The Middle Pleistocene site of Guado San Nicola (Monteroduni, Central Italy) on the Lower/Middle Palaeolithic transition
Carlo Peretto
(1)
,
Marta Arzarello
(1)
,
Jean-Jacques Bahain
(2)
,
Nicolas Boulbes
(3)
,
Jean-Michel Dolo
(4)
,
Eric Douville
(5, 6)
,
Christophe Falguères
(2)
,
Norbert Frank
(5, 7, 6)
,
Tristan Garcia
(8)
,
Giuseppe Lembo
(1)
,
Anne-Marie Moigne
(2)
,
Brunella Muttillo
(1)
,
Sébastien Nomade
(5, 9)
,
Alison Pereira
(2, 1, 5, 10)
,
Maria Angela Rufo
(1)
,
Benedetto Sala
(1)
,
Qingfeng Shao
(11, 12)
,
Ursula Thun Hohenstein
(1)
,
Umberto Tessari
(13)
,
Maria Chiara Turrini
(1)
,
Carmela Vaccaro
(13)
1
Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici [Ferrare]
2 HNHP - Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique
3 ASM - Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranéennes
4 DCM - I2BM - Département de Chimie Moléculaire - Ingéniérie et Intéractions BioMoléculaires
5 LSCE - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette]
6 GEOTRAC - Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie
7 Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg] = Heidelberg University
8 LNHB (CEA, LIST) - Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (CEA, LIST)
9 PALEOCEAN - Paléocéanographie
10 EFR - Ecole française de Rome
11 MNHN - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
12 NNU - Nanjing Normal University
13 UniFE - Università degli Studi di Ferrara = University of Ferrara
2 HNHP - Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique
3 ASM - Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranéennes
4 DCM - I2BM - Département de Chimie Moléculaire - Ingéniérie et Intéractions BioMoléculaires
5 LSCE - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette]
6 GEOTRAC - Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie
7 Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg] = Heidelberg University
8 LNHB (CEA, LIST) - Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (CEA, LIST)
9 PALEOCEAN - Paléocéanographie
10 EFR - Ecole française de Rome
11 MNHN - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
12 NNU - Nanjing Normal University
13 UniFE - Università degli Studi di Ferrara = University of Ferrara
Jean-Jacques Bahain
- Fonction : Auteur
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Nicolas Boulbes
- Fonction : Auteur
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- IdHAL : nicolas-boulbes
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- IdRef : 147571359
Eric Douville
- Fonction : Auteur
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- IdHAL : eric-douville
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- IdRef : 171629655
Christophe Falguères
- Fonction : Auteur
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- IdHAL : christophe-falgueres
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Giuseppe Lembo
- Fonction : Auteur
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- ORCID : 0000-0001-9367-6509
Résumé
The archaeological site of Guado San Nicola (Monteroduni, Central Italy), under excavation since 2008, is located in the Upper Volturno Valley, near the top of a fluvial terrace attributed to the Middle Pleistocene. Several anthropic levels have been recognized within a stratigraphic sequence of more than two meters in thickness, characterized by alternating gravelly and sandy fluvial layers rich in pyroclastic materials, attributable to the end of MIS 11-beginning of MIS 10, according to the obtained radiometric dates (Ar-40/Ar-39 and ESR/U-series).
In this paper we discuss the chrono-stratigraphic record, the paleontological and zooarchaeological data and we provide a detailed techno-economic analysis of the lithic industry, characterized by the coexistence of handaxes and Levallois debitage. The site of Guado San Nicola represents the oldest evidence of the emergence of prepared-core technologies in the Italian Peninsula, adding new data to the debate on the Lower/Middle Palaeolithic transition in Western Europe.
