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Paleolithic and Mesolithic Archaeology by Francesco Trenti
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dans la région de Assa, dans le Maroc méridional. L'analyse de la matière première (au niveau macro et microscopique) associée
à l'analyse des méthodes et des techniques utilisées par les artisans pour la production des outils (chaînes opératoires) a permis de
déterminer les différents systèmes techniques mis en oeuvre dans ce site et de définir sa fonction d'atelier de taille, ainsi que de comparer
ces artefacts avec les outils trouvés dans la même région lors de précédentes recherches.
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Western Lombardy is a rather homogeneous territory from both a physiographic and a morpho-structu... more Western Lombardy is a rather homogeneous territory from both a physiographic and a morpho-structural perspective and it is characterised by a general abundance of siliceous resources in the Western Prealps with a high suitability for knapping. However, the analyses of the lithic assemblages tackled to only a limited extent the issues related to lithic raw-material circulation during prehistoric times. At the same time the non-systematic character of preceding research led to a general under-evaluation of the significance of these areas with regard to the subsistence and procurement strategies of resources in Northwest Italy. The preliminary data collected by two distinct research projects, one carried out in the Como-Lecco province and the other in the Varese province, made it possible to draw a fairly complete overview of the various Jurassic and Cretaceous flint-bearing geological formations in this geographical area which, although rather small, is fairly homogeneous from a morph...
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litiche e sistemi di produzioni all’interno della sequenza musteriana di Grotta del Cavallo. Le oscillazioni e le differenze
nella scelta preferenziale delle litologie sono giustificate sulla base delle variazioni delle scelte tecnologiche. La caratterizzazione
degli areali di raccolta delle materie prime e la loro correlazione certa con lo strumentario litico consentono di
avanzare ipotesi sulla mobilità dei diversi gruppi musteriani, i quali utilizzavano litotipi reperibili in loco e litotipi esogeni
di buona qualità reperibili solo su lunghe distanze.
The Authors present the essential details of an integrated research including both raw materials
analysis and production systems study of the lithic assemblages from the Mousterian sequence of Grotta del Cavallo.
Fluctuations and differences in lithologies selection are related to changes in technological choices. The characterization
of the picking areas of raw materials and their correlation with certain stone tools allow to put forward some hypotheses
on the mobility of different Mousterian groups, who used both local raw materials and exogenous good quality rocks
available only over long distances.
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The analysis of geological patterns has become a focus of research in European Palaeolithic archa... more The analysis of geological patterns has become a focus of research in European Palaeolithic archaeology in order to identify
strategies in raw-material procurement and to interpret past technical behaviour. The reconstruction of past geological landscapes
enables the correlation of archaeological assemblages with raw-material provenance and large-scale transport patterns. The evidence
for procurement strategies and the patterns of raw-material exploitation and transport have been used to assess mobility and cognitive
abilities among Palaeolithic groups, revealing differing strategies between Middle and Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers. While
Neanderthals seem to have organised their technology in a local or semi-local territory, modern humans have shown a more intense
exploitation of distant sources. This scenario has been challenged over the last few years. Several studies have highlighted more complex
environmental exploitation by Neanderthals through the catchment of distant lithic resources. The universities of Florence and
Siena are engaged in a long-term project of geological survey that aims to identify lithic sources used during the Palaeolithic. Geological
research has been carried out in parallel with technological analysis of archaeological lithic assemblages from the Mousterian layers
of Grotta del Cavallo (Apulia, south-east Italy) and the Upper Palaeolithic layers of Grotta del Romito (Campania, south-west Italy).
The project aims to answer specific questions regarding raw-material procurement: is it possible to predict human behaviour based on
the distance between the settlement and the raw-material source? How did raw materials influence the variability of lithic assemblages?
