Fabio Negrino is Associate Professor at the Department of Antiquities, Philosophy and History of the University of Genoa. His field of research is mainly focused on Italian Middle-Upper Palaeolithic, but also on Neolithic and Copper Age. He has published different papers, paying attention to the lithic production systems. He received his PhD in Rome from the University La Sapienza and was a postdoctoral research at the University of Pisa.
This research explores the modes of exploitation of marine molluscs at Riparo Bombrini (Ventimigl... more This research explores the modes of exploitation of marine molluscs at Riparo Bombrini (Ventimiglia, northwest Italy) during the Protoaurignacian and the Early Aurignacian. Our results prove that Early Modern Humans who inhabited the rockshelter extensively exploited marine malacofauna for both dietary purposes and ornament production, offering new insights into human adaptation to coastal environments during the early phases of the Upper Palaeolithic along the Mediterranean coast. Combining taxonomy and taphonomy, we identified five main categories of shell remains within the assemblage: edible specimens, shell beads, non-worked ornamental shells, accidental introductions, and potential ornamental shells. A total of 91 perforated gastropods were recovered during the excavations of the Early Upper Palaeolithic layers. The ornament assemblage shows a certain richness in mollusc species, whose shells were collected dead from the beach. However, a preference for spherical and semi-spherical shells can be observed, highlighting the existence of trends in the selection of shell species for bead production. Use wear analysis demonstrates that some of the shell beads exhibit rounding and polishing around the rim of the perforation, implying that most of them arrived at the site as worn components, possibly forming part of more complex decorative combinations. Finally, the presence of both perforated and unperforated shells interpretable as raw material suggests that the rockshelter served as a "manufacturing site", where shell ornaments were fabricated, discarded and replaced in new beadworks. This hypothesis is further supported by the presence of broken shell beads, interpretable as manufacturing errors or worn beads ready for replacement.
More than 40 years have passed since the last conference dedicated to the Prehistory of Liguria –... more More than 40 years have passed since the last conference dedicated to the Prehistory of Liguria – the Riunione Scientifica of IIPP held in November 1973 - and more than ten since the Round Table of the XVI Congresso degli Antropologi Italiani that took place in 2005. Finally,on the 4th and 5th of February 2016,Genoa once again served as the seat of a meeting dedicated to the Palaeolithic and the Mesolithic. The call for papers of Genoa event was welcomed by numerous Italian and foreign colleagues. Over 200 colleagues participated, including European and American scholars, all of them being involved in projects focused on Italian archaeological contexts. The topics discussed spanned from the Lower Palaeolithic to the end of the Mesolithic and dealt with different issues (technology, functional analyses, zooarchaeology, physical anthropology, experimentation, etc.), highlighting the necessity to embrace an inter-disciplinary approach to our past. This meeting also underscored the liveliness of research on the Pleistocene and early Holocene of the Italian peninsula as a result of ongoing projects undertaken by different Italian universities in collaboration with foreign research institutions and with the involvement of numerous young researchers. Organising this event was possible thanks to the support of the Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria, the funding and logistical assistance of the Dipartimento di Antichità, Filosofia, Storia (DAFIST) of the University of Genoa, represented by its president Prof. Michele Marsonet, director Prof. Franco Montanari, former director Prof. Roberto Sinigaglia, by technical office personnel (Anna Rita Calò, Marco Castoldi, Anna Vacchini) and by some of the undergraduate students in the Heritage Management program (Giulia Berruto, Silvia Caffarone, Naomi C hiampan, Chiara Dodero, Matteo Gullotto, Martina Parise, Caterina Piu, Elisa Ulmert). The event was also sponsored by the Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Quaternario (AIQUA)
The exploitation of marine molluscs during the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic is a topic that has ... more The exploitation of marine molluscs during the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic is a topic that has been extensively investigated over the last few years, shedding light on human adaptation in coastal environments. However, such studies mainly focus on the role of marine molluscs in the subsistence practices of the hunter-fisher-gatherers of the Mediterranean Basin. Although small, non-dietary gastropods found in archaeological deposits have the potential to provide important clues regarding past human activities, their role is still little investigated. This research explores the question of whether taphonomy could be useful for the interpretation of these less conspicuous "incidental" shell remains found in archaeomalacological assemblages. In this paper we present the results of a taphonomic study carried out on a total of 314 Bittium shells recovered in the Mousterian and Protoaurignacian levels of Riparo Bombrini, a collapsed rockshelter in the Balzi Rossi Palaeolithic site complex (NW Italy). How did these small, non-dietary gastropods come to be deposited? Are they an unintentional by-product of certain harvesting techniques, or the result of a deliberate gathering? Or, could natural factors be responsible for their presence at the site? To answer these questions, different types of taphonomic processes were considered. Comparing the Bombrini archaeomalacological remains and modern shells accumulated on beaches leads us to propose that the most likely cause of their presence at the site is a correlation between Bittium shells and small sea pebbles, rather than the accidental transport of these shells with algae and seagrasses that could have been brought back to the site.
