A palaeolandscape reconstruction of the Southern Apennine chain for the Early and the Middle Pleistocene is presented with the main aim of highlighting the evolution of this sector of the chain during a key period for the diffusion of Palaeolithic men in the Italian peninsula. During the Calabrian stage Italy was an elongated peninsula, narrower than present, extended between the Tyrrhenian and the foreland seas with two big islands (Gargano and Murge) in the central part of the foredeep basin. This area started to emerge at the end of Early Pleistocene (1.2 - 0.78 Ma) when occasional communications among the islands and the Southern Apennine peninsula may have occurred, probably in concomitance with eustatic low stands. This scenario opens interesting questions on the migration pathways followed by ancient Palaeolithic men to reach the site of Pirro Nord (1.3-1.7 Ma; NW Gargano). The definitive emersion of the studied area was completed at the beginning of the Ionian stage when a lot of lakes punctuated the axial portion of the chain together with two great active volcanoes: Roccamonfina and Vulture. In the surroundings of the palaeo-lakes the Palaeolithic man started moving from 600 to 200 ka, as testified by the artefacts of Acheulean tradition recovered, among others, at Isernia La Pineta and Notarchirico.

Palaeolandscapes of Southern Apennines during the Early and Middle Pleistocene / Santangelo, Nicoletta; DI DONATO, Valentino; Lebreton, V.; Romano, Paola; RUSSO ERMOLLI, Elda. - In: QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL. - ISSN 1040-6182. - 267:(2012), pp. 20-29. [10.1016/j.quaint.2011.02.036]

Palaeolandscapes of Southern Apennines during the Early and Middle Pleistocene.

SANTANGELO, NICOLETTA;DI DONATO, VALENTINO;ROMANO, PAOLA;RUSSO ERMOLLI, ELDA
2012

Abstract

A palaeolandscape reconstruction of the Southern Apennine chain for the Early and the Middle Pleistocene is presented with the main aim of highlighting the evolution of this sector of the chain during a key period for the diffusion of Palaeolithic men in the Italian peninsula. During the Calabrian stage Italy was an elongated peninsula, narrower than present, extended between the Tyrrhenian and the foreland seas with two big islands (Gargano and Murge) in the central part of the foredeep basin. This area started to emerge at the end of Early Pleistocene (1.2 - 0.78 Ma) when occasional communications among the islands and the Southern Apennine peninsula may have occurred, probably in concomitance with eustatic low stands. This scenario opens interesting questions on the migration pathways followed by ancient Palaeolithic men to reach the site of Pirro Nord (1.3-1.7 Ma; NW Gargano). The definitive emersion of the studied area was completed at the beginning of the Ionian stage when a lot of lakes punctuated the axial portion of the chain together with two great active volcanoes: Roccamonfina and Vulture. In the surroundings of the palaeo-lakes the Palaeolithic man started moving from 600 to 200 ka, as testified by the artefacts of Acheulean tradition recovered, among others, at Isernia La Pineta and Notarchirico.
2012
Palaeolandscapes of Southern Apennines during the Early and Middle Pleistocene / Santangelo, Nicoletta; DI DONATO, Valentino; Lebreton, V.; Romano, Paola; RUSSO ERMOLLI, Elda. - In: QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL. - ISSN 1040-6182. - 267:(2012), pp. 20-29. [10.1016/j.quaint.2011.02.036]
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