Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology of Liguria: Recent Research and Insights

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology of Liguria: Recent Research and Insights" at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Since 2014, there has been a boom of research in hunter-gatherer archaeology in the region of Liguria. This has included the excavation of new sites, the re-excavation of important sites excavated by prior generations of scholars, and the reanalysis of materials collected as part of pioneering projects across the region. This session brings together scholars to discuss the results of newly concluded projects such as those at Riparo Bombrini, Arene Candide, and Via San Francesco and ongoing projects or reanalyses of materials from sites such as Arma Veirana, Arma dello Stefanin, and Arma di Nasino. The goal is to provide a setting to critically discuss these new data and chart new directions for an integrated approach to the archaeology of foragers in the region across several disruptive events, including the Middle–Upper Paleolithic transition and the Pleistocene–Holocene boundary.

Other Keywords
Paleolithic • Geoarchaeology • Caves and Rockshelters • Lithic Analysis • Chronology • Lithics • Zooarchaeology • Dating Techniques • Survey • Collections

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  • Contributions to Paleolithic Research: In the Steps of Albert I, Prince of Monaco (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Elena Rossoni-Notter. Olivier Notter. Abdelkader Moussous.

    This is an abstract from the "Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology of Liguria: Recent Research and Insights" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Methodological research had been conducted from the late nineteenth century thanks to Albert I, Prince of Monaco. He is acknowledged across the world for his key role in Paleolithic issues and the history of science. Excavations and leading publications under his leadership bring the fruit of early experience and...

  • Early Middle Paleolithic Blade Lithic Technology from the Site of Via San Francesco (Liguria, Northwestern Italy): Geoarchaeology, Chronology, and Cultural Features (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Fabio Negrino. Tobias Lauer. Andrea Zerboni. Sahra Talamo. Guido Mariani.

    This is an abstract from the "Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology of Liguria: Recent Research and Insights" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. During MIS 5, in northwestern Europe, there are lithic assemblages characterized by the application of laminar methods performed on volumetric cores through a careful maintenance of lateral and distal convexities. In southern Europe, although blades are reported in several Mousterian contexts, nothing comparable to...

  • Paleolithic Occupations at Riparo Bombrini (Liguria, Italy): Understanding the Spatial Organization of Neanderthals and Homo sapiens (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Amelie Vallerand.

    This is an abstract from the "Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology of Liguria: Recent Research and Insights" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The site of Riparo Bombrini (Liguria, Italy) offers a unique setting to compare the spatial organization of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens occupations in a single archaeological site. The disappearance of Neanderthals is one of the greatest debates in prehistory since the period of their decline corresponds to the...

  • Pleistocene–Holocene Transition at Arene Candide Cave, Liguria (Italy): A Geoarchaeological Approach (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Ivano Rellini. Sabina Ghislandi. Gabriele Martino. Julien Riel-Salvatore. Roberto Maggi.

    This is an abstract from the "Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology of Liguria: Recent Research and Insights" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Arene Candide is a cave located along the coast of Liguria and repeatedly excavated for scientific studies since the second half of the nineteenth century. The sedimentary sequence has been accumulated within the cavity from Pleistocene to Holocene, conferring to this site an essential role for the understanding of the...

  • Re-documenting the Pleistocene–Holocene Occupations of Arma dello Stefanin in Liguria, Italy (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Claudine Gravel-Miguel. Julien Riel-Salvatore. Fabio Negrino. Emanuela Cristiani. Roberto Maggi.

    This is an abstract from the "Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology of Liguria: Recent Research and Insights" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In 2022, our team started work at the Arma dello Stefanin to document the stratigraphy that had been unearthed in the 1960s and 1980s. In this presentation, we will summarize the results of our attempts to date the stratigraphy of the site to place it within its proper temporal context. This is the second conference...

  • TThe Use of Shells as Personal Ornaments in Liguria during the Upper Paleolithic: A Review (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Silvia Gazzo. Fabio Negrino. Julien Riel-Salvatore.

    This is an abstract from the "Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology of Liguria: Recent Research and Insights" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Personal ornaments are commonly attributed to a modern human dispersal in western Asia and Europe, representing a veritable key tool for understanding the human dispersal out of Africa. Objects loaded with symbolic meaning such as beads made from modified marine shells were largely used during the Upper Paleolithic in...

  • Where Do We Go from Here? A Review of Prehistoric Forager Mobility in Liguria (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Julien Riel-Salvatore. Fabio Negrino. Claudine Gravel-Miguel.

    This is an abstract from the "Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology of Liguria: Recent Research and Insights" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Due to a suite of topographical and geomorphological factors, Liguria, and the Liguro-Provencal arc more generally, is an interesting natural laboratory in which to revisit some of the debates about forager mobility and its analysis that have unfolded over the past several decades. This paper presents an overview of...