Summary (English)
The excavations undertaken in 2006 concentrated on the external area, the so-called Riparo, and involved 3 zones.
Area A may be considered a combustion zone, set within a depression. This was active in several phases (at least three) as attested by the alternation of layers of charcoal and ash; regarding its chronology it is only possible to indicate an age of >130 thousand years ago.
Area B was characterised by the absence of stone working and the presence of bones belonging to ungulates, especially Bos primigenius, Dama dama, Cervus Elaphus and a jaw bone of Sus scrofa, which, together with the fallow deer confirms the temperate nature of the climate in this area.
In area C several combustion zones were uncovered, similar to that found in area A.
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Director
- Annamaria Ronchitelli - Università degli Studi di Siena, Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali “G. Sarfatti”, Sezione di Ecologia Preistorica
- Arturo Palma di Cesnola - Università degli Studi di Siena, Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali “G. Sarfatti”, Sezione di Ecologia Preistorica
Team
- Anna Maria Tunzi - Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Puglia - Taranto
Research Body
- Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali “G. Sarfatti” – Unità di Ricerca di Ecologia Preistorica – Università di Siena
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