Stefano Grimaldi
Biographic Data
| ID | 3584791 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stefano Grimaldi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stefano |
| FAMILY NAME | Grimaldi |
| SIGNATURE | GRIMALDI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Trento |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9145-8011 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 197 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 27 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
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Technological and functional analyses of late Mesolithic and early Neolithic lithic assemblages from Riparo Gaban (Trento, Italy)
The transition between the last Mesolithic hunter-gatherers and the first agropastoral Neolithic communities is a highly debated topic in prehistoric archaeology. Riparo Gaban (Northeast Italy) is a key site to unravel this fundamental turning point in human history because it is one of the few archaeological contexts in Mediterranean Europe where occupations from both periods are stratigraphically recorded. This study focuses on understanding th…
Tools on shell at Moscerini Cave (central Italy) and MIS 5 sea level highstands
This work analyzes the evidence of Neanderthal frequentation at Moscerini cave (central Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) based on the quantity and on the typology of tools produced on marine shells of Callista chione in comparison with the varying environmental and climatic context linked with the glacial/deglacial phases and the associated sea level oscillations during MIS 5. Thanks to the reconstruction of the paleo-coastline position in the interval 125…
An integrated approach to reconstruct the role of the heat treatment within the reduction sequence of chert artefacts
The lithic assemblage from the well‐known site of Lugo di Grezzana (Italy) attributable to the Fiorano group (5,300–4,900 BC cal) is analysed to shed new insights on the early Neolithic lithic technology in North‐Eastern Italy. Techno‐typological data are discussed allowing detailed reconstruction of the reduction sequence, thanks also to several refittings. A complex laminar production with several technical objectives has been identified. Where…
Last Glacial Maximum Microblade Production at Shizitan 29 and its Implications for North China Pressure Technology
A techno-functional approach applied to the lithics of the Late Upper Palaeolithic Shizitan 29 site allows the identification of previously unrecognized technical features of microblade pressure production and new behavioral understanding of its evolution beginning ca. 26,000 cal b.p. These technical features may relate to the evolution of so-called boat-shaped cores, including the development of two blade scar sequences and the 8-like contour of…
A refined chronology for the Middle and early Upper Paleolithic sequence of Riparo Mochi (Liguria, Italy)
The Riparo Mochi rock shelter, located on the Ligurian coast of Italy, is one of the most important early Upper Paleolithic sites on the Mediterranean rim. Its ∼10-m-deep stratigraphy comprises a Mousterian sequence, followed by various development stages of the Upper Paleolithic. A series of radiometric dates on marine shells bearing traces of human modification has provided a chronological framework for the final Mousterian and the Proto-Aurign…
Density measurements as a non-destructive approach to investigate the heat treatment of siliceous lithic artefacts
Grimaldi, Stefano
A techno-functional interpretation of the Noailles burins from the Riparo Mochi (Balzi Rossi, Italy)
A Techno-Functional Interpretation of the Lithic Assemblage from Fontana Ranuccio (Anagni, Central Italy)
The techno-functional approach has been employed to better understand one of the more relevant artifact types generally found in Lower Palaeolithic sites: so-called small tools. Particularly, some Italian sites, such as Ficoncella, Isernia and others, have been the subject of specialized studies which provide evidence of an unexpected complexity of technical behaviours mainly related to highly specialized functional properties of the small tools.…
Le Gravettien entre l’Italie et la France
The Italian Gravettian remains rarely investigated, with about twenty known archaeological sites and available data concerning its lithic industries that mainly refer to typological analyses developed during the second half of the last century. These highlight the presence of different facies with few attempts to discuss possibilities of parallel developments or colonization processes within a European scenario. The recent studies, which are few,…