Evidence of plant food processing is a significant indicator of the human ability to exploit envi... more Evidence of plant food processing is a significant indicator of the human ability to exploit environmental resources. The recovery of starch grains associated with use-wear on Palaeolithic grinding tools offers proof of a specific technology for making flour among Pleistocene hunter-gatherers. Here we present the analysis of five grindstones from two Italian sites, Riparo Bombrini and Grotta di Castelcivita, both inhabited during a crucial phase spanning the decline of the Neanderthals and the establishment of Sapiens. The recovery of starch grains on a Mousterian grindstone at Bombrini suggests that the last Neanderthals not only consumed and processed plants but also made flour 43e41,000 years ago. Starch grains attributable to Triticeae on Protoaurignacian grindstones at both sites testify that Sapiens were processing wild cereals at least 41,500 - 36,500 years ago when they expanded into Eurasia, long before the dawn of agriculture. These new data suggest a profound knowledge of available plant resources in both human groups.
Because it is often assumed that fundamental behavioral differences distinguish Neanderthals and ... more Because it is often assumed that fundamental behavioral differences distinguish Neanderthals and Homo sapiens, the ability to structure space within the sites they occupied into distinct activity areas is often invoked as a key distinctive trait of our species. However, this behavior has never been assessed for both groups at a single site, hindering direct comparisons to date. To help resolve this question, this study uses a single methodology to evaluate the spatial organization in the Protoaurignacian levels (A1-A2, associated with Homo sapiens) and the latest Mousterian levels (MS1-MS2, associated with Neanderthals) at Riparo Bombrini (Liguria, Italy) to assess the changes over these three stratigraphic units vis a vis other information about site use. Combining GIS and quantitative methods allows the study of the spatial distribution of plotted finds and features in these levels, showing that Neandertals and Homo sapiens organized their living spaces in accordance with the duration of occupation, the occupation intensity, the tool assemblage and the faunal exploitation. Our results indicate that there is a logic behind the distribution of plotted finds and the use of the space, suggesting comparable cognitive capacities for both anatomically modern humans and Neanderthals. This contributes further data that undermines the notion of 'behavioral modernity' as a useful heuristic in human origins research.
Personal ornaments are widely viewed as indicators of social identity and personhood. Ornaments a... more Personal ornaments are widely viewed as indicators of social identity and personhood. Ornaments are ubiquitous from the Late Pleistocene to the Holocene, but they are most often found as isolated objects within archaeological assemblages without direct evidence on how they were displayed. This article presents a detailed record of the ornaments found in direct association with an Early Mesolithic buried female infant discovered in 2017 at the site of Arma Veirana (Liguria, Italy). It uses microscopic, 3D, and positional analyses of the ornaments as well as a preliminary perforation experiment to document how they were perforated, used, and what led to their deposit as part of the infant’s grave goods. This study provides important information on the use of beads in the Early Mesolithic, in general, as well as the relationship between beads and young subadults, in particular. The results of the study suggest that the beads were worn by members of the infant’s community for a consider...
