[HTML][HTML] Loess landscapes of Europe–Mapping, geomorphology, and zonal differentiation

F Lehmkuhl, JJ Nett, S Pötter, P Schulte, T Sprafke… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Paleoenvironmental reconstructions on a (supra-) regional scale have gained attention in
Quaternary sciences during the last decades. In terrestrial realms, loess deposits and …

[HTML][HTML] Late Neanderthal “menu” from northern to southern Italy: freshwater and terrestrial animal resources

M Romandini, S Silvestrini, C Real, F Lugli… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
One of the unanswered questions in Palaeolithic studies is how Neanderthals adapted their
subsistence strategies by changing their diet at such a late stage of their existence …

High-resolution ecosystem changes pacing the millennial climate variability at the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in NE-Italy

F Badino, R Pini, C Ravazzi, M Chytrý, P Bertuletti… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Observation of high-resolution terrestrial palaeoecological series can decipher relationships
between past climatic transitions, their effects on ecosystems and wildfire cyclicity. Here we …

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 …

Speleothem record attests to stable environmental conditions during Neanderthal–modern human turnover in southern Italy

A Columbu, V Chiarini, C Spötl, S Benazzi… - Nature ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
The causes of Neanderthal–modern human (MH) turnover are ambiguous. While potential
biocultural interactions between the two groups are still little known, it is clear that …

Subsistence of early anatomically modern humans in Europe as evidenced in the Protoaurignacian occupations of Fumane Cave, Italy

AB Marín-Arroyo, G Terlato, M Vidal-Cordasco… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Documenting the subsistence strategies developed by early modern humans is relevant for
understanding the success of their dispersal throughout Eurasia. Today, we know that there …

[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 …

Late Pleistocene and Holocene paleoenvironmental reconstruction of a drowned karst isolation basin (Lošinj Channel, NE Adriatic Sea)

D Brunović, S Miko, O Hasan, G Papatheodorou… - Palaeogeography …, 2020 - Elsevier
The results of a comprehensive study of submerged paleoenvironments developed along
the karstified eastern Adriatic coast during the Late Quaternary are presented in this study …

The magnitude of the 39.8 ka Campanian Ignimbrite eruption, Italy: Method, uncertainties and errors

A Silleni, G Giordano, R Isaia, MH Ort - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The calculation of the magnitude of an eruption needs the accurate estimate of its deposit
volume. This is particularly critical for ignimbrites as no methods for their volume calculations …

Bone tools, ornaments and other unusual objects during the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Italy

S Arrighi, A Moroni, L Tassoni, F Boschin… - Quaternary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The arrival of Modern Humans (MHs) in Europe between 50 ka and 39 ka coincides
with significant changes in human behaviour, notably regarding the production of tools, the …