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The Middle Pleistocene site of Guado San Nicola (Monteroduni, Central Italy) on the Lower/Middle Palaeolithic transition
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Résumé |
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The archaeological site of Guado San Nicola (Monteroduni, Central Italy), under excavation since 2008, is located in the Upper Volturno Valley, near the top of a fluvial terrace attributed to the Middle Pleistocene. Several anthropic levels have been recognized within a stratigraphic sequence of more than two meters in thickness, characterized by alternating gravelly and sandy fluvial layers rich in pyroclastic materials, attributable to the end of MIS 11-beginning of MIS 10, according to the obtained radiometric dates (Ar-40/Ar-39 and ESR/U-series).
In this paper we discuss the chrono-stratigraphic record, the paleontological and zooarchaeological data and we provide a detailed techno-economic analysis of the lithic industry, characterized by the coexistence of handaxes and Levallois debitage. The site of Guado San Nicola represents the oldest evidence of the emergence of prepared-core technologies in the Italian Peninsula, adding new data to the debate on the Lower/Middle Palaeolithic transition in Western Europe.
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Auteur(s) |
Carlo Peretto
1
, Marta Arzarello
1
, Jean-Jacques Bahain
2
, Nicolas Boulbes
3
, Jean-Michel Dolo
4
, Eric Douville
5, 6
, Christophe Falguères
2
, Norbert Frank
5, 7, 6
, Tristan Garcia
8
, Giuseppe Lembo
1
, Anne-Marie Moigne
2
, Brunella Muttillo
1
, Sébastien Nomade
5, 9
, Alison Pereira
2, 1, 5, 10
, Maria Angela Rufo
1
, Benedetto Sala
1
, Qingfeng Shao
11, 12
, Ursula Thun Hohenstein
1
, Umberto Tessari
13
, Maria Chiara Turrini
1
, Carmela Vaccaro
13
1
Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici [Ferrare]
( 457166 )
- Universita degli Studi di Ferrara, C.so Ercole I d'Este 32, 44121 Ferrara
- Italie
2
HNHP -
Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique
( 121947 )
- Institut de Paléontologie Humaine - 1, rue René Panhard - 75013 Paris
- France
3
ASM -
Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranéennes
( 86793 )
- Route de Mende
Université Paul Valéry-Montpellier 3
34199 MONTPELLIER Cedex
- France
4
DCM - I2BM -
Département de Chimie Moléculaire - Ingéniérie et Intéractions BioMoléculaires
( 1041875 )
- Bâtiment NanoBio Campus
570, rue de la Chimie
BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09
- France
5
LSCE -
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette]
( 518 )
- Bât. 12,
avenue de la Terrasse,
F-91198 GIF-SUR-YVETTE CEDEX
- France
6
GEOTRAC -
Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie
( 578523 )
- LSCE. CEA Paris-Saclay. Orme des merisiers. 91190 Saint-Aubin.
- France
7
Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg] = Heidelberg University
( 236921 )
- Seminarstraße 2, 69117 Heidelberg
- Allemagne
8
LNHB (CEA, LIST) -
Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (CEA, LIST)
( 40138 )
- CEA LIST F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex
- France
9
PALEOCEAN -
Paléocéanographie
( 1007946 )
-
LSCE. CEA Paris-Saclay. Orme des merisiers. 91190 Saint-Aubin.
- France
10
EFR -
Ecole française de Rome
( 300505 )
- 67, place Farnèse
I - 00 186 Rome
- Italie
11
MNHN -
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
( 7512 )
- 57, rue Cuvier - 75231 Paris Cedex 05
- France
12
NNU -
Nanjing Normal University
( 549687 )
- Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Chine
13
UniFE -
Università degli Studi di Ferrara = University of Ferrara
( 304516 )
- via Ludovico Ariosto, 35, 44121 Ferrara
- Italie
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Nom de la revue |
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2016-08-08
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Volume |
411
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Numéro |
B
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Page/Identifiant |
301 - 315
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Domaine(s) |
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Mots-clés |
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anthropic levels, archaeological site, Levallois, Handaxes, Paleontological data analysis, chrono-stratigraphic record, Guado San Nicola, Upper Volturno Valley, Middle Pleistocene, Lower/Middle Palaeolithic transition, Zooarchaeological data, Lithic industry
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DOI | 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.056 |
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