Experimenting the Use of Fire in the Operational Chain of Prehistoric Wooden Tools
Poggetti Vecchi (Tuscany, Italy)
Wooden tools and fire technology in the early Neanderthal site of Poggetti Vecchi (Italy)
Significance Wood is a widely available and versatile material, which has admittedly played a fundamental role in all human history. Wood, however, is most vulnerable to decomposition. Hence, its use is very rarely documented during prehistory. The present study yields new insights into the cognitive abilities of the early Neanderthals in wooden tool production and pyrotechnology. The early Neanderthals from the late Middle Pleistocene site of Po…
Introduction
The proceedings of the B23 Session held during the XVII UISPP/IUPPS conference (1-7 September 2014, Burgos, Spain) are published in this issue of the Journal of Lithic Studies. The title of the session, "Beyond the reduction sequence: new insights in lithic technology", aimed to increase awareness about current methods in studies on stone assemblages
Quartzite pebble technology in the final Middle Pleistocene of the Ribeira da Ponte da Pedra site (High Ribatejo, Central Portugal)
The lithic assemblage of Ribeira da Ponte da Pedra site (OIS8-9) was produced, almost exclusively, through the exploitation of good quality quartzite fluvial pebbles with a regular morphology. Quartzite fluvial pebbles are the most common raw material found in the Middle Pleistocene occupation sites in Portugal. Such feature results from the easy availability of these pebbles in the valleys where the great majority of the archaeological sites wit…
Le Riparo Mochi (Balzi Rossi, Ventimiglia, Italie)
Grimaldi Stefano, Santaniello Fabio, Starnini Elisabetta. Le Riparo Mochi (Balzi Rossi, Ventimiglia, Italie) : les nouvelles fouilles. In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 114, n°1, 2017. pp. 169-172
Human occupations of mountain environments
Territorial exploitation in the Tyrrhenian Gravettian Italy
Assessing bone and antler exploitation at Riparo Mochi (Balzi Rossi, Italy)
First evidence of heat treatment during the early Neolithic in northeastern Italy
New insights into Final Mousterian lithic production in western Italy
A new chronostratigraphic framework for the Upper Palaeolithic of Riparo Mochi (Italy)
The earliest Pleistocene archaeological sites in western Iberia
La percussion sur enclume en Italie centrale Tyrrhénienne
En Italie, sur la base de la littérature existante, la percussion sur enclume semble être présente dans des industries lithiques qui couvrent une période extrêmement longue, du début du Pléistocène moyen jusqu’à l’Holocène. Dans ce travail, nous allons essayer d’examiner en détail la présence et les caractéristiques de la percussion sur enclume dans quelques sites du Latium, certains moustériens, comme Grotta Guattari, Grotta Breuil et Grotta del…
A new chronostratigraphic framework for the Upper Palaeolithic of Riparo Mochi (Italy)
A Techno-Functional Interpretation of the Lithic Assemblage from Fontana Ranuccio (Anagni, Central Italy)
The techno-functional approach has been employed to better understand one of the more relevant artifact types generally found in Lower Palaeolithic sites: so-called small tools. Particularly, some Italian sites, such as Ficoncella, Isernia and others, have been the subject of specialized studies which provide evidence of an unexpected complexity of technical behaviours mainly related to highly specialized functional properties of the small tools.…
La percussion sur enclume en Italie centrale Tyrrhénienne
En Italie, sur la base de la littérature existante, la percussion sur enclume semble être présente dans des industries lithiques qui couvrent une période extrêmement longue, du début du Pléistocène moyen jusqu’à l’Holocène. Dans ce travail, nous allons essayer d’examiner en détail la présence et les caractéristiques de la percussion sur enclume dans quelques sites du Latium, certains moustériens, comme Grotta Guattari, Grotta Breuil et Grotta del…
Assessing bone and antler exploitation at Riparo Mochi (Balzi Rossi, Italy)
Poggetti Vecchi (Tuscany, Italy)
First evidence of heat treatment during the early Neolithic in northeastern Italy
A refined chronology for the Middle and early Upper Paleolithic sequence of Riparo Mochi (Liguria, Italy)
The Riparo Mochi rock shelter, located on the Ligurian coast of Italy, is one of the most important early Upper Paleolithic sites on the Mediterranean rim. Its ∼10-m-deep stratigraphy comprises a Mousterian sequence, followed by various development stages of the Upper Paleolithic. A series of radiometric dates on marine shells bearing traces of human modification has provided a chronological framework for the final Mousterian and the Proto-Aurign…