The authors present a new prehistoric site recently discovered at Ortovero, near Albenga (Savona ... more The authors present a new prehistoric site recently discovered at Ortovero, near Albenga (Savona Province, Italy) in Western Liguria that can be attributed on typological grounds to the Final Epigravettian or to the Sauveterrian. The raw-material characteristics of the chipped stone artefacts resemble those stemming from the red radiolarite outcrops of Eastern Liguria, although the large number of pieces manufactured from this material and the distance from the supposed sources challenge this hypothesis. As a result of field surveys carried out over the last few years, the authors discuss the possibility of a formerly unknown source of vitreous red-coloured radiolarite outcropping in the surroundings of the site that may correspond to the Arnasco radiolarite formation outcropping near OrtoveroLes auteurs pr\ue9sentent la r\ue9cente d\ue9couverte d'un nouveau site pr\ue9historique \ue0 Ortovero, pr\ue8s d\u2019Albenga (province de Savone, Italie) en Ligurie occidentale qui peut \...
Palaeolithic Italy: Advanced studies on early human adaptations in the Apennine peninsula, 2018, ISBN 978-90-8890-583-4, págs. 161-182, 2018
Liguria is a coastal region in northwest Italy bordered by high mountains that descend sharply to... more Liguria is a coastal region in northwest Italy bordered by high mountains that descend sharply toward the Mediterranean Sea and that has very limited expanses of coastal plain. The Eastern Ligurian record is known only from open-air sites, while several deeply stratified caves and shelters exist in the Western part of the region. The Mousterian is quite well known throughout Liguria while the earliest Upper Palaeolithic record, in contrast, is known from only a few Protoaurignacian assemblages, an industry indisputably associated with anatomically modern humans. With the possible exception of the assemblage from Via San Francesco (Sanremo), characterized by laminar débitage and Upper Palaeolithic-like formal tools, to date, no Uluzzian or other “transitional” industries have been reported. Recent radiocarbon dates place the disappearance of the Neanderthals in Liguria around 42 ky cal. BP, and the most recent Mousterian deposits are clearly separated by sedimentary discontinuities from the oldest Protoaurignacian ones that date back to about 41.5 ky cal. BP, as highlighted at the Riparo Mochi and Riparo Bombrini (Balzi Rossi). There is no evidence of contact or admixture and the transition between these two cultural worlds is sharp and seemingly very rapid, as if modern humans perhaps colonised an empty land. After the Protoaurignacian, the Classic Aurignacian is docu-162 PALAEOLITHIC ITALY mented at the Balzi Rossi from about 35-36 ky BP to 30 Ky cal. BP, again in a situation that marks a probable discontinuity between the two cultural phases.
INTAV International Field Conference on Tephrochronology, 2018
Establishing robust and reliable chronologies at archaeological sites is essential for understand... more Establishing robust and reliable chronologies at archaeological sites is essential for understanding the sequence and timing of past events. At Middle and Upper Paleolithic sites like Arma Veirana and Riparo Bombrini, robust chronologies are especially important for answering questions regarding the Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition in Europe. Arma Veirana is located in the Ligurian pre-Alps of northwest Italy and Riparo Bombrini is located along the Mediterranean coast, about 80 km away. Both sites have deposits that overlap in age and contain cultural industries attributed to Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans (AMH). Stratigraphic evidence suggests that Neanderthals may have been present at Arma Veirana while AMHs were present at Riparo Bombrini, making it an ideal area to understand the interactions and dynamics of these two species during a key transitional phase. Cryptotephra, also known as microscopic volcanic ash, were recently identified at Arma Veirana in a stratigraphic unit known as the Black Mousterian (BM). AMS radiocarbon dates of charcoal samples collected in the BM, range from 43,781 to 43,121 (68.2%) cal. Yr. BP. Because these dates are close to the measurement limit of radiocarbon, the presence of cryptotephra provides a way to test these existing dates as well as establish a precise isochron to correlate with other sites. Major element chemistry obtained by electron microprobe indicate that the shards found in the BM layers are high silica rhyolite (>75 wt. %) with FeO < 1 wt.%. Trace elements by LA-ICP-MS show depletions in Ba, Sr, and Eu and an enrichment in Th, U and Pb. Both major and trace chemistries show unique geochemical signatures and are rare for volcanoes in the central Mediterranean region. The source volcano is currently unknown; however, this unique chemistry eliminates volcanoes from Iceland, North America, Canaries or Azores, and Aeolian Islands. Potential source volcanoes are located in Turkey (Acigol Dagi Volcano), the Carpathian Mountains (Ciomadul Volcano) and Greece (Nisryos volcano and Santorini Caldera). To test the hypothesis that Neanderthals were displaced from the coast when modern humans arrived in the region, I will take cryptotephra samples at Riparo Bombrini in the summer of 2018 with the goal of directly linking both sites. Identifying the same cryptotephra horizon at Riparo Bombrini will provide an unprecedented temporal correlation between the two sites. This will lead to a better understanding of Neanderthal and AMH interactions during the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in Europe
