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Palaeolithic Italy. Advanced studies on early human adaptations in the Apennine peninsula

The picture of the Palaeolithic adaptations in the Italian peninsula has always been coarse-grained compared to various well-researched regional hotspots in central and Western Europe, as a result of historical research bias preventing the application of new research methodologies.

E. E Spinapolice, 2018 « Neanderthal mobility pattern and technological organization in the Salento (Apulia, Italy), in “Palaeolithic Italy. Advanced studies on early human adaptation in the Apennine peninsula” eds Borgia V., Cristiani E., Sidestone

e Salento, in the southeast of Italy, is rich in Mousterian sites and Neanderthal fos- sils, within the chronological time frame of the Upper Pleistocene. is region is well known for the absence of good quality raw materials. is paper presents results from the technological study of ve Mousterian sites (Grotta Romanelli, Grotta Uluzzo C, Grotta Mario Bernardini, Grotta Torre dell’Alto, Grotta dei Giganti), showing techno- logical organization, curation and expediency behaviours, probably related to a logis- tical mobility.