Geoheritage and cultural heritage—a review of recurrent and interlinked themes

E Pijet-Migoń, P Migoń - Geosciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Relationships between geoheritage and cultural heritage are being increasingly explored
and have become one of the mainstreams within studies of geoheritage and geodiversity. In …

Geoheritage: The foundation for sustainable geotourism

M Bentivenga, F Cavalcante, G Mastronuzzi… - Geoheritage, 2019 - Springer
Over recent decades, many studies on geological heritage have been carried out, one of the
main results being the dissemination of a more enthusiastic approach to the information on …

Stratigraphic reassessment of Grotta Romanelli sheds light on Middle-Late Pleistocene palaeoenvironments and human settling in the Mediterranean

P Pieruccini, L Forti, B Mecozzi, A Iannucci, TL Yu… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
During the last century, Grotta Romanelli (Southern Italy) has been a reference site for the
European Late Pleistocene stratigraphy, due to its geomorphological setting and …

The first evidence for Late Pleistocene dogs in Italy

F Boschin, F Bernardini, E Pilli, S Vai, C Zanolli… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The identification of the earliest dogs is challenging because of the absence and/or mosaic
pattern of morphological diagnostic features in the initial phases of the domestication …

Geosites inventory in Liguria region (Northern Italy): A tool for regional geoconservation and environmental management

A Ferrando, F Faccini, F Poggi, P Coratza - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Liguria Region in Northern Italy is characterized by a wide geological and
geomorphological variety, encompassing an important and valuable geoheritage. The …

Middle Pleistocene Hippopotamuses from the Italian Peninsula: An Overview

B Mecozzi, A Iannucci, M Arzarello, M Carpentieri… - Quaternary, 2024 - mdpi.com
Our work presents an updated overview of the Italian Middle Pleistocene records of
hippopotamuses, including the two species Hippopotamus antiquus and Hippopotamus …

The Late Quaternary pollen sequence of Toll Cave, a palaeontological site with evidence of human activities in northeastern Spain

J Ochando, JS Carrion, R Blasco, F Rivals, A Rufa… - Quaternary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Palynological investigations of Toll Cave, a carnivore and archaeological cave site
in northeastern Spain, are presented. The inferred vegetation reveals the long-term …

A reappraisal of the Pleistocene mammals from the karst infilling deposits of the Maglie area (Lecce, Apulia, southern Italy)

B Mecozzi, L Bellucci, F Giustini, A Iannucci… - Rivista Italiana di …, 2021 - air.unimi.it
The karst fissures known as" ventarole", located in the Salentine Peninsula (southernmost
part of Apulia, Italy), were first studied by Mirigliano in 1941. These fissures are generally …

Birds and bovids: new parietal engravings at the Romanelli Cave, Apulia

D Sigari, I Mazzini, J Conti, L Forti, G Lembo, B Mecozzi… - Antiquity, 2021 - cambridge.org
The Romanelli Cave in south-east Italy is an important reference point for the so-called
'Mediterranean province'of European Upper Palaeolithic art. Yet, the site has only recently …

Rediscovering Lutra lutra from Grotta Romanelli (southern Italy) in the framework of the puzzling evolutionary history of Eurasian otter

B Mecozzi, A Iannucci, F Bona, I Mazzini, P Pieruccini… - PalZ, 2022 - Springer
A river otter hemimandible has been rediscovered during the revision of the historical
collections of GA Blanc from Grotta Romanelli, complementing the ongoing multidisciplinary …