Human re-occupation at the site of Riparo Tagliente (Lessini Mountains, Verona) after the last glacial maximum, started in the Ancient Dryas. This site represents therefore the most ancient known deposit in the Southern slope of the Alps to be inhabited during the Late Glacial. Excavations carried out in the last decades have allowed a repetitive pattern of spatial distribution of archaeological findings and structures within the site to be recognized. Particularly, the area located outside the shelter is characterised the presence of large accumulations of lithic waste products and, at a lesser extent, of other categories of finds. The present paper focuses on one of these accumulations, aiming at detecting its functional meaning within the general spatial organisation of the site, through an integrated analysis with G.I.S. systems.

The first occupation of the Southern Alps in the Late Glacial at Riparo Tagliente (Verona, Italy). Detecting the organisation of living-floors through a G.I.S. integrated analysis of technological, functional, palaeoeconomic and spatial attributes.

FONTANA, Federica;GUERRESCHI, Antonio;BERTOLA, Stefano;THUN HOHENSTEIN, Ursula
2008

Abstract

Human re-occupation at the site of Riparo Tagliente (Lessini Mountains, Verona) after the last glacial maximum, started in the Ancient Dryas. This site represents therefore the most ancient known deposit in the Southern slope of the Alps to be inhabited during the Late Glacial. Excavations carried out in the last decades have allowed a repetitive pattern of spatial distribution of archaeological findings and structures within the site to be recognized. Particularly, the area located outside the shelter is characterised the presence of large accumulations of lithic waste products and, at a lesser extent, of other categories of finds. The present paper focuses on one of these accumulations, aiming at detecting its functional meaning within the general spatial organisation of the site, through an integrated analysis with G.I.S. systems.
2008
9781407303659
Southern Alps; Late Glacial; Living floors; Flint accumulations; Integrated analyses; GIS
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