Tephro-stratigraphy and the age of ancient Southern Italian Acheulean settlements: The sites of Loreto and Notarchirico (Venosa, Basilicata, Italy)

The stratigraphic and chronological positions of the Palaeolithic sites of Loreto and Notarchirico have been revised by adopting a litho-tephro-stratigraphic approach applied to the deposits of the Venosa basin, relating them to the evolution of volcanic eruptions of Mount Vulture. The Notarchirico...

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Published inQuaternary international Vol. 223; pp. 360 - 368
Main Authors Lefèvre, David, Raynal, Jean-Paul, Vernet, Gérard, Kieffer, Guy, Piperno, Marcello
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2010
Elsevier
Subjects
Archaeology and Prehistory
Earth Sciences
Environmental Sciences
Global Changes
Humanities and Social Sciences
Sciences of the Universe
Volcanology
Italy
Italy, Basilicata
Italy
Early Middle Pleistocene
Acheulean
Venosa
Monte Vulture
Tephro-stratigraphy
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Summary:The stratigraphic and chronological positions of the Palaeolithic sites of Loreto and Notarchirico have been revised by adopting a litho-tephro-stratigraphic approach applied to the deposits of the Venosa basin, relating them to the evolution of volcanic eruptions of Mount Vulture. The Notarchirico tephra, dated to around 640 ka, is a geological marker of paramount importance in the study of ancient Southern Italia settlements and identifies the assemblage from level F at Notarchirico as one of the oldest Acheulean in Europe.
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ISSN:1040-6182
1873-4553
DOI:10.1016/j.quaint.2010.02.020