The Villabruna rockshelters A, B and C in the Cismòn Valley in the Veneto Dolomites were occupied repeatedly by Epigravettian hunters. Their discovery occurred in 1987 after an extensive roadcutting which destroyed part of the deposits and exposed in the Riparo A a human burial with funerary goods and covered with painted stones. Archaeological excavations conducted in 1998 and 1989 lead to the recovery of lithics and faunal remains from an ensemble of layers embedded in a partially cemented breccia. The burial belongs to the oldest period of occupation, dated at the end of the Bölling interstade (14,000 yr cal BP). The individual also documents the earliest evidence of dental therapeutic intervention on a modern human specimen.
Ripari Villabruna (Sovramonte, BL)
Marco PeresaniWriting – Original Draft Preparation
2022
Abstract
The Villabruna rockshelters A, B and C in the Cismòn Valley in the Veneto Dolomites were occupied repeatedly by Epigravettian hunters. Their discovery occurred in 1987 after an extensive roadcutting which destroyed part of the deposits and exposed in the Riparo A a human burial with funerary goods and covered with painted stones. Archaeological excavations conducted in 1998 and 1989 lead to the recovery of lithics and faunal remains from an ensemble of layers embedded in a partially cemented breccia. The burial belongs to the oldest period of occupation, dated at the end of the Bölling interstade (14,000 yr cal BP). The individual also documents the earliest evidence of dental therapeutic intervention on a modern human specimen.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
