The earliest securely dated hominin fossil in Italy and evidence of Acheulian occupation during glacial MIS 16 at Notarchirico (Venosa, Basilicata, Italy)

Pereira, Alison; Nomade, Sébastien; Voinchet, Pierre; Bahain, Jean‐Jacques; Falguères, Christophe; Garon, Henri; Lefèvre, David; Raynal, Jean-Paul; Scao, Vincent; Piperno, Marcello

doi:10.1002/jqs.2809

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The earliest securely dated hominin fossil in Italy and evidence of Acheulian occupation during glacial MIS 16 at Notarchirico (Venosa, Basilicata, Italy)

Published in Journal of Quaternary Science • Oct 1, 2015

Authors:

Alison Pereira

Sébastien Nomade

Pierre Voinchet

Abstract

ABSTRACT The Early Middle Pleistocene site of Notarchirico (Basilicata, Italy) is a 7‐m‐thick fluvially emplaced sedimentary sequence rich in volcanic materials coming from the Monte Vulture stratovolcano. This site consists of 11 archaeological layers, some of which have yielded handaxes. One femur...

Subject

Glacial period

Pleistocene

Paleontology

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