Epigravettian Portable Art in Central and Southern Italy
The Case of the Grotta Continenza (Abruzzo) and the Grotta delle Veneri (Apulia)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19558735 |
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| Authors | Paola Astuti, Renata Grifoni Cremonesi |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Palethnologie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2108-6532 • E-ISSN: 2108-6532 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/palethnologie.4933 |
| OpenAlex | W4381802123 |
| Language | EN |
During excavations at the Grotta Continenza (Abruzzo) and the Grotta delle Veneri (Apulia), hundreds of portable art objects were discovered. In the Epigravettian layers of the Grotta Continenza (layers 29 to 46), 7 red painted stones and 83 decorated objects on hard animal supports (bone, antler, wild boar tusk, Glycymeris shell) were recovered. Painting is observed only on stones and engraving by incision only on other materials. In the deposit with a typical Epi-Romanellian industry, locat
Ancient history · Geography · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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