Pleistocene–Holocene Transition at Arene Candide Cave, Liguria (Italy): A Geoarchaeological Approach

Summary

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 Paleolithic and Neolithic of the Western Mediterranean. In the latest years, the application of soil micromorphology to cave contexts has given the opportunity to explore and analyze the depositional levels in relation to human activity, climate and environmental changes, and their interactions. In this contribution, we illustrate the micromorphological and sedimentary results from our recent study of a stratigraphic sequence exposed in the early 1970s, covering the transition from the Pleistocene to the Early Holocene occurring during the Late Glacial. The aim is to increase the knowledge regarding the anthropic occupation and use of the cave, including the comparison with similar realities from this area (Arma dello Stefanin) and contributing to the wider discussion of the climatic and cultural transition in the Mediterranean Sea.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology of Liguria: Recent Research and Insights   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 36189.0