Faunal remains consisting of disarticulated skeletal elements showing little or no evidence of transport were found in a sandy alluvial fan outcrop at Pagliare di Sassa (L’Aquila, Central Italy). The fauna (Aves, an undetermined carnivore - possibly Crocuta - whose presence is attested to by a coprolite, ? Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus, Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis, Hippopotamus ex gr. H. antiquus, Megaloceros savini, Megaceroides verticornis, Dama sp (?Dama clactoniana), Lepus sp. and an Arvicolid rodent) imply a middle Galerian date. Two lithic implements, and a bone fragment, broken when fresh, with a complex fracture pattern and impact scars, provide evidence for a limited human presence on this site.
Middle Pleistocene fauna and lithic implements from Pagliare di Sassa (L’Aquila, Central Italy) / M.R. Palombo; L. Abbazzi; S. Agostini; P. Mazza; M. Mussi. - STAMPA. - (2003), pp. 224-229. (Intervento presentato al convegno First Int. Congress “The World of Elephants” tenutosi a Roma nel 16-20 ottobre 2001).
Middle Pleistocene fauna and lithic implements from Pagliare di Sassa (L’Aquila, Central Italy).
MAZZA, PAUL;
2003
Abstract
Faunal remains consisting of disarticulated skeletal elements showing little or no evidence of transport were found in a sandy alluvial fan outcrop at Pagliare di Sassa (L’Aquila, Central Italy). The fauna (Aves, an undetermined carnivore - possibly Crocuta - whose presence is attested to by a coprolite, ? Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus, Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis, Hippopotamus ex gr. H. antiquus, Megaloceros savini, Megaceroides verticornis, Dama sp (?Dama clactoniana), Lepus sp. and an Arvicolid rodent) imply a middle Galerian date. Two lithic implements, and a bone fragment, broken when fresh, with a complex fracture pattern and impact scars, provide evidence for a limited human presence on this site.
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