The Middle Pleistocene site of Guado San Nicola (Monteroduni, Central Italy) on the Lower/Middle Palaeolithic transition
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8 août 2016
- handle: 10670/1.0h2mdp
- hal: hal-01869185
- doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.056
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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 industryCiter ce document
Carlo Peretto et al., « The Middle Pleistocene site of Guado San Nicola (Monteroduni, Central Italy) on the Lower/Middle Palaeolithic transition », HAL-SHS : archéologie, ID : 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.056
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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.