New insights from the application of ZooMS to Late Pleistocene fauna from Grotta di Castelcivita, southern Italy.

ABSTRACT: The Middle to Upper Paleolithic cave site of Grotta di Castelcivita (Campania, Southern Italy) contains a key archaeological sequence exhibiting Late Mousterian occupation followed by the Uluzzian techno-complex and an Aurignacian sequence (Protoaurignacian and Early Aurignacian). Abundant faunal remains are found throughout the sequence with variations in taxa present in each period. Previous studies of the morphologically identifiable faunal remains have provided valuable information on species abundance and diversity to reconstruct subsistence behaviour. However, like in many Pleistocene sequences, much of the faunal assemblage is fragmented and unidentifiable. Here we focus on these unidentified fragmentary bones to add greater dimension to the observed patterns. The application of col

SUBMITTER: Oertle A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12267457 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature