Geoarchaeological characterisation of a Younger Dryas site in the Alpine uplands: Cornafessa rock shelter (Italy)

IF 1.4 3区地球科学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY

Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2022-09-22 DOI:10.1002/gea.21935

Diego E. Angelucci, Erica Patauner, Rossella Duches

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Abstract

The effects of the Younger Dryas (YD) fluctuation on Late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers' settlement and subsistence systems in the southern Alps are poorly known. This is primarily due to the scarcity of archaeological sites dating from the YD, in contrast with the extensive evidence available from the lateglacial interstadial and the early Holocene. Here, we present the initial stratigraphic, chronologic and geoarchaeological data collected from Cornafessa rock shelter, a new site located in the Lessini massif of the Italian Alps, at an elevation of 1240 m. The site was occupied during both the YD and the early Holocene. The YD archaeological deposit is clearly recognisable within the fairly uniform lateglacial and Holocene clastic succession. Geoarchaeological data indicate that the YD deposit corresponds to an occupation surface, which was formed during short visits to the site by late Epigravettian hunter-gatherer groups, who settled in the sheltered area and performed distinct activities.

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阿尔卑斯高地年轻Dryas遗址的地质考古特征：Cornafersa岩石避难所（意大利）

新仙女木期(YD)波动对阿尔卑斯山南部晚更新世狩猎采集者定居和生存系统的影响尚不清楚。这主要是由于YD时期的考古遗址的缺乏，与冰川期间期和全新世早期的大量证据形成对比。在这里，我们展示了从Cornafessa岩石避难所收集的原始地层、年代学和地质考古数据，Cornafessa岩石避难所位于意大利阿尔卑斯山的Lessini块地，海拔1240米。该遗址在YD和全新世早期都被占用。YD考古矿床在相当均匀的冰川和全新世碎屑演替中清晰可辨。地质考古数据表明，YD矿床对应于一个职业面，这是由晚期Epigravettian狩猎采集者群体在对该遗址的短暂访问中形成的，他们定居在受保护的地区，从事不同的活动。

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal 地学-地球科学综合

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期刊介绍： Geoarchaeology is an interdisciplinary journal published six times per year (in January, March, May, July, September and November). It presents the results of original research at the methodological and theoretical interface between archaeology and the geosciences and includes within its scope: interdisciplinary work focusing on understanding archaeological sites, their environmental context, and particularly site formation processes and how the analysis of sedimentary records can enhance our understanding of human activity in Quaternary environments. Manuscripts should examine the interrelationship between archaeology and the various disciplines within Quaternary science and the Earth Sciences more generally, including, for example: geology, geography, geomorphology, pedology, climatology, oceanography, geochemistry, geochronology, and geophysics. We also welcome papers that deal with the biological record of past human activity through the analysis of faunal and botanical remains and palaeoecological reconstructions that shed light on past human-environment interactions. The journal also welcomes manuscripts concerning the examination and geological context of human fossil remains as well as papers that employ analytical techniques to advance understanding of the composition and origin or material culture such as, for example, ceramics, metals, lithics, building stones, plasters, and cements. Such composition and provenance studies should be strongly grounded in their geological context through, for example, the systematic analysis of potential source materials.