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Il cane della necropoli di Porte di Ferro (VIII sec. A.C.) a San Cipriano Picentino (Salerno).
No full textLate Pleistocene and Holocene bats of Latium (Central Italy)
No full textIn this paper the Late Pleistocene and Holocene fossil and subfossil bats collected in Latium have been examined. Seventeen taxa belonging to eight genera and to four families were reported in the list of fossil species (the presence of three additional species in the fossil assemblages is dubious). Fifteen of them are reported as living today in the region. Exceptions are the boreal species Myotis dasycneme and Eptesicus nilssonii. On the other hand the presence in Latium of Myotis mystacinus and Barbastella barbastellus after 1980 is dubious. The majority of the fossil remains of bats collected in the sites of Latium (especially in terms of number of specimens) belong to troglophilous species, forming reproductive and/or hibernating colonies in caves (Rhinolophidae, Myotis myotis, M. blythii, M. capaccinii and Miniopterus schreibersii). Bats roosting in trees or rock fissures (Nyctalus noctula and Tadarida teniotis) or visiting the caves only during colder winters (Myotis bechsteinii and members of the genera Pipistrellus and Hypsugo) are quite rare. During the colder stages of the Late Pleistocene, the coastal regions of Latium must have played the role of refugia for animals and plants, as testified by several thermophilous Mediterranean sensu stricto species of bats, e.g. Rhinolophus euryale, M. capaccinii, Pipistrellus kuhlii, M. schreibersii and T. teniotis
Catastrophic death assemblages from the Late Pleistocene of Italy: The case of Avetrana karst filling (Taranto, Southern Italy)
No full textNew and detailed taphonomic and stratigraphical analyses have been carried out at the early Late Pleistocene site of "La Grave", nearby Avetrana (Taranto, Southern Italy). These, together with population analyses of the principal species represented (Bos primigenius, Dama dama, Cervus elaphus, Sus scrofa and Stephanorhinus hemitoecbus), suggest that the fossiliferous deposits were probably accumulated rapidly, over a short time span, by exceptional events of heavy rainfall with overbank flooding. These results are supported particularly by comparison of the mammalian death assemblages from Avetrana with data from recent and Pleistocene catastrophic death assemblages documented in the literature. Furthermore, population analysis of species pinpoints the time of death between late autumn and winter. Periods with abundant and heavy rainfall are recorded in Late Pleistocene Mediterranean marine cores by the presence of sapropel levels, and in continental pollen diagrams covering the same time. Finally, observations on the morphometric variations in the bones of Bos primigenius reveal an increase in size of the species during the early Late Pleistocene and a decrease in size during the late Late Pleistocene and the Holocene
Preliminary analysis of Bos primigenius Bojanus, 1827 from Avetrana (Southern Italy)
No full textAbundant remains of Bos primigenius have been recovered in the early Late Pleistocene site of Avetrana (Southern Italy). The remains of auroch are referred to at least 37 individuals. Also, biometrical analysis of the metapodial bones of the female aurochs from Avetrana gave the cue to examine the evolutive trend of the species
First Data on the latest Pleistocene mammals from Mora Cavorso cave (Jenne, Latium, Central Italy)
No full textSince 2006 the Mora Cavorso Cave has been object of archaeological investigations, and archaeological and faunal finds have been recorded referable, with some discontinuities, to an interval of time lasting over 13,000 years. The most ancient testimonies till now investigated are referable to the terminal phases of the Late Pleistocene and are followed by various Holocene layers between the Mesolithic and the Middle Age. In this paper the preliminary data related to the large Mammals, together with the hare and the greats Rodents, attributed to the latest Pleistocene are described. Nine taxa of fossil mammals in the “Dig B2” of the room 1 and ascribed to a late Upper Paleolithic cultural horizon (final Epigravettian) have been found: Lepus sp., Marmota marmota, Vulpes vulpes, Mustela nivalis, Sus scrofa, Cervus elaphus, Capreolus capreolus, Rupicapra sp. and Capra ibex. From other places of the cave (the perturbed ground of the room 1 and the “Sinkhole”) the fossil remains of Lepus sp., Lepus corsicanus, Castor fiber, M. marmota, Canis lupus, Ursus arctos, Equus ferus, E. hydruntinus, S. scrofa, C. elaphus, C. capreolus and C. ibex have been also found and these too are referable to the latest Pleistocene. The marmot and the ibex are the most significant species, but is even important the red deer presence, and a particular attention deserves also European beaver, till now not signaled in lateglacial mammal assemblages of central Italy, and the sure evidence of the Italic hare. The ecological requirements of the present taxa allow reconstructing the environment of the Simbruini Mounts and the tall of the Aniene River valley during such period colder than today, outlining a composite landscape with forests and woods alternated with grasslands, rocky bands and scree slopes, and wetlands
Preliminary analysis of Bos primigenius Bojanus, 1827 from Avetrana (Southern Italy)
No full textAbundant remains of Bos primigenius have been recovered in the early Late Pleistocene site of Avetrana (Southern Italy). The remains of auroch are referred to at least 37 individuals. Also, biometrical analysis of the metapodial bones of the female aurochs from Avetrana gave the cue to examine the evolutive trend of the species
Nota preliminare sulle indagini archeologiche presso la grotta “Mora di Cavorso”
No full textSi presentano i dati relativi allo scavo archeologico eseguito per il recupero di reperti umani segnalati nel 2003 presso la grotta Mora Cavorso a Jenne (Rm). Si tratta di varie centiania di ossa umane, fauna e materiale archeologico datati al Neolitico antico e probabilmente relativi a una serie di sepolture intenzionali sconvolte in antico
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