Il Riparo del Poggio a Marina di Camerota (Salerno) :culture ed ambiente

摘要: Poggio Shelter is located on the Italian coast of Tyrrhenian sea, some 80 km South-east Naples. The was part a complex underground karst system, which partially dismantled by sea erosion during high-stand MIS 7, originating large niche with thick deposit at foot falaise, and small cave. Archaeological excavations were carried out in cave 1970s, putting into light 23 m-thick sequence, including 17 m archaeological levels. sequence mainly made up breakdown deposits mixed colluvium originated reworking red soils (Alfisols); or moderately reworked also occur, interfingered within sequence. These sediments reflect environmental processes related respectively to damping glacial effects mediterranean environment, warm interstadial phases. bottom covered present-day sea-level; basal can probably be attributed 7 because characteristics lithics occurring overlying levels, include level dated 111.8 ky BP. divided three main parts, most contains records culturally different human presences, starting from ancient Middle Palaeolithic cultures Upper Palaeolithic. - Levels 20-18, evidence aeolian processes. faunal assemblage two stages, includes deer, roe wild boar, ibex, chamois, bovines, Elephas Stephanorhinus only lower part. Since layer 18 appears presence. Lower an archaic un-standardized lithic assemblage, characterised denticulates tools. upper more specialised industry, basically focused production Quina-type side-scrapers stepped retouch. This whole may correspond cold stage 6, patchy forested environment fresh climate. 17-9, reddish soil sediments, tephra, 43800±3500 BP 9. Among faunas, are statistically relevant levels 10-9, fallow deer dominant ungulate, corresponding temperate wet mediterranean-like From top, we highlighted least four cultural In first Levallois technology containing slightly-retouched flat Layer 16 typical Mousterian shows further development technique. A scarce amount findings comes layers 15-13 (tephra), while top series (layers 12-9) abundant, technologically typologically advanced mousterian industry. 8-1, Alfisols strong erosion, very few remains; these ascribed somewhat climate continental traits instability. Following showed presence Epigravettian culture. For what concerns behaviour, it noteworthy that frequent ungulates (red deer) killed mostly when adult. identified skeletal parts represented isolated teeth limb bones. 18a (bottom) 10, sediment skeleton strongly comminuted bone fragments, unsorted grain-size down tens micrometres. Lithic raw materials procurement area (close-distance site) less same all periods, however highlight lack selection strategies 6 assemblages, recent industries show growing accuracy selecting quality for tools production.