Annamaria Ronchitelli

Biographic Data

ID	85270
NAME	Annamaria Ronchitelli
GIVEN NAMES	Annamaria
FAMILY NAME	Ronchitelli
SIGNATURE	RONCHITELLI A
AFFILIATIONS	University of Siena
ORCID	0000-0003-0296-6688
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	40
TOTAL CITATIONS	647
AUTHOR COUNT	40
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1989
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	14

Flexible Late Mousterian lithic technological organisation at Riparo l’Oscurusciuto (Italy): A typo-technological and 3D-based approach
Open AccessFrancesco Valletta, Maya Oron et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2026
The portion of the Riparo l’Oscurusciuto (Italy) stratigraphic sequence so far excavated provides an outstanding record of the local population history between ca. 55 − 42 kya BP: a key period for understanding the end of the Middle Palaeolithic and the onset of the Upper Palaeolithic on a regional level. Previous studies focusing on the settlement pattern, the spatial organisation, and the lithic technology within the lower part of the exposed l…
A Swan on the Water? Technical Execution and Graphic Strategy in an Epigravettian Portable Art Object from Grotta Paglicci
Open AccessArrighi, Simona Arrighi et al.ARTICLEHeritage2026
Palaeolithic engraved portable art provides a valuable record for investigating the technical aspects of Palaeolithic graphic production. In this study, we analyse an engraved portable art object from the Epigravettian sequence of Grotta Paglicci (southern Italy): a Bos primigenius mandible bearing a figurative representation interpreted as a waterbird, possibly a swan. The analysis combines 3D digital microscopy and geometric morphometrics to re…
Neanderthal had a “crush” on fats. Macronutrient estimation in Middle Paleolithic (Late Mousterian) hunter-gatherers of southern Italy
Open AccessJacopo Crezzini, A Modi et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Environmental…2025
During the Late Mousterian period Apulia (southeastern Italy) was characterized by frequent and prolonged aridity that could have caused the scarcity of vegetable foods and, consequently, a lack of important nutritional compounds. Zooarchaeological studies from several Mousterian contexts show that Apulian Neanderthals may have responded to this crisis by increasing the exploitation of ungulates. In particular, bone grease rendering was likely on…
The Uluzzian and Châtelperronian: No Technological Affinity in a Shared Chronological Framework
Open AccessGiulia Marciani, Leonardo Carmignani et al.ARTICLEJournal of Paleolithic Archaeology2025
The Châtelperronian and Uluzzian techno-complexes are identified in western Europe in the same stratigraphic position, between the late Middle Palaeolithic and other Upper Palaeolithic assemblages. Both industries include retouched artefacts with abrupt retouch and arched backs, and radiometric dating indicates that these two technocomplexes belong to the same window of time. Here, we provide a detailed, qualitative technological comparison of tw…
The palaeoenvironmental context of MIS 3 and the use of plants by Neanderthal groups in southern Italy: Results from the Riparo l’Oscurusciuto site
Open AccessRosa M Albert, Juan Ochando et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2025Cited by: 2References: 24
Phytolith and pollen allow reconstruction of vegetation over 12,200 ka. • Vegetation is shifting from forests to open areas along the studied sequence. • Siliceous aqueous microremains indicates moisture conditions within the site. • Use of Poaceae plants and ash scattering revealed by study of sediments and hearths. • High phytolith dissolution is due to calcium carbonate rich sediments. Neanderthal populations occupied caves and rockshelters ac…
IUP Technological Signatures or Mousterian Variability? The Case of Riparo l'Oscurusciuto (Southern Italy)
Open AccessLeonardo Carmignani, Marie Soressi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Paleolithic Archaeology2024
In the Italian peninsula, the Late Middle Paleolithic exhibits significant technological diversity, featuring blades, points, and bladelets. Assemblages displaying these distinctive characteristics have, in some cases, been labeled as Musteriano evoluto or Evolved Mousterian, and they are interpreted as contributing to the technological and typological variability within the Middle Paleolithic. In this study, we report the results of a detailed t…
Less is more! Uluzzian technical behaviour at the cave site of Castelcivita (southern Italy)
Open AccessMatteo Rossini, Giulia Marciani et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2022Cited by: 4References: 34
More data on ancient human mitogenome variability in Italy: New mitochondrial genome sequences from three Upper Palaeolithic burials
Open AccessA Modi, Stefania Vai et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2021
Regional genetic continuity is highlighted in the Gravettian groups that succeeded in Paglicci. Data from one of the oldest human remains from Sicily reinforce the hypothesis that Epigravettian groups carrying U2'3'4'7'8'9 could be the first inhabitants of the island. The first pre-Neolithic mitogenome from North-Western Italy, sequenced here, shows more affinity with continental Europe than with the Italian peninsula
Unique foot posture in Neanderthals reflects their body mass and high mechanical stress
Open AccessRita Sorrentino, Nicholas B Stephens et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2021Cited by: 6References: 95
An overview of Alpine and Mediterranean palaeogeography, terrestrial ecosystems and climate history during MIS 3 with focus on the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition
