The site of Grotta Reali (Rocchetta al Volturno, Isernia) has allowed to put in evidence an important Mousterian occupation, in cave, in a territory where the occupation of the Neanderthal has still not been signalled. The cave is located in the high-hilly area of the Abruzzo-Molise Apennines, a few kilometers from the Volturno springs. The archaeological deposit, discovered in 2001, has been object of systematic investigation until 2007 directed by the formerly Department of Biology and Evolution of the University of Ferrara in collaboration with the Soprintendenza archeologica del Molise (Peretto, 2012). Within the sequence, composed of seven depositional units two anthropic levels have been recognized, that fall into two distinct moments of occupation attributed to an to an interstadial phase of MIS 3.
The recent Mousterian settlement of Grotta Reali at Rocchetta a Volturno (Molise, Italy).
PERETTO, Carlo;ARZARELLO, Marta;BERTOLINI, Marco;LEMBO, Giuseppe;SALA, Benedetto;THUN HOHENSTEIN, Ursula
2013
Abstract
The site of Grotta Reali (Rocchetta al Volturno, Isernia) has allowed to put in evidence an important Mousterian occupation, in cave, in a territory where the occupation of the Neanderthal has still not been signalled. The cave is located in the high-hilly area of the Abruzzo-Molise Apennines, a few kilometers from the Volturno springs. The archaeological deposit, discovered in 2001, has been object of systematic investigation until 2007 directed by the formerly Department of Biology and Evolution of the University of Ferrara in collaboration with the Soprintendenza archeologica del Molise (Peretto, 2012). Within the sequence, composed of seven depositional units two anthropic levels have been recognized, that fall into two distinct moments of occupation attributed to an to an interstadial phase of MIS 3.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
