Stefano Bertola
Biographic Data
| ID | 91084 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stefano Bertola |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stefano |
| FAMILY NAME | Bertola |
| SIGNATURE | BERTOLA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ferrara |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 83 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
A crossroads between the Mediterranean and the Alps
Riparo Bombrini is a collapsed rockshelter within the Balzi Rossi site complex, located at the intersection of the Maritime Alps, Northern Apennines, and Ligurian Sea. This unique environmental setting served as a crucial biogeographical corridor for human mobility along the Liguro-Provençal Arc during the Paleolithic. Multidisciplinary research at Bombrini identified three archaeological layers (i.e., A2, A1, and A0) overlying a semisterile Mous…
Investigating the Early-to-Late Mesolithic Transition in Northeastern Italy
This article focuses on the Mesolithic record of northeastern Italy, one of the key European regions for studying the last prehistoric hunter-gatherer groups. Most specifically, it aims to compare the rich Early and Late Mesolithic evidence, trying to shed some light on the shift between these two periods. Such a topic is approached at a regional scale, that is to say, by comparing the overall record and trying to identify similarities and diverg…
Flexibility within Quina lithic production systems and tool-use in Northern Italy
The Quina Mousterian is one of the well-defined Middle Paleolithic techno-complexes. Despite the pivotal research carried out in south-western France, the presence of this techno-complex across the rest of Europe is still poorly documented. Here we apply a techno-functional approach, combining technological and use-wear analyses, for reconstructing lithic core-reduction, tool-reduction, and tool use at De Nadale Cave, a single-layered Mousterian …
A myth debunked. The Porosphaera globularis beads and their relation to the onset of symbolic thinking in prehistory
Because of their inherent symbolic significance, personal ornaments gained a key role in the scientific debate regarding the emergence and evolution of symbolic behaviour; the presumed Acheulean beads discovered in the nineteenth century in northern Europe's sites are considered crucial evidence of this. The fossils of the sponge Porosphaera globularis, because of their morphological characteristics, have been interpreted by some archaeologists a…
Chert exploitation and circulation in eastern Lombardy (Northern Italy)
This work focuses on the Eastern Lombardy Prealps (central Southern Alps), including the Brescia and Bergamo provinces. Knappable lithic raw materials are represented by cherts and radiolarites which are quite common in the Jurassic-Cretaceous sedimentary series. Tectonics played an important role for the preservation of good chert outcrops. Several prehistoric sites are located not far away from the primary lithic sources; in particular we have …
A taste for the unusual. Green, flat pebbles used by late Neanderthals
Neanderthals collected unusual, sometimes colorful mineral materials from different sources. Several green serpentinite smooth pebbles with a flat shape and use modifications were unearthed at Fumane Cave in northern Italy. This study explores cognitive and functional criteria that influenced the selection and use of unique pebbles based on their regional geology, morphology, petrology, use wear, and residues. Besides the attraction for green mat…
Hunter-gatherers across the great Adriatic-Po region during the Last Glacial Maximum
Lashed by the wind
The Uluzzian in the north of Italy
Human settlement and vegetation-climate relationships in the Greenland Stadial 5 at the Piovesello site (Northern Apennines, Italy)
The Gravettian settlements of Europe are considered as an expression of human adaptation to harsh climates. In Southern Europe, however, favorable vegetation-climate conditions supported hunters-gatherer subsistence and the maintenance of their large-scale networks. This was also the case of the North-Adriatic plain and the Apennine mountain ridge in Italy. Traditionally considered lacking evidence, the northern part of the Apennine ridge has rec…
Going off the beaten path? The Casera Lissandri 17 site and the role of the Cansiglio plateau on human ecology during the Early Sauveterrian in North-eastern Italy
An Atypical Early Mesolithic Occupation in the Southern Po Plain
Dating back to the ancient phase of the Sauveterrian the site of Collecchio represents the oldest known evidence of human occupation in the southern Po plain area after the LGM as confirmed by a radiocarbon date. Techno-economical analysis carried out on the lithic assemblage has focused on the reconstruction of raw materials provisioning systems and reduction sequences. Results highlight that the site was characterised by a complex and intense o…