This research explores the modes of exploitation of marine molluscs at Riparo Bombrini (Ventimigl... more This research explores the modes of exploitation of marine molluscs at Riparo Bombrini (Ventimiglia, northwest Italy) during the Protoaurignacian and the Early Aurignacian. Our results prove that Early Modern Humans who inhabited the rockshelter extensively exploited marine malacofauna for both dietary purposes and ornament production, offering new insights into human adaptation to coastal environments during the early phases of the Upper Palaeolithic along the Mediterranean coast. Combining taxonomy and taphonomy, we identified five main categories of shell remains within the assemblage: edible specimens, shell beads, non-worked ornamental shells, accidental introductions, and potential ornamental shells. A total of 91 perforated gastropods were recovered during the excavations of the Early Upper Palaeolithic layers. The ornament assemblage shows a certain richness in mollusc species, whose shells were collected dead from the beach. However, a preference for spherical and semi-spherical shells can be observed, highlighting the existence of trends in the selection of shell species for bead production. Use wear analysis demonstrates that some of the shell beads exhibit rounding and polishing around the rim of the perforation, implying that most of them arrived at the site as worn components, possibly forming part of more complex decorative combinations. Finally, the presence of both perforated and unperforated shells interpretable as raw material suggests that the rockshelter served as a "manufacturing site", where shell ornaments were fabricated, discarded and replaced in new beadworks. This hypothesis is further supported by the presence of broken shell beads, interpretable as manufacturing errors or worn beads ready for replacement.
More than 40 years have passed since the last conference dedicated to the Prehistory of Liguria –... more More than 40 years have passed since the last conference dedicated to the Prehistory of Liguria – the Riunione Scientifica of IIPP held in November 1973 - and more than ten since the Round Table of the XVI Congresso degli Antropologi Italiani that took place in 2005. Finally,on the 4th and 5th of February 2016,Genoa once again served as the seat of a meeting dedicated to the Palaeolithic and the Mesolithic. The call for papers of Genoa event was welcomed by numerous Italian and foreign colleagues. Over 200 colleagues participated, including European and American scholars, all of them being involved in projects focused on Italian archaeological contexts. The topics discussed spanned from the Lower Palaeolithic to the end of the Mesolithic and dealt with different issues (technology, functional analyses, zooarchaeology, physical anthropology, experimentation, etc.), highlighting the necessity to embrace an inter-disciplinary approach to our past. This meeting also underscored the liveliness of research on the Pleistocene and early Holocene of the Italian peninsula as a result of ongoing projects undertaken by different Italian universities in collaboration with foreign research institutions and with the involvement of numerous young researchers. Organising this event was possible thanks to the support of the Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria, the funding and logistical assistance of the Dipartimento di Antichità, Filosofia, Storia (DAFIST) of the University of Genoa, represented by its president Prof. Michele Marsonet, director Prof. Franco Montanari, former director Prof. Roberto Sinigaglia, by technical office personnel (Anna Rita Calò, Marco Castoldi, Anna Vacchini) and by some of the undergraduate students in the Heritage Management program (Giulia Berruto, Silvia Caffarone, Naomi C hiampan, Chiara Dodero, Matteo Gullotto, Martina Parise, Caterina Piu, Elisa Ulmert). The event was also sponsored by the Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Quaternario (AIQUA)
The exploitation of marine molluscs during the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic is a topic that has ... more The exploitation of marine molluscs during the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic is a topic that has been extensively investigated over the last few years, shedding light on human adaptation in coastal environments. However, such studies mainly focus on the role of marine molluscs in the subsistence practices of the hunter-fisher-gatherers of the Mediterranean Basin. Although small, non-dietary gastropods found in archaeological deposits have the potential to provide important clues regarding past human activities, their role is still little investigated. This research explores the question of whether taphonomy could be useful for the interpretation of these less conspicuous &quot;incidental&quot; shell remains found in archaeomalacological assemblages. In this paper we present the results of a taphonomic study carried out on a total of 314 Bittium shells recovered in the Mousterian and Protoaurignacian levels of Riparo Bombrini, a collapsed rockshelter in the Balzi Rossi Palaeolithic site complex (NW Italy). How did these small, non-dietary gastropods come to be deposited? Are they an unintentional by-product of certain harvesting techniques, or the result of a deliberate gathering? Or, could natural factors be responsible for their presence at the site? To answer these questions, different types of taphonomic processes were considered. Comparing the Bombrini archaeomalacological remains and modern shells accumulated on beaches leads us to propose that the most likely cause of their presence at the site is a correlation between Bittium shells and small sea pebbles, rather than the accidental transport of these shells with algae and seagrasses that could have been brought back to the site.
