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Stratigraphic reassessment of Grotta Romanelli sheds light on Middle-Late Pleistocene palaeoenvironments and human settling in the Mediterranean

Pierluigi Pieruccini Luca Forti Beniamino Mecozzi Alessio Iannucci Tsai-Luen Yu +6 lainnya

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Abstract During the last century, Grotta Romanelli (Southern Italy) has been a reference site for the European Late Pleistocene stratigraphy, due to its geomorphological setting and archaeological and palaeontological content. The beginning of the sedimentation inside the cave was attributed to the Last Interglacial (MISs 5e) and the oldest unearthed evidence of human occupation, including remains of hearths, was therefore referred to the Middle Palaeolithic. Recent surveys and excavations produced new U/Th dates, palaeoenvironmental interpretation and a litho-, morpho- and chrono-stratigraphical reassessment, placing the oldest human frequentation of the cave between MIS 9 and MIS 7, therefore embracing Glacial and Interglacial cycles. These new data provide evidence that the sea reached the cave during the Middle Pleistocene and human occupation occurred long before MISs 5e and persisted beyond the Pleistocene- Holocene boundary.

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Medicine Science

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Pierluigi Pieruccini

Luca Forti

Beniamino Mecozzi

Alessio Iannucci

Tsai-Luen Yu

Chuan-Chou Shen

Fabio Bona

Giuseppe Lembo

Brunella Muttillo

Raffaele Sardella

Ilaria Mazzini

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Pieruccini, P., Forti, L., Mecozzi, B., Iannucci, A., Yu, T., Shen, C. et al. (2022). Stratigraphic reassessment of Grotta Romanelli sheds light on Middle-Late Pleistocene palaeoenvironments and human settling in the Mediterranean. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16906-9

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Tahun Terbit: 2022
Sumber Database: DOAJ
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-16906-9
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