Earliest Italy: An Overview of the Italian Paleolithic and MesolithicA synthesis of Italian prehistory spanning more than 600,000 years beginning with the Lower Paleolithic and ending with the last hunter-gatherers. The author treats such issues as the development of social structure, the rise and fall of specific cultural traditions, climate change, and environmental adaptation and exploitation and includes detailed descriptions of the most important sites and a comprehensive list of bibliographic references to original sources. |
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Earliest Italy: An Overview of the Italian Paleolithic and Mesolithic Margherita Mussi Limited preview - 2001 |
Earliest Italy: An Overview of the Italian Paleolithic and Mesolithic Margherita Mussi No preview available - 2013 |
Earliest Italy: An Overview of the Italian Paleolithic and Mesolithic Margherita Mussi No preview available - 2001 |
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Acheulean Alps Apennines Apulia archaeological Arene Candide Atti Aurignacian aurochs backed tools Balzi Rossi Bartolomei basin Biddittu bladelets blades Blanc bones Broglio burial burins Caloi Cassoli Cavallo Central Italy chronology climate coast coastal cores Cremaschi denticulates deposit Early Epigravettian early Holocene endscraper environment Epigravettian Europe evidence excavated Fanciulli flakes flint Fumane glacial Gravettian Grotta handaxes Holocene human groups ibex interglacial Isernia Italian Italiano di Preistoria Italy layer Levallois Levallois technique Liguria lithic lithic assemblages lithic implements lithic industry loess Mediterranean Mesolithic Middle Paleolithic Middle Pleistocene Monte Monte Circeo Monte Poggiolo mountain Mousterian Mussi Neandertals northern notches Paglicci Paléolithique Paleolitico Palma di Cesnola Palombo pebbles peninsula Peretto phase Piperno points radiocarbon red deer remains retouched Riparo di Fumane Riparo Mochi Riparo Tagliente Rivista di Scienze Romanelli Sala Sauveterrian scraper Segre Sicily species stratigraphic sequence typological Tyrrhenian Uluzzian Upper Paleolithic Zampetti