Evidence of plant food processing is a significant indicator of the human ability to exploit envi... more Evidence of plant food processing is a significant indicator of the human ability to exploit environmental resources. The recovery of starch grains associated with use-wear on Palaeolithic grinding tools offers proof of a specific technology for making flour among Pleistocene hunter-gatherers. Here we present the analysis of five grindstones from two Italian sites, Riparo Bombrini and Grotta di Castelcivita, both inhabited during a crucial phase spanning the decline of the Neanderthals and the establishment of Sapiens. The recovery of starch grains on a Mousterian grindstone at Bombrini suggests that the last Neanderthals not only consumed and processed plants but also made flour 43e41,000 years ago. Starch grains attributable to Triticeae on Protoaurignacian grindstones at both sites testify that Sapiens were processing wild cereals at least 41,500 - 36,500 years ago when they expanded into Eurasia, long before the dawn of agriculture. These new data suggest a profound knowledge of available plant resources in both human groups.
Because it is often assumed that fundamental behavioral differences distinguish Neanderthals and ... more Because it is often assumed that fundamental behavioral differences distinguish Neanderthals and Homo sapiens, the ability to structure space within the sites they occupied into distinct activity areas is often invoked as a key distinctive trait of our species. However, this behavior has never been assessed for both groups at a single site, hindering direct comparisons to date. To help resolve this question, this study uses a single methodology to evaluate the spatial organization in the Protoaurignacian levels (A1-A2, associated with Homo sapiens) and the latest Mousterian levels (MS1-MS2, associated with Neanderthals) at Riparo Bombrini (Liguria, Italy) to assess the changes over these three stratigraphic units vis a vis other information about site use. Combining GIS and quantitative methods allows the study of the spatial distribution of plotted finds and features in these levels, showing that Neandertals and Homo sapiens organized their living spaces in accordance with the duration of occupation, the occupation intensity, the tool assemblage and the faunal exploitation. Our results indicate that there is a logic behind the distribution of plotted finds and the use of the space, suggesting comparable cognitive capacities for both anatomically modern humans and Neanderthals. This contributes further data that undermines the notion of &#39;behavioral modernity&#39; as a useful heuristic in human origins research.
Personal ornaments are widely viewed as indicators of social identity and personhood. Ornaments a... more Personal ornaments are widely viewed as indicators of social identity and personhood. Ornaments are ubiquitous from the Late Pleistocene to the Holocene, but they are most often found as isolated objects within archaeological assemblages without direct evidence on how they were displayed. This article presents a detailed record of the ornaments found in direct association with an Early Mesolithic buried female infant discovered in 2017 at the site of Arma Veirana (Liguria, Italy). It uses microscopic, 3D, and positional analyses of the ornaments as well as a preliminary perforation experiment to document how they were perforated, used, and what led to their deposit as part of the infant’s grave goods. This study provides important information on the use of beads in the Early Mesolithic, in general, as well as the relationship between beads and young subadults, in particular. The results of the study suggest that the beads were worn by members of the infant’s community for a consider...
