At the end of 1905, in the Chartreuse plain an excavation 31x17m wide and 8m deep was made when the Hotel Quisisana was being enlarged. Ignazio Cerio, a doctor, collected a lot of Pleistocene teeth and bones of fossil large mammals together with Lower Palaeolithic stone implements found in the same place. The important discovery promptly was related to Suetonius (AUG., 72, 3) influencing its interpretation until today. According to recent geological data the attribution of “extraordinary large bones of enormous animals” to the Quisisana fossil remains looks very unlikely. Likewise the ascription of “heroes’ weapons” to Acheulean artefacts appears highly improbable.
Il rinnovato interesse per Svetonio (Aug., 72, 3) / Barattolo, Filippo. - (2020), pp. 249-255.
Il rinnovato interesse per Svetonio (Aug., 72, 3)
Barattolo Filippo
2020
Abstract
At the end of 1905, in the Chartreuse plain an excavation 31x17m wide and 8m deep was made when the Hotel Quisisana was being enlarged. Ignazio Cerio, a doctor, collected a lot of Pleistocene teeth and bones of fossil large mammals together with Lower Palaeolithic stone implements found in the same place. The important discovery promptly was related to Suetonius (AUG., 72, 3) influencing its interpretation until today. According to recent geological data the attribution of “extraordinary large bones of enormous animals” to the Quisisana fossil remains looks very unlikely. Likewise the ascription of “heroes’ weapons” to Acheulean artefacts appears highly improbable.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