Une occupation atypique du mésolithique ancien dans la plaine méridionale du Pô
Remontant à la phase ancienne du Sauveterrien, le site de Collecchio est le témoin le plus ancien de l’occupation humaine de la plaine méridionale du Pô après le dernier maximum glaciaire, ce que confirme une datation 14C. Une étude techno-économique conduite sur le matériel lithique du site s’est intéressée à la reconstitution des systèmes d’approvisionnement en matières premières et aux séquences de réduction. Les résultats dévoilent une occupa…
Approvisionnement en matériaux siliceux, ressources locales et économie du débitage dans le Sauveterrien
Dans les Alpes Orientales italiennes, la circulation et l’exploitation des matières premières lithiques siliceuses durant le Mésolithique a fait jusqu’à présent l’objet d’études ponctuelles et limitées à quelques secteurs de cette région. Les plus importantes informations récoltées font référence aux sites des Dolomites, dans lesquels on rencontre une utilisation massive mais également exclusive de silex atypiques ou préalpins, à côté d’une explo…
The Uluzzian in the north of Italy
Flexibility within Quina lithic production systems and tool-use in Northern Italy
The Quina Mousterian is one of the well-defined Middle Paleolithic techno-complexes. Despite the pivotal research carried out in south-western France, the presence of this techno-complex across the rest of Europe is still poorly documented. Here we apply a techno-functional approach, combining technological and use-wear analyses, for reconstructing lithic core-reduction, tool-reduction, and tool use at De Nadale Cave, a single-layered Mousterian …
Lashed by the wind
A crossroads between the Mediterranean and the Alps
Riparo Bombrini is a collapsed rockshelter within the Balzi Rossi site complex, located at the intersection of the Maritime Alps, Northern Apennines, and Ligurian Sea. This unique environmental setting served as a crucial biogeographical corridor for human mobility along the Liguro-Provençal Arc during the Paleolithic. Multidisciplinary research at Bombrini identified three archaeological layers (i.e., A2, A1, and A0) overlying a semisterile Mous…
Going off the beaten path? The Casera Lissandri 17 site and the role of the Cansiglio plateau on human ecology during the Early Sauveterrian in North-eastern Italy
A myth debunked. The Porosphaera globularis beads and their relation to the onset of symbolic thinking in prehistory
Because of their inherent symbolic significance, personal ornaments gained a key role in the scientific debate regarding the emergence and evolution of symbolic behaviour; the presumed Acheulean beads discovered in the nineteenth century in northern Europe's sites are considered crucial evidence of this. The fossils of the sponge Porosphaera globularis, because of their morphological characteristics, have been interpreted by some archaeologists a…
Investigating the Early-to-Late Mesolithic Transition in Northeastern Italy
This article focuses on the Mesolithic record of northeastern Italy, one of the key European regions for studying the last prehistoric hunter-gatherer groups. Most specifically, it aims to compare the rich Early and Late Mesolithic evidence, trying to shed some light on the shift between these two periods. Such a topic is approached at a regional scale, that is to say, by comparing the overall record and trying to identify similarities and diverg…
Une occupation atypique du mésolithique ancien dans la plaine méridionale du Pô
Remontant à la phase ancienne du Sauveterrien, le site de Collecchio est le témoin le plus ancien de l’occupation humaine de la plaine méridionale du Pô après le dernier maximum glaciaire, ce que confirme une datation 14C. Une étude techno-économique conduite sur le matériel lithique du site s’est intéressée à la reconstitution des systèmes d’approvisionnement en matières premières et aux séquences de réduction. Les résultats dévoilent une occupa…
Approvisionnement en matériaux siliceux, ressources locales et économie du débitage dans le Sauveterrien
Dans les Alpes Orientales italiennes, la circulation et l’exploitation des matières premières lithiques siliceuses durant le Mésolithique a fait jusqu’à présent l’objet d’études ponctuelles et limitées à quelques secteurs de cette région. Les plus importantes informations récoltées font référence aux sites des Dolomites, dans lesquels on rencontre une utilisation massive mais également exclusive de silex atypiques ou préalpins, à côté d’une explo…
An Atypical Early Mesolithic Occupation in the Southern Po Plain
Dating back to the ancient phase of the Sauveterrian the site of Collecchio represents the oldest known evidence of human occupation in the southern Po plain area after the LGM as confirmed by a radiocarbon date. Techno-economical analysis carried out on the lithic assemblage has focused on the reconstruction of raw materials provisioning systems and reduction sequences. Results highlight that the site was characterised by a complex and intense o…
