Palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic reconstruction of the latest Pleistocene–Holocene sequence from Grotta del Romito (Calabria, southern Italy) using the small-mammal assemblages

López‐García, Juan Manuel; Berto, Claudio; Colamussi, Vittorio; Valle, Chiara Dalla; Vetro, Domenico Lo; Luzi, Elisa; Malavasi, Giulia; Martini, Fabio; Sala, Benedetto

doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.05.017

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“…This method consists in distributing each small-mammal taxon in the habitat(s) where it can be currently found within the Italian Peninsula. Habitats are divided into six types: rocky (area with rocky or stony substratum), water (along streams, lakes and ponds), woodland (mature forest), open woodland (woodland margins and forest patches, with moderate ground cover), open dry (meadows under seasonal climate change) and open humid (evergreen meadow with dense pastures and suitable topsoil) (Lopez-García et al, 2014). The evenness of the small mammals community was calculated by the Simpson index of diversity (S¼ 1-Ppi2) where pi is the percentage of the individuals in the ith species on the total number of individuals (Berto et al, 2018;Harper and Hammer, 2006).…”

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Late Neandertals in central Italy. High-resolution chronicles from Grotta dei Santi (Monte Argentario - Tuscany)

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Crezzini

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Quaternary Science Reviews

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Most of the Middle Palaeolithic evidence of Central Italy still lacks a reliable chrono-cultural framework mainly due to research history. In this context Grotta dei Santi, a wide cave located on Monte Argentario, on the southern coast of Tuscany, is particularly relevant as it contains a very well preserved sequence including several Mousterian layers. Research carried out at this site in the last years (2007e2017) allowed for a preliminary estimation of its chronology based on a set of radiometric determinations which place the investigated sequence in the time interval between 50 and 40 ka BP. Alongside the chronological issue, this paper mainly focuses on the geoarchaeological and zooarchaeological (micro and macro fauna) studies carried out on the materials retrieved during the 2007e2014 excavation fieldworks. The results of these studies are consistent with those from the radiometric chronology. A state of art concerning the MIS3 Italian sites is also provided in order to highlight the key role Grotta dei Santi may play in the assessment of late Neandertals' behaviour within the framework of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition of Central Italy.

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Late Neandertals in central Italy. High-resolution chronicles from Grotta dei Santi (Monte Argentario - Tuscany)

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“…Each taxon was assigned to the habitat(s) where it can be found at present, with percentage weight(s) attributed for each of its habitat(s) (details are provided in S3 File). The rodent fauna of ShSIII was assigned to eight habitat types based on a habitat identification mode provided in the literature [99][100][101] [103,104,[105][106][107][108][109][110][111][112][113][114][115][116][117][118][119][120][121].…”

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Shelter in Smoleń III – A unique example of stratified Holocene clastic cave sediments in Central Europe, a lithostratigraphic stratotype and a record of regional paleoecology

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A cave site Shelter in Smoleń III (southern Poland) contains an approximately 2-m-thick stratified sequence of Upper Pleistocene and Holocene clastic sediments, unique for Central Europe. The sequence contents abundant fossil fauna, including mollusk, rodent and bat remains. The cave sites with long profiles of subfossil fauna present a great value for reconstructions of regional terrestrial paleoenvironment. We explore the stratigraphy of this site through analyses of the lithology and geochemistry of sediments, radiocarbon dating of faunal and human remains and charcoals, and archaeological study, as well as the paleoecology derived from the taxonomic composition of fossil faunal assemblages. Our data show that the entire period of the Holocene is recorded in the rockshelter, which makes that site an exceptional and highly valuable case. We present paleoenvironmental reconstructions of regional importance, and we propose to regard Shelter in Smoleń III as a regional stratigraphic stratotype of Holocene clastic cave sediments.

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“…2). The stratigraphic sequence, dated through various methods, exhibits evidence of a very long chronological passage of at least 18,000 years, with the full extent of the Epigravettian period represented, from c.24,000 ka BP down until the Neolithic period (Martini and Lo Vetro 2011;Martini et al 2012;López-García et al 2014). Up until the end of the Last Glacial Maximum, human presence appears to be sporadic, probably due to frequent water runoffs into the cave; this would explain why in the shelter area only the most recent layers were preserved (Ghinassi et al 2009;Colonese et al 2011) and also the considerable changes made to the site's landscape, including its accessibility and visibility.…”

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Review of the Animal Figures in the Palaeolithic Rock Art of the Romito Shelter. New Discoveries, New Data and New Perspectives

Sigari

2020

Oxford J Archaeology

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This paper presents the results of a recent systematic review of the zoomorphic figures of the Romito shelter, a key site for Upper Palaeolithic rock art and one of the best-preserved in Europe. The research led to the discovery of two new animal figures and reexamines the chronology of the rock art evidence and the chrono-stylistic data. The zoomorphic figures are discussed within the wider chrono-cultural frame of Magdalenian figurative productions, casting new light on the Palaeolithic rock art phenomenon of southern Italy. This seems to go beyond the fixed limits of the 'Mediterranean artistic province', being part of the bigger contemporary picture of the Magdalenian cultures and extended over a broader territory. DARIO SIGARI

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Palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic reconstruction of the latest Pleistocene–Holocene sequence from Grotta del Romito (Calabria, southern Italy) using the small-mammal assemblages

Cited by 51 publications

References 27 publications

Late Neandertals in central Italy. High-resolution chronicles from Grotta dei Santi (Monte Argentario - Tuscany)

Late Neandertals in central Italy. High-resolution chronicles from Grotta dei Santi (Monte Argentario - Tuscany)

Shelter in Smoleń III – A unique example of stratified Holocene clastic cave sediments in Central Europe, a lithostratigraphic stratotype and a record of regional paleoecology

Review of the Animal Figures in the Palaeolithic Rock Art of the Romito Shelter. New Discoveries, New Data and New Perspectives

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