4 results on '"Capalbo, Chiara"'
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2. Paleoenvironmental context of the early Neanderthals of Poggetti Vecchi for the late middle Pleistocene of Central Italy.
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Benvenuti, Marco, Bahain, Jean-Jacques, Capalbo, Chiara, Capretti, Chiara, Ciani, Francesco, D’Amico, Carmine, Esu, Daniela, Giachi, GIanna, Giuliani, Claudia, Gliozzi, Elsa, Lazzeri, Simona, Macchioni, Nicola, Lippi, Marta Mariotti, Masini, Federico, Mazza, Paul Peter A., Pallecchi, Pasquino, Revedin, Anna, Savorelli, Andrea, Spadi, Marco, and Sozzi, Lorena
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PLEISTOCENE Epoch ,VERTEBRATES ,CLIMATE change ,NEANDERTHALS ,FOSSIL hominids - Abstract
Work on thermal pools at Poggetti Vecchi in Grosseto, Italy, exposed an up to 3-meter-thick succession of seven sedimentary units. Unit 2 in the lower portion of the succession contained vertebrate bones, mostly of the straight-tusked elephant, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, commingled with stone, bone, and wooden tools. Thermal carbonates overlying Unit 2 are radiometrically dated to the latter part of the middle Pleistocene. This time span indicates that early Neanderthals produced the human artifacts from Poggetti Vecchi. The elephant bones belong to seven individuals of different ages. Sedimentary facies analysis and paleoecological evidence suggest a narrow lacustrine-palustrine embayment affected by water-level fluctuations and, at times, by hydrothermal water. Cyclic lake-level variations were predominantly forced by the rapid climatic fluctuations that occurred at Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 6–7 transition and throughout the MIS 6. Possibly an abrupt, intense, and protracted cold episode during the onset of MIS 6 led to the sudden death of the elephants, which formed an unexpected food resource for the humans of the area. The Poggetti Vecchi site adds new information on the behavioral plasticity and food procurement strategies that early Neanderthals were able to develop in Italy during the middle to the late Pleistocene transition. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2017
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3. Poggetti Vecchi (Tuscany, Italy): A late Middle Pleistocene case of human–elephant interaction.
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Aranguren, Biancamaria, Grimaldi, Stefano, Benvenuti, Marco, Capalbo, Chiara, Cavanna, Floriano, Cavulli, Fabio, Ciani, Francesco, Comencini, Giacomo, Giuliani, Claudia, Grandinetti, Giuditta, Mariotti Lippi, Marta, Masini, Federico, Mazza, Paul Peter Anthony, Pallecchi, Pasquino, Santaniello, Fabio, Savorelli, Andrea, and Revedin, Anna
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FOSSIL bones , *NEANDERTHALS , *HOT springs , *TAPHONOMY , *STONE implements , *HOMINIDS , *GEOTHERMAL resources - Abstract
A paleosurface with a concentration of wooden-, bone-, and stone-tools interspersed among an accumulation of fossil bones, largely belonging to the straight-tusked elephant Palaeoloxodon antiquus , was found at the bottom of a pool, fed by hot springs, that was excavated at Poggetti Vecchi, near Grosseto (Tuscany, Italy). The site is radiometrically dated to the late Middle Pleistocene, around 171,000 years BP. Notable is the association of the artifacts with the elephant bones, and in particular the presence of digging sticks made from boxwood (Buxus sp.). Although stone tools show evidence of use mainly on animal tissues, indicating some form of interaction between hominins and animals, the precise use of the sticks is unclear. Here we discuss about the role played by the hominins at the site: paleobiological and taphonomic evidence indicates that the elephants died by a natural cause and were butchered soon after their death. The associated paleontological and archeological evidence from this site provides fresh insights into the behavior of early Neanderthals in Central Italy. The discovery of Poggetti Vecchi shows how opportunistically flexible Neanderthals were in response to environmental contingencies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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4. Paleoenvironmental context of the early Neanderthals of Poggetti Vecchi for the late middle Pleistocene of Central Italy
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Federico Masini, Marco Spadi, Chiara Capalbo, Nicola Macchioni, Anna Revedin, Amina Vietti, Marta Mariotti Lippi, Biancamaria Aranguren, Mario Voltaggio, Gianna Giachi, Carmine D’Amico, Chiara Capretti, Paul Mazza, Claudia Giuliani, Elsa Gliozzi, Lorena Sozzi, Pasquino Pallecchi, Francesco Ciani, Marco Benvenuti, Andrea Savorelli, Simona Lazzeri, Daniela Esu, Jean-Jacques Bahain, Benvenuti, Marco, Bahain, Jean Jacque, Capalbo, Chiara, Capretti, Chiara, Ciani, Francesco, D’Amico, Carmine, Esu, Daniela, Giachi, Gianna, Giuliani, Claudia, Gliozzi, Elsa, Lazzeri, Simona, Macchioni, Nicola, Lippi, Marta Mariotti, Masini, Federico, Mazza, Paul Peter A., Pallecchi, Pasquino, Revedin, Anna, Savorelli, Andrea, Spadi, Marco, Sozzi, Lorena, Vietti, Amina, Voltaggio, Mario, Aranguren, Biancamaria, Benvenuti, M., Bahain, J., Capalbo, C., Capretti, C., Ciani, F., D’Amico, C., Esu, D., Giachi, G., Giuliani, C., Gliozzi, E., Lazzeri, S., Macchioni, N., Lippi, M., Masini, F., Mazza, P., Pallecchi, P., Revedin, A., Savorelli, A., Spadi, M., Sozzi, L., Vietti, A. K, Voltaggio, M., and Aranguren, B.
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Marine isotope stage ,010506 paleontology ,Pleistocene ,Late middle Pleistocene ,Context (language use) ,010502 geochemistry & geophysics ,01 natural sciences ,Sudden death ,Paleontology ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Earth-Surface Processes ,Late Middle Pleistocene ,Central Italy ,Palaeoloxodon ,biology ,Early Neanderthal ,Settore GEO/01 - Paleontologia E Paleoecologia ,biology.organism_classification ,Early Neanderthals ,Archaeology ,Paleoenvironment ,Facies ,Paleoecology ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Sedimentary rock ,Geology - Abstract
Work on thermal pools at Poggetti Vecchi in Grosseto, Italy, exposed an up to 3-meter-thick succession of seven sedimentary units. Unit 2 in the lower portion of the succession contained vertebrate bones, mostly of the straight-tusked elephant, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, commingled with stone, bone, and wooden tools. Thermal carbonates overlying Unit 2 are radiometrically dated to the latter part of the middle Pleistocene. This time span indicates that early Neanderthals produced the human artifacts from Poggetti Vecchi. The elephant bones belong to seven individuals of different ages. Sedimentary facies analysis and paleoecological evidence suggest a narrow lacustrine-palustrine embayment affected by water-level fluctuations and, at times, by hydrothermal water. Cyclic lake-level variations were predominantly forced by the rapid climatic fluctuations that occurred at Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 6–7 transition and throughout the MIS 6. Possibly an abrupt, intense, and protracted cold episode during the onset of MIS 6 led to the sudden death of the elephants, which formed an unexpected food resource for the humans of the area. The Poggetti Vecchi site adds new information on the behavioral plasticity and food procurement strategies that early Neanderthals were able to develop in Italy during the middle to the late Pleistocene transition.
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- 2017
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