The authors present a new prehistoric site recently discovered at Ortovero, near Albenga (Savona ... more The authors present a new prehistoric site recently discovered at Ortovero, near Albenga (Savona Province, Italy) in Western Liguria that can be attributed on typological grounds to the Final Epigravettian or to the Sauveterrian. The raw-material characteristics of the chipped stone artefacts resemble those stemming from the red radiolarite outcrops of Eastern Liguria, although the large number of pieces manufactured from this material and the distance from the supposed sources challenge this hypothesis. As a result of field surveys carried out over the last few years, the authors discuss the possibility of a formerly unknown source of vitreous red-coloured radiolarite outcropping in the surroundings of the site that may correspond to the Arnasco radiolarite formation outcropping near OrtoveroLes auteurs pr\ue9sentent la r\ue9cente d\ue9couverte d'un nouveau site pr\ue9historique \ue0 Ortovero, pr\ue8s d\u2019Albenga (province de Savone, Italie) en Ligurie occidentale qui peut \...
Palaeolithic Italy: Advanced studies on early human adaptations in the Apennine peninsula, 2018, ISBN 978-90-8890-583-4, págs. 161-182, 2018
Liguria is a coastal region in northwest Italy bordered by high mountains that descend sharply to... more Liguria is a coastal region in northwest Italy bordered by high mountains that descend sharply toward the Mediterranean Sea and that has very limited expanses of coastal plain. The Eastern Ligurian record is known only from open-air sites, while several deeply stratified caves and shelters exist in the Western part of the region. The Mousterian is quite well known throughout Liguria while the earliest Upper Palaeolithic record, in contrast, is known from only a few Protoaurignacian assemblages, an industry indisputably associated with anatomically modern humans. With the possible exception of the assemblage from Via San Francesco (Sanremo), characterized by laminar débitage and Upper Palaeolithic-like formal tools, to date, no Uluzzian or other “transitional” industries have been reported. Recent radiocarbon dates place the disappearance of the Neanderthals in Liguria around 42 ky cal. BP, and the most recent Mousterian deposits are clearly separated by sedimentary discontinuities from the oldest Protoaurignacian ones that date back to about 41.5 ky cal. BP, as highlighted at the Riparo Mochi and Riparo Bombrini (Balzi Rossi). There is no evidence of contact or admixture and the transition between these two cultural worlds is sharp and seemingly very rapid, as if modern humans perhaps colonised an empty land. After the Protoaurignacian, the Classic Aurignacian is docu-162 PALAEOLITHIC ITALY mented at the Balzi Rossi from about 35-36 ky BP to 30 Ky cal. BP, again in a situation that marks a probable discontinuity between the two cultural phases.
INTAV International Field Conference on Tephrochronology, 2018
Establishing robust and reliable chronologies at archaeological sites is essential for understand... more Establishing robust and reliable chronologies at archaeological sites is essential for understanding the sequence and timing of past events. At Middle and Upper Paleolithic sites like Arma Veirana and Riparo Bombrini, robust chronologies are especially important for answering questions regarding the Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition in Europe. Arma Veirana is located in the Ligurian pre-Alps of northwest Italy and Riparo Bombrini is located along the Mediterranean coast, about 80 km away. Both sites have deposits that overlap in age and contain cultural industries attributed to Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans (AMH). Stratigraphic evidence suggests that Neanderthals may have been present at Arma Veirana while AMHs were present at Riparo Bombrini, making it an ideal area to understand the interactions and dynamics of these two species during a key transitional phase. Cryptotephra, also known as microscopic volcanic ash, were recently identified at Arma Veirana in a stratigraphic unit known as the Black Mousterian (BM). AMS radiocarbon dates of charcoal samples collected in the BM, range from 43,781 to 43,121 (68.2%) cal. Yr. BP. Because these dates are close to the measurement limit of radiocarbon, the presence of cryptotephra provides a way to test these existing dates as well as establish a precise isochron to correlate with other sites. Major element chemistry obtained by electron microprobe indicate that the shards found in the BM layers are high silica rhyolite (>75 wt. %) with FeO < 1 wt.