The Shouldered Pieces from the Santa Maria di Agnano Cave (SMA-Extern). Their Chrono-cultural Positioning During the Upper Paleolithic in Southern Italy

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ID21068442
AuthorsHenry Baills (UMR 7194 Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle-Paris et Université Via Domitia-Perpignan, Centre Européen de Recherches Préhistoriques-Tautavel, Saleilles, France, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume46
Issue3
Pages192-203
Publication date2021-07-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLithic Technology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0197-7261 • E-ISSN: 2051-6185
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01977261.2021.1887611
OpenAlexW3135521857
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited8

The Santa Maria di Agnano cave (Puglia, Italy) shows a long human occupation that began in the Gravettian and went on in the Epigravettian periods. Among the lithic pieces discovered, many are so-called shouldered objects. This article intends to present and study them, but also to discuss the relevance of the diagnosis about shouldered points and shouldered bladelets. More broadly, the issue of the association of the shouldered point with ancient Epigravettian is discussed and questioned. On the basis of observations made in the Santa Maria di Agnano cave, the duration of existence of shouldered points and bladelets is discussed, which leads s to questioning the status of thes pieces as a key fossil

Archaeology · Cave · Geography · Middle Paleolithic · Stone Age · Upper Paleolithic · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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