Open AccessFederica Badino, Roberta Pini et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2020
Peopling dynamics in the Mediterranean area between 45 and 39 ky ago: State of art and new data
Open AccessStefano Benazzi, Arrighi et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2020Cited by: 1References: 52
An overview of Alpine and Mediterranean palaeogeography, terrestrial ecosystems and climate history during MIS 3 with focus on the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition
Federica Badino, Roberta Pini et al.PREPRINT2020References: 59
This paper summarizes the current state of knowledge about the millennial scale climate variability characterizing Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS 3) in S-Europe and the Mediterranean area and its effects on terrestrial ecosystems. The sequence of Dansgaard-Oeschger events, as recorded by Greenland ice cores and recognizable in isotope profiles from speleothems and high-resolution palaeoecological records, led to dramatic variations in glacier extent…
Backdating systematic shell ornament making in Europe to 45,000 years ago
Open AccessArrighi, Eugenio Bortolini et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2020Cited by: 17References: 71
Between the hammerstone and the anvil: Bipolar knapping and other percussive activities in the late Mousterian and the Uluzzian of Grotta di Castelcivita (Italy)
Open AccessArrighi, Giulia Marciani et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2020Cited by: 19References: 113
Neanderthal occupation during the tephra fall-out: Technical and hunting behaviours, sedimentology and settlement patterns in SU 14 of Oscurusciuto rock shelter (Ginosa, southern Italy)
Open AccessGiulia Marciani, Vincenzo Spagnolo et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2020Cited by: 11References: 71
Short and close in time: Overlapped occupation from the layer 56 of the Molare Rock shelter (Southern Italy)
Open AccessVincenzo Spagnolo, Daniele Aureli et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2020Cited by: 16References: 115
Climbing the time to see Neanderthal behaviour's continuity and discontinuity: SU 11 of the Oscurusciuto Rockshelter (Ginosa, Southern Italy)
Open AccessVincenzo Spagnolo, Giulia Marciani et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2020Cited by: 26References: 99
Macromammal and bird assemblages across the late Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Italy: An extended zooarchaeological review
Open AccessMatteo Romandini, Jacopo Crezzini et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2019Cited by: 9References: 72
Lithic techno-complexes in Italy from 50 to 39 thousand years BP: An overview of lithic technological changes across the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic boundary
Open AccessGiulia Marciani, Annamaria Ronchitelli et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2019Cited by: 42References: 112
Bone tools, ornaments and other unusual objects during the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Italy
Open AccessArrighi, Simona Arrighi et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2019Cited by: 35References: 88
The palaeoecological meaning of macromammal remains from archaeological sites exemplified by the case study of Grotta Paglicci (Upper Palaeolithic, southern Italy)
Open AccessFrancesco Boschin, Paolo Boscato et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2018
Bone accumulation in Palaeolithic archaeological sites is often the result of activities carried out by hunter-gatherer groups. Cultural choices may have influenced prey representation in archaeological assemblages, distorting their palaeoecological meaning. We present a comparison between large mammal and small mammal assemblages from the Upper Palaeolithic sequence of Grotta Paglicci (Apulia, southern Italy) that extends from the Marginally Bac…
Middle Palaeolithic lithic tools: Techno-functional and use-wear analysis of target objects from SU 13 at the Oscurusciuto rock shelter, Southern Italy
Open AccessGiulia Marciani, Arrighi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Lithic Studies2018Cited by: 10References: 16
The Oscurusciuto rock shelter (Ginosa, Puglia, southern Italy) is a Middle Palaeolithic site characterized by a significant stratigraphy made up by several anthropic levels. The stratigraphic unit 13, consisting of a sandy compact deposit mixed with pyroclastic sediment, is a short palimpsest situated on a layer of tephra, identified as Mt. Epomeo green tuff (dated Ar/Ar ~ 55 ka BP). From a technological point of view, the aims of the production …
Pleistocene Mitochondrial Genomes Suggest a Single Major Dispersal of Non-Africans and a Late Glacial Population Turnover in Europe
Open AccessCosimo Posth, Gabriel Renaud et al.ARTICLECurrent Biology2016
The genetic history of Ice Age Europe
Open AccessQiaomei Fu, Cosimo Posth et al.ARTICLENature2016
Middle Palaeolithic technical behaviour: Material import-export and Levallois production at the SU 13 of Oscurusciuto rock shelter, Southern Italy
Open AccessGiulia Marciani, Vincenzo Spagnolo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Lithic Studies2016Cited by: 14References: 26
The Oscurusciuto rock shelter, located in southern Italy (Puglia), has yielded a long Middle Palaeolithic stratigraphy rich in lithic assemblages, fireplaces and faunal remains, attesting Neanderthal occupation during the MIS 3. This paper is focused on the stratigraphic unit 13, consisting of a sandy compact deposit mixed with pyroclastic sediment above a thick level of tephra-US 14, identified as Mt. Epomeo green tuff (dated Ar/Ar ~ 55 ka).Leve…