Near the village of Cesi, at the head of the Chienti River, in the Colfiorito Basin (Umbro-Marchean Apennines, central Italy), fluvio-lacustrine deposits have yielded mammal fossil remains. The results of a multidisciplinary investigation indicate that the vertebrate-bearing sediments date about 700 ka and accordingly provide a fossil assemblage for the Middle-Late Galerian. Palynological investigations carried out from sediments underlying the fossiliferous level suggest predominantly cold and dry conditions, whereas the fauna suggests a slight climatic amelioration towards cool and moist conditions in the uppermost part of the sequence.
Cesi an early Middle Pleistocene site in the Colfiorito basin (Umbro-Marchean Apennine), central Italy / FICCARELLI G.; ABBAZZI L.; ALBIANELLI A.; A. BERTINI; COLTORTI M.; MAGNATTI M.; MASINI F.; MAZZA P.; MEZZABOTTA C.; NAPOLEONE G.; ROOK L.; RUSTIONI M. TORRE D.. - In: JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE. - ISSN 0267-8179. - STAMPA. - 12 (6):(1997), pp. 507-518.
Cesi an early Middle Pleistocene site in the Colfiorito basin (Umbro-Marchean Apennine), central Italy
BERTINI, ADELE;MAZZA, PAUL;ROOK, LORENZO;
1997
Abstract
Near the village of Cesi, at the head of the Chienti River, in the Colfiorito Basin (Umbro-Marchean Apennines, central Italy), fluvio-lacustrine deposits have yielded mammal fossil remains. The results of a multidisciplinary investigation indicate that the vertebrate-bearing sediments date about 700 ka and accordingly provide a fossil assemblage for the Middle-Late Galerian. Palynological investigations carried out from sediments underlying the fossiliferous level suggest predominantly cold and dry conditions, whereas the fauna suggests a slight climatic amelioration towards cool and moist conditions in the uppermost part of the sequence.
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