Alessandra Livraghi
Biographic Data
| ID | 902666 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alessandra Livraghi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alessandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Livraghi |
| SIGNATURE | LIVRAGHI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Rovira i Virgili |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2060-0789 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Chronological assessments of Quina Neanderthals at De Nadale cave (Italy) using combined uranium-series/electron spin resonance dating of fossil teeth
De Nadale Cave is a Neanderthal site located in the Berici Hills of Northeast Italy that provides important insights into regional Middle Paleolithic occupational dynamics. This paper presents the results of the first combined uranium-series and electron spin resonance (U-S/ESR) dating study of herbivore teeth recovered from the site. Three bovid and cervid teeth yield U-S/ESR ages of 79 ± 9 ka, 72 ± 11 ka, and 55 ± 11 ka, with a calculated weigh…
The limits of short refitted sequences in detecting knapping skills from a Middle Palaeolithic assemblage
Lithic refitting reveals site dynamics and knappers’ technical behaviours. • Refits help identify differences in knapping skill levels. • Experimental and Middle Palaeolithic refits inform on prehistoric social structure. • Short refitted sequences limit assessment of skill variability. Refitting is a key-tool for researchers to understand past knapping behaviours, technological strategies, and decision-making processes. The longer the reconstruc…
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 …
Neanderthals' hunting seasonality inferred from combined cementochronology, mesowear, and microwear analysis
Herbivore teeth are a valuable source of information for inferring the hunting season of past hunter-gatherers, the spatial-temporal organization of their activities, their socio-economic organization, and their adaptation to the seasonal fluctuation of the resources. Numberless of studies have been conducted on Neanderthals across Eurasia, but only few of them rely on the application of cementochronology and tooth wear analyses combined to obtai…
Bone retouchers from the Mousterian Quina site of De Nadale Cave (Berici Hills, north-eastern Italy)
Large bovids on the Neanderthal menu
Neanderthal ecology and the exploitation of cervids and bovids at the onset of MIS4
A Neanderthal deciduous human molar with incipient carious infection from the Middle Palaeolithic De Nadale cave, Italy
Nadale 1 expands the Italian Middle Palaeolithic fossil record and provides further information on Neanderthal dm1s in terms of dimensional and morphological variability. Furthermore, the presence of an incipient caries brings further data on Neanderthal diet
A Neanderthal deciduous human molar with incipient carious infection from the Middle Palaeolithic De Nadale cave, Italy
Nadale 1 expands the Italian Middle Palaeolithic fossil record and provides further information on Neanderthal dm1s in terms of dimensional and morphological variability. Furthermore, the presence of an incipient caries brings further data on Neanderthal diet
Neanderthals' hunting seasonality inferred from combined cementochronology, mesowear, and microwear analysis
Herbivore teeth are a valuable source of information for inferring the hunting season of past hunter-gatherers, the spatial-temporal organization of their activities, their socio-economic organization, and their adaptation to the seasonal fluctuation of the resources. Numberless of studies have been conducted on Neanderthals across Eurasia, but only few of them rely on the application of cementochronology and tooth wear analyses combined to obtai…
Neanderthal ecology and the exploitation of cervids and bovids at the onset of MIS4
Bone retouchers from the Mousterian Quina site of De Nadale Cave (Berici Hills, north-eastern 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 …
Large bovids on the Neanderthal menu
A Neanderthal deciduous human molar with incipient carious infection from the Middle Palaeolithic De Nadale cave, Italy
Nadale 1 expands the Italian Middle Palaeolithic fossil record and provides further information on Neanderthal dm1s in terms of dimensional and morphological variability. Furthermore, the presence of an incipient caries brings further data on Neanderthal diet
Large bovids on the Neanderthal menu
Neanderthal ecology and the exploitation of cervids and bovids at the onset of MIS4
Bone retouchers from the Mousterian Quina site of De Nadale Cave (Berici Hills, north-eastern 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 …
Neanderthals' hunting seasonality inferred from combined cementochronology, mesowear, and microwear analysis
Herbivore teeth are a valuable source of information for inferring the hunting season of past hunter-gatherers, the spatial-temporal organization of their activities, their socio-economic organization, and their adaptation to the seasonal fluctuation of the resources. Numberless of studies have been conducted on Neanderthals across Eurasia, but only few of them rely on the application of cementochronology and tooth wear analyses combined to obtai…
Chronological assessments of Quina Neanderthals at De Nadale cave (Italy) using combined uranium-series/electron spin resonance dating of fossil teeth
De Nadale Cave is a Neanderthal site located in the Berici Hills of Northeast Italy that provides important insights into regional Middle Paleolithic occupational dynamics. This paper presents the results of the first combined uranium-series and electron spin resonance (U-S/ESR) dating study of herbivore teeth recovered from the site. Three bovid and cervid teeth yield U-S/ESR ages of 79 ± 9 ka, 72 ± 11 ka, and 55 ± 11 ka, with a calculated weigh…
The limits of short refitted sequences in detecting knapping skills from a Middle Palaeolithic assemblage
Lithic refitting reveals site dynamics and knappers’ technical behaviours. • Refits help identify differences in knapping skill levels. • Experimental and Middle Palaeolithic refits inform on prehistoric social structure. • Short refitted sequences limit assessment of skill variability. Refitting is a key-tool for researchers to understand past knapping behaviours, technological strategies, and decision-making processes. The longer the reconstruc…
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (8 works) · Cave (7 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 works) · Biology (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Neanderthal (6 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (5 works) · Context (archaeology (4 works)