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Daniela Esu

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Paleoenvironmental context of the early Neanderthals of Poggetti Vecchi for the late middle Pleistocene of Central Italy

2017

AbstractWork on thermal pools at Poggetti Vecchi in Grosseto, Italy, exposed an up to 3-meter-thick succession of seven sedimentary units. Unit 2 in the lower portion of the succession contained vertebrate bones, mostly of the straight-tusked elephant, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, commingled with stone, bone, and wooden tools. Thermal carbonates overlying Unit 2 are radiometrically dated to the latter part of the middle Pleistocene. This time span indicates that early Neanderthals produced the human artifacts from Poggetti Vecchi. The elephant bones belong to seven individuals of different ages. Sedimentary facies analysis and paleoecological evidence suggest a narrow lacustrine-palustrine embay…

Marine isotope stage010506 paleontologyPleistoceneLate middle PleistoceneContext (language use)010502 geochemistry & geophysics01 natural sciencesSudden deathPaleontologyArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)0105 earth and related environmental sciencesEarth-Surface ProcessesLate Middle PleistoceneCentral ItalyPalaeoloxodonbiologyEarly NeanderthalSettore GEO/01 - Paleontologia E Paleoecologiabiology.organism_classificationEarly NeanderthalsArchaeologyPaleoenvironmentFaciesPaleoecologyGeneral Earth and Planetary SciencesSedimentary rockPaleoecologyCentral Italy; Early Neanderthals; Late middle Pleistocene; Paleoecology; PaleoenvironmentGeology
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Late Pleistocene vertebrate - bearing deposits at San Teodoro Cave (North-Eastern Sicily): Preliminary data on faunal diversification and chronology

2008

Abstract This paper deals with the chronology and the possible correlations among levels of different excavated areas in the Pleistocene vertebrate-bearing deposits at the large San Teodoro Cave (North-Eastern Sicily). Two trenches have been excavated along the eastern side of the cave, located at a distance from the entrance, respectively, of 8 m ( α trench) and 28 m ( β trench) and at different depths. Lithological features, biometrical data from small mammals and ecological data from molluscs point to similar environmental conditions for the α trench deposits and those located along the eastern wall of the cave in the eastern part of the β trench. The same evidence, and the taphonomic fe…

molluscslate pleistocenegeographyTaphonomygeography.geographical_feature_categoryPleistocenebiologyVertebrateSettore GEO/01 - Paleontologia E PaleoecologiaArchaeologylate pleistocene; molluscs; sicily; vertebratesPaleontologyCavebiology.animalTrenchsicilyLate Pleistocene Sicily Vertebrates Chronology Cave depositsvertebratesMediterranean IslandsGeologyEarth-Surface ProcessesStratumChronology
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