Marmot hunting during the Upper Palaeolithic: The specialized exploitation at Grotte di Pradis (Italian pre-Alps)

N Nannini, R Duches, A Fontana, M Romandini… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the last few years several studies have reassessed the attraction and the role of small
game in the subsistence economy of hunter-gatherers across Europe and the …

Paleoecology of mid-mountain Alps (Trentino, Italy) between Greenland interstadial 1 and Early Holocene. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis of ibex and …

G Manzella, A Fontana, AB Marín-Arroyo… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Pleistocene-Holocene transition reveals a short and abrupt climatic sequence
from the warming conditions of the Greenland Interstadial-1 (GI-1), followed by the …

Hunter-gatherers across the great Adriatic-Po region during the Last Glacial Maximum: Environmental and cultural dynamics

M Peresani, G Monegato, C Ravazzi, S Bertola… - Quaternary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, 30 to 16.5 ka ago), the Great Adriatic-Po
Region (GAPR) was deeply affected by the spread of glaciers from the Alps to the southern …

[HTML][HTML] Early Alpine occupation backdates westward human migration in Late Glacial Europe

E Bortolini, L Pagani, G Oxilia, C Posth, F Fontana… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Before the end of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM,∼ 16.5 ka ago) 1 set in motion major
shifts in human culture and population structure, 2 a consistent change in lithic technology …

Exploring late Paleolithic and Mesolithic diet in the Eastern Alpine region of Italy through multiple proxies

G Oxilia, E Bortolini, F Badino… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The analysis of prehistoric human dietary habits is key for understanding the
effects of paleoenvironmental changes on the evolution of cultural and social human …

Multiproxy bioarchaeological data reveals interplay between growth, diet and population dynamics across the transition to farming in the central Mediterranean

EW Parkinson, S Stoddart, V Sparacello, F Bertoldi… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The transition to farming brought on a series of important changes in human society,
lifestyle, diet and health. The human bioarchaeology of the agricultural transition has …

Textural, microstructural, and compositional characteristics of Fe‐based geomaterials and Upper Paleolithic ocher in the Lessini Mountains, Northeast Italy …

G Cavallo, F Fontana, F Gonzato, M Peresani… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Provenance research of archaeological ocher contributes to understanding the capabilities
of prehistoric humans to select, process, and treat suitable raw materials for symbolic and …

Estimating C4 plant consumption in Bronze Age Northeastern Italy through stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in bone collagen

MA Tafuri, M Rottoli, M Cupito… - International Journal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The application of biomolecular techniques for the study of food practices in the Italian
Bronze Age has revealed an interesting complexity. This is particularly true for the Po plain …

Characterising Late Palaeolithic manufacturing traditions: backed points production methods in the Late Epigravettian sequence of Riparo Tagliente (NE Italy)

N Fasser, D Visentin, F Fontana - Journal of Archaeological Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Epigravettian is one of the main European Late Palaeolithic cultural
traditions covering the whole Late Glacial. Although it took place in a timespan marked by …

Sourcing and processing of ochre during the late upper Palaeolithic at Tagliente rock-shelter (NE Italy) based on conventional X-ray powder diffraction analysis

G Cavallo, F Fontana, F Gonzato, A Guerreschi… - Archaeological and …, 2017 - Springer
Upper Palaeolithic yellow and red ochre samples recovered in the last 40 years at Tagliente
rock-shelter in the Lessini Mountains (Verona, NE Italy) were analysed by means of …