New insights into Final Mousterian lithic production in western Italy
The earliest Pleistocene archaeological sites in western Iberia
Last Glacial Maximum Microblade Production at Shizitan 29 and its Implications for North China Pressure Technology
A techno-functional approach applied to the lithics of the Late Upper Palaeolithic Shizitan 29 site allows the identification of previously unrecognized technical features of microblade pressure production and new behavioral understanding of its evolution beginning ca. 26,000 cal b.p. These technical features may relate to the evolution of so-called boat-shaped cores, including the development of two blade scar sequences and the 8-like contour of…
Density measurements as a non-destructive approach to investigate the heat treatment of siliceous lithic artefacts
Experimenting the Use of Fire in the Operational Chain of Prehistoric Wooden Tools
Human occupations of mountain environments
A techno-functional interpretation of the Noailles burins from the Riparo Mochi (Balzi Rossi, Italy)
Le Gravettien entre l’Italie et la France
The Italian Gravettian remains rarely investigated, with about twenty known archaeological sites and available data concerning its lithic industries that mainly refer to typological analyses developed during the second half of the last century. These highlight the presence of different facies with few attempts to discuss possibilities of parallel developments or colonization processes within a European scenario. The recent studies, which are few,…
Le Riparo Mochi (Balzi Rossi, Ventimiglia, Italie)
Grimaldi Stefano, Santaniello Fabio, Starnini Elisabetta. Le Riparo Mochi (Balzi Rossi, Ventimiglia, Italie) : les nouvelles fouilles. In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 114, n°1, 2017. pp. 169-172
Observations expérimentales sur les pointes du Mésolithique ancien en Italie du nord-est
Des pointes provenant des sites sauveterriens de Pradestel, Lago delle Buse et Colbricon (Italie du nord-est) ont été étudiées. Des flèches expérimentales ont été produites et utilisées. Les résultats de cette étude semblent suggérer la possible « inefficacité » de ces pointes si l’objectif de la chasse était l’abattage immédiat d’animaux de taille moyenne à grande, comme le bouquetin, le cerf, l’ours ou le sanglier. Nous formulons l’hypothèse se…
Experimental Observations of Early Mesolithic Points in North-East Italy
We present an analysis of Sauveterrian microlithic backed points from sites located in the Trentino region of the north-eastern Italian Alps: Pradestel, Lago delle Buse & Colbricon. Experimental arrows were produced, hafted and shot into an animal target. The results of this study indicate that these points may have been “ineffective” for the hunting of medium to large-sized prey, such as ibex, red deer, bear, or wild boar. We propose that Sauvet…
The earliest Pleistocene archaeological sites in western Iberia
La percussion sur enclume en Italie centrale Tyrrhénienne
En Italie, sur la base de la littérature existante, la percussion sur enclume semble être présente dans des industries lithiques qui couvrent une période extrêmement longue, du début du Pléistocène moyen jusqu’à l’Holocène. Dans ce travail, nous allons essayer d’examiner en détail la présence et les caractéristiques de la percussion sur enclume dans quelques sites du Latium, certains moustériens, comme Grotta Guattari, Grotta Breuil et Grotta del…
A new chronostratigraphic framework for the Upper Palaeolithic of Riparo Mochi (Italy)
New insights into Final Mousterian lithic production in western Italy
Territorial exploitation in the Tyrrhenian Gravettian Italy
Assessing bone and antler exploitation at Riparo Mochi (Balzi Rossi, Italy)
First evidence of heat treatment during the early Neolithic in northeastern Italy
Human occupations of mountain environments
Introduction
The proceedings of the B23 Session held during the XVII UISPP/IUPPS conference (1-7 September 2014, Burgos, Spain) are published in this issue of the Journal of Lithic Studies. The title of the session, "Beyond the reduction sequence: new insights in lithic technology", aimed to increase awareness about current methods in studies on stone assemblages
Quartzite pebble technology in the final Middle Pleistocene of the Ribeira da Ponte da Pedra site (High Ribatejo, Central Portugal)
The lithic assemblage of Ribeira da Ponte da Pedra site (OIS8-9) was produced, almost exclusively, through the exploitation of good quality quartzite fluvial pebbles with a regular morphology. Quartzite fluvial pebbles are the most common raw material found in the Middle Pleistocene occupation sites in Portugal. Such feature results from the easy availability of these pebbles in the valleys where the great majority of the archaeological sites wit…