And, with regard to this latter question, which strategies were applied by hunter-gatherers regarding the use of the landscape and
the available resources found within it? The integrated analysis of archaeological finds and ancient geological landscapes enables
us to develop a complex scenario in which the rigid definition of the knapping concept and the economic strategies (e.g. curated and
expedient behaviour) seems to be more strictly related to cultural constraints (shared knowledge, technical innovations and social and
economic organisation) than to geophysical ones. We present here the methodology of geo-archaeological surveys and the preliminary
results obtained for production sequences and procurement strategies at Grotta del Cavallo during the Middle Palaeolithic. At Grotta del
Cavallo it could be evidenced that the human groups had great high mobility, which exceeded 50 km. Differences in techno-economy
throughout the stratigraphical sequence of this site suggest that human strategies were influenced by several factors, including site
use, demographic patterns and technical tradition, which generated various methods of adaptation to the available resources. The
future implementation of this line of research, the integration of subsistence strategies and climate change analyses with that of stone
tool assemblages and mobility, will make it possible to understand human behaviour and to explain the considerable variability of the
archaeological record.
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dans la région de Assa, dans le Maroc méridional. L'analyse de la matière première (au niveau macro et microscopique) associée
à l'analyse des méthodes et des techniques utilisées par les artisans pour la production des outils (chaînes opératoires) a permis de
déterminer les différents systèmes techniques mis en oeuvre dans ce site et de définir sa fonction d'atelier de taille, ainsi que de comparer
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nella scelta preferenziale delle litologie sono giustificate sulla base delle variazioni delle scelte tecnologiche. La caratterizzazione
degli areali di raccolta delle materie prime e la loro correlazione certa con lo strumentario litico consentono di
avanzare ipotesi sulla mobilità dei diversi gruppi musteriani, i quali utilizzavano litotipi reperibili in loco e litotipi esogeni
di buona qualità reperibili solo su lunghe distanze.
The Authors present the essential details of an integrated research including both raw materials
analysis and production systems study of the lithic assemblages from the Mousterian sequence of Grotta del Cavallo.
Fluctuations and differences in lithologies selection are related to changes in technological choices. The characterization
of the picking areas of raw materials and their correlation with certain stone tools allow to put forward some hypotheses
on the mobility of different Mousterian groups, who used both local raw materials and exogenous good quality rocks
available only over long distances.
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strategies in raw-material procurement and to interpret past technical behaviour. The reconstruction of past geological landscapes
enables the correlation of archaeological assemblages with raw-material provenance and large-scale transport patterns. The evidence
for procurement strategies and the patterns of raw-material exploitation and transport have been used to assess mobility and cognitive
abilities among Palaeolithic groups, revealing differing strategies between Middle and Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers. While
Neanderthals seem to have organised their technology in a local or semi-local territory, modern humans have shown a more intense
exploitation of distant sources. This scenario has been challenged over the last few years. Several studies have highlighted more complex
environmental exploitation by Neanderthals through the catchment of distant lithic resources. The universities of Florence and
Siena are engaged in a long-term project of geological survey that aims to identify lithic sources used during the Palaeolithic. Geological
research has been carried out in parallel with technological analysis of archaeological lithic assemblages from the Mousterian layers
of Grotta del Cavallo (Apulia, south-east Italy) and the Upper Palaeolithic layers of Grotta del Romito (Campania, south-west Italy).
The project aims to answer specific questions regarding raw-material procurement: is it possible to predict human behaviour based on
the distance between the settlement and the raw-material source? How did raw materials influence the variability of lithic assemblages?
And, with regard to this latter question, which strategies were applied by hunter-gatherers regarding the use of the landscape and
the available resources found within it? The integrated analysis of archaeological finds and ancient geological landscapes enables
us to develop a complex scenario in which the rigid definition of the knapping concept and the economic strategies (e.g. curated and
expedient behaviour) seems to be more strictly related to cultural constraints (shared knowledge, technical innovations and social and
economic organisation) than to geophysical ones. We present here the methodology of geo-archaeological surveys and the preliminary
results obtained for production sequences and procurement strategies at Grotta del Cavallo during the Middle Palaeolithic. At Grotta del
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use, demographic patterns and technical tradition, which generated various methods of adaptation to the available resources. The
future implementation of this line of research, the integration of subsistence strategies and climate change analyses with that of stone
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archaeological record.
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