx2 and Hx2. The enlargement of the area excavated on the exterior greatly increased our understanding of this part of the excavations, which previously was limited. A series of levels relating to artefact of the Palaeolithic period were revealed to a depth of -320cm. In particular, in the lower levels (Detritical end 4 and Detritical end 5) a series of elements a cran (points and blades) came to light which allows us to attribute these complexes to the early Epigravettian period. No faunal remains were conserved, but charcoal was recovered which permitted radiocarbon dating.

    Inside the cave, the mesolithic levels relating to the sauveterriana industry, datable to the Early Holocene, and removed during the first excavation seasons, were identified only in a remaining layer of square G8. Most of the surface of the latter was disturbed by a large pit of the Neolithic period – the latter also affected the adjacent squares, and also cut through a series of underlying Pleistocene levels. In the rest of the cave (squares H8, 17, 18, 110, J7, J8, J10, L9, L10) the excavated deposits are characterized by artefacts of the epigravettian lithic industry. The majority of the sequence is of the Final Epigravettian period, but the presence of the Early Epigravettian in the talus may suggest that this type of industry is also present in the deepest levels of the cave, with an industry which is hardly abundant, and difficult to characterize within the Epigravettian period.

  • Margherita Mussi - Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche dell’Antichità, Sezione di Paleontologia 

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Team

  • Rita T. Melis - Università degli Studi di Cagliari
  • Emanuela D’Angelo - Università di Roma “La Sapienza”

Research Body

  • "Sapienza" Università di Roma
  • Università degli Studi di Cagliari

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