Le Riparo Mochi (Balzi Rossi, Ventimiglia, Italie)
Grimaldi Stefano, Santaniello Fabio, Starnini Elisabetta. Le Riparo Mochi (Balzi Rossi, Ventimiglia, Italie) : les nouvelles fouilles. In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 114, n°1, 2017. pp. 169-172
Wooden tools and fire technology in the early Neanderthal site of Poggetti Vecchi (Italy)
Significance Wood is a widely available and versatile material, which has admittedly played a fundamental role in all human history. Wood, however, is most vulnerable to decomposition. Hence, its use is very rarely documented during prehistory. The present study yields new insights into the cognitive abilities of the early Neanderthals in wooden tool production and pyrotechnology. The early Neanderthals from the late Middle Pleistocene site of Po…
Le Gravettien entre l’Italie et la France
The Italian Gravettian remains rarely investigated, with about twenty known archaeological sites and available data concerning its lithic industries that mainly refer to typological analyses developed during the second half of the last century. These highlight the presence of different facies with few attempts to discuss possibilities of parallel developments or colonization processes within a European scenario. The recent studies, which are few,…
Experimenting the Use of Fire in the Operational Chain of Prehistoric Wooden Tools
Poggetti Vecchi (Tuscany, Italy)
Grimaldi, Stefano
A techno-functional interpretation of the Noailles burins from the Riparo Mochi (Balzi Rossi, Italy)
A Techno-Functional Interpretation of the Lithic Assemblage from Fontana Ranuccio (Anagni, Central Italy)
The techno-functional approach has been employed to better understand one of the more relevant artifact types generally found in Lower Palaeolithic sites: so-called small tools. Particularly, some Italian sites, such as Ficoncella, Isernia and others, have been the subject of specialized studies which provide evidence of an unexpected complexity of technical behaviours mainly related to highly specialized functional properties of the small tools.…
Density measurements as a non-destructive approach to investigate the heat treatment of siliceous lithic artefacts
Last Glacial Maximum Microblade Production at Shizitan 29 and its Implications for North China Pressure Technology
A techno-functional approach applied to the lithics of the Late Upper Palaeolithic Shizitan 29 site allows the identification of previously unrecognized technical features of microblade pressure production and new behavioral understanding of its evolution beginning ca. 26,000 cal b.p. These technical features may relate to the evolution of so-called boat-shaped cores, including the development of two blade scar sequences and the 8-like contour of…
A refined chronology for the Middle and early Upper Paleolithic sequence of Riparo Mochi (Liguria, Italy)
The Riparo Mochi rock shelter, located on the Ligurian coast of Italy, is one of the most important early Upper Paleolithic sites on the Mediterranean rim. Its ∼10-m-deep stratigraphy comprises a Mousterian sequence, followed by various development stages of the Upper Paleolithic. A series of radiometric dates on marine shells bearing traces of human modification has provided a chronological framework for the final Mousterian and the Proto-Aurign…
An integrated approach to reconstruct the role of the heat treatment within the reduction sequence of chert artefacts
The lithic assemblage from the well‐known site of Lugo di Grezzana (Italy) attributable to the Fiorano group (5,300–4,900 BC cal) is analysed to shed new insights on the early Neolithic lithic technology in North‐Eastern Italy. Techno‐typological data are discussed allowing detailed reconstruction of the reduction sequence, thanks also to several refittings. A complex laminar production with several technical objectives has been identified. Where…
Technological and functional analyses of late Mesolithic and early Neolithic lithic assemblages from Riparo Gaban (Trento, Italy)
The transition between the last Mesolithic hunter-gatherers and the first agropastoral Neolithic communities is a highly debated topic in prehistoric archaeology. Riparo Gaban (Northeast Italy) is a key site to unravel this fundamental turning point in human history because it is one of the few archaeological contexts in Mediterranean Europe where occupations from both periods are stratigraphically recorded. This study focuses on understanding th…
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