%. Trace elements by LA-ICP-MS show depletions in Ba, Sr, and Eu and an enrichment in Th, U and Pb. Both major and trace chemistries show unique geochemical signatures and are rare for volcanoes in the central Mediterranean region. The source volcano is currently unknown; however, this unique chemistry eliminates volcanoes from Iceland, North America, Canaries or Azores, and Aeolian Islands. Potential source volcanoes are located in Turkey (Acigol Dagi Volcano), the Carpathian Mountains (Ciomadul Volcano) and Greece (Nisryos volcano and Santorini Caldera). To test the hypothesis that Neanderthals were displaced from the coast when modern humans arrived in the region, I will take cryptotephra samples at Riparo Bombrini in the summer of 2018 with the goal of directly linking both sites. Identifying the same cryptotephra horizon at Riparo Bombrini will provide an unprecedented temporal correlation between the two sites. This will lead to a better understanding of Neanderthal and AMH interactions during the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in Europe
Il Riparo Bombrini si trova a poche centinaia di metri dal confine con la Francia, all’interno de... more Il Riparo Bombrini si trova a poche centinaia di metri dal confine con la Francia, all’interno dell’area archeologica dei Balzi Rossi, ed è noto per conservare una stratigrafia che documenta gli aspetti finali del Musteriano ligure e la successiva diffusione del Protoaurignaziano, qui indubitabilmente associato all’arrivo e all’affermazione dell’Uomo Anatomicamente Moderno grazie al ritrovamento di un incisivo deciduo da un livello datato a circa 40 ky cal BP (Benazzi et alii 2015, Holt et alii c.d.s., Negrino, Riel-Salvatore 2018, Riel-Salvatore et alii 2013, Riel-Salvatore, Negrino. 2017). Scoperto negli anni 30 del secolo scorso è attualmente scavato da una missione congiunta delle Università di Genova e di Montreal con il supporto della Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio della Liguria ed il Polo Museale della Liguria.
MARTEDI 08.03.22 ore 9-11 (Aula E) PREISTORIA E MONDO EGEO
Fabio NEGRINO (UniGe) Il primo cacciat... more MARTEDI 08.03.22 ore 9-11 (Aula E) PREISTORIA E MONDO EGEO Fabio NEGRINO (UniGe) Il primo cacciatore. La caccia durante la preistoria Nicola CUCUZZA – Marta PESTARINO (UniGe) La caccia nella Creta minoica Massimiliano CARBONARI (Univ. Groningen) Θαλεροί τ᾽ αἰζηοί: scene di caccia tra pitture parietali micenee ed epica omerica
MERCOLEDI 13.04.22 ore 11-13 (Aula 8) – CIVILTA’ GRECA Daniela NOVARO (Univ. Strasbourg) La caccia a Creta: dati iconografici, archeologici e fonti letterarie Massimo NAFISSI (Univ. Perugia) La caccia a Sparta Manuela MARI (Univ. di Bari) La caccia in Macedonia
MERCOLEDI 18.05.22 ore 11-13 (Aula F) – CIVILTA’ ETRUSCA E ROMANA Laura AMBROSINI (ISPC-CNR/UniGe) La caccia in Etruria Valentina PESTARINO (UniGe) Le venationes in ambito circense e anfiteatrale in età romana Il seminario si svolgerà in presenza (con prenotazione posto) e su piattaforma Microsoft Teams, codice: gbf73nk Per riservare il posto e per accedere a Teams senza account Unige contattare: nicola.cucuzza@lettere.unige.it; francesca.gazzano@unige.it
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Fabio NEGRINO (UniGe) Il primo cacciatore. La caccia durante la preistoria Nicola CUCUZZA – Marta PESTARINO (UniGe) La caccia nella Creta minoica
Massimiliano CARBONARI (Univ. Groningen) Θαλεροί τ᾽ αἰζηοί: scene di caccia tra pitture parietali micenee ed epica omerica
MERCOLEDI 13.04.22 ore 11-13 (Aula 8) – CIVILTA’ GRECA
Daniela NOVARO (Univ. Strasbourg) La caccia a Creta: dati iconografici, archeologici e fonti letterarie
Massimo NAFISSI (Univ. Perugia) La caccia a Sparta
Manuela MARI (Univ. di Bari) La caccia in Macedonia
MERCOLEDI 18.05.22 ore 11-13 (Aula F) – CIVILTA’ ETRUSCA E ROMANA
Laura AMBROSINI (ISPC-CNR/UniGe) La caccia in Etruria
Valentina PESTARINO (UniGe) Le venationes in ambito circense e anfiteatrale in età romana
Il seminario si svolgerà in presenza (con prenotazione posto) e su piattaforma Microsoft Teams, codice: gbf73nk
Per riservare il posto e per accedere a Teams senza account Unige contattare:
nicola.cucuzza@lettere.unige.it; francesca.gazzano@unige.it