Une occupation atypique du mésolithique ancien dans la plaine méridionale du Pô
Remontant à la phase ancienne du Sauveterrien, le site de Collecchio est le témoin le plus ancien de l’occupation humaine de la plaine méridionale du Pô après le dernier maximum glaciaire, ce que confirme une datation 14C. Une étude techno-économique conduite sur le matériel lithique du site s’est intéressée à la reconstitution des systèmes d’approvisionnement en matières premières et aux séquences de réduction. Les résultats dévoilent une occupa…
Going off the beaten path? The Casera Lissandri 17 site and the role of the Cansiglio plateau on human ecology during the Early Sauveterrian in North-eastern Italy
Human settlement and vegetation-climate relationships in the Greenland Stadial 5 at the Piovesello site (Northern Apennines, Italy)
The Gravettian settlements of Europe are considered as an expression of human adaptation to harsh climates. In Southern Europe, however, favorable vegetation-climate conditions supported hunters-gatherer subsistence and the maintenance of their large-scale networks. This was also the case of the North-Adriatic plain and the Apennine mountain ridge in Italy. Traditionally considered lacking evidence, the northern part of the Apennine ridge has rec…
Lashed by the wind
The Uluzzian in the north of Italy
Chert exploitation and circulation in eastern Lombardy (Northern Italy)
This work focuses on the Eastern Lombardy Prealps (central Southern Alps), including the Brescia and Bergamo provinces. Knappable lithic raw materials are represented by cherts and radiolarites which are quite common in the Jurassic-Cretaceous sedimentary series. Tectonics played an important role for the preservation of good chert outcrops. Several prehistoric sites are located not far away from the primary lithic sources; in particular we have …
A taste for the unusual. Green, flat pebbles used by late Neanderthals
Neanderthals collected unusual, sometimes colorful mineral materials from different sources. Several green serpentinite smooth pebbles with a flat shape and use modifications were unearthed at Fumane Cave in northern Italy. This study explores cognitive and functional criteria that influenced the selection and use of unique pebbles based on their regional geology, morphology, petrology, use wear, and residues. Besides the attraction for green mat…
Hunter-gatherers across the great Adriatic-Po region during the Last Glacial Maximum
Flexibility within Quina lithic production systems and tool-use in Northern Italy
The Quina Mousterian is one of the well-defined Middle Paleolithic techno-complexes. Despite the pivotal research carried out in south-western France, the presence of this techno-complex across the rest of Europe is still poorly documented. Here we apply a techno-functional approach, combining technological and use-wear analyses, for reconstructing lithic core-reduction, tool-reduction, and tool use at De Nadale Cave, a single-layered Mousterian …
A myth debunked. The Porosphaera globularis beads and their relation to the onset of symbolic thinking in prehistory
Because of their inherent symbolic significance, personal ornaments gained a key role in the scientific debate regarding the emergence and evolution of symbolic behaviour; the presumed Acheulean beads discovered in the nineteenth century in northern Europe's sites are considered crucial evidence of this. The fossils of the sponge Porosphaera globularis, because of their morphological characteristics, have been interpreted by some archaeologists a…
Investigating the Early-to-Late Mesolithic Transition in Northeastern Italy
This article focuses on the Mesolithic record of northeastern Italy, one of the key European regions for studying the last prehistoric hunter-gatherer groups. Most specifically, it aims to compare the rich Early and Late Mesolithic evidence, trying to shed some light on the shift between these two periods. Such a topic is approached at a regional scale, that is to say, by comparing the overall record and trying to identify similarities and diverg…
A crossroads between the Mediterranean and the Alps
Riparo Bombrini is a collapsed rockshelter within the Balzi Rossi site complex, located at the intersection of the Maritime Alps, Northern Apennines, and Ligurian Sea. This unique environmental setting served as a crucial biogeographical corridor for human mobility along the Liguro-Provençal Arc during the Paleolithic. Multidisciplinary research at Bombrini identified three archaeological layers (i.e., A2, A1, and A0) overlying a semisterile Mous…
Geography (13 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (13 works) · Archaeology (12 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 works) · Geology (7 works) · Paleontology (7 works) · Archaeological and Geological Studies (5 works) · Biology (5 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Lithic technology (5 works)