Comptes Rendus De L Academie Des Sciences Serie Ii Fascicule A-sciences De La Terre Et Des Planetes, 1999
... A fauna compreende Dasypus, Propraopus, Hoplophorus, Glyptodon, Conepatus, Panthera, Equus, D... more ... A fauna compreende Dasypus, Propraopus, Hoplophorus, Glyptodon, Conepatus, Panthera, Equus, Dicotyles, Tayassu, Palaeolama, Mazama, e um grande Cervideo. Estas faunas, bem sendo representantes do estoque pleistocenico ...
The archaeological evidence of the Pedra Furada rock-shelter (northeastern Brazil), showing a lon... more The archaeological evidence of the Pedra Furada rock-shelter (northeastern Brazil), showing a long sequence of dated layers from 50,000 years b.p., was questioned in a paper presented by Meltzer, Adovasio & Dillehay, who visited the region at the end of 1993, in volume 68 of ANTIQUITY (1994). This paper presents the reply of the team directly involved in the research programme in this key area of American prehistory.
More than 500 km, from the Mediterranean coast to the Hammada al-Hamra, were surveyed in 2002–‘03... more More than 500 km, from the Mediterranean coast to the Hammada al-Hamra, were surveyed in 2002–‘03 along the AGIP-Gas pipeline. Several morphological units were crossed: the Jefara, the Jebel Gharbi and the Hammada al-Hamra. This paper reports the location of more than 60 surface sites, with special attention to Lower and Middle Stone Age assemblages, by far the most represented periods. More than 6,500 lithic artifacts have been collected spanning from Mode 1 to the Late Stone Age. The survey was carried out on foot, along a narrow band of around 50 m width for 80 % of the pipeline, representing an extraordinary sample from the coast to the northern desert and, more extensively, in the Wafa area on the Hammada plateau, where stone quarries, fireplaces and important lithic scatters were documented. On the whole, the assemblages, compared with the main Stone Age sites of Northern Africa, seem older in the very southern sector, well into the Hammada, whereas sites on the Jebel cliff and immediately south are dominated by Middle and Late Stone Age cultural traits. The survey proved to be both a good tool for planning development projects and an important occasion for the study of a relevant region of Northern African prehistory.RésuméPlus de 500 km du gazoduc AGIP ont été prospectés en 2002–‘03, de la côte méditerranéenne jusqu’à la Hammada al-Hamra, sur plusieurs unités morphologiques: Jefara, Jebel Gharbi, Hammada al-Hamra. Cette prospection a permis de décrire plus de 60 gisements de surface, la plupart attribués au Paléolithique inférieur et moyen (phases culturelles le plus fréquemment rencontrées). Plus de 6500 artefacts lithiques ont ainsi été récoltés, de l’Oldowayen au Late Stone Age. La prospection s’est faite à pied, le long d’une bande étroite de 50 m sur 4/5 du parcours, ce qui représente un échantillon extraordinaire, de la côte jusqu’au désert septentrional, et plus en détail dans la région de Wafa, sur le plateau de l’Hammada, où des ateliers de taille, foyers et autres sites de surface ont été trouvés. Les sites sembleraient plus anciens dans la partie méridionale du secteur, bien à l’intérieur de la Hammada. Sur les abords du Jebel, et immédiatement au Sud, les sites du Pléistocène supérieur dominent, Middle et Late Stone Age. Le potentiel archéologique de cette région est analysé dans le cadre de la préhistoire paléolithique nord-africaine.
A recent paper on Vale da Pedra Furada (VPF, Lahaye et al., this journal), a final Pleistocene ar... more A recent paper on Vale da Pedra Furada (VPF, Lahaye et al., this journal), a final Pleistocene archaeological site of Northeastern Brazil (VPF), while comparing to some other sites in the region, fails to refere to the very close rock-shelter of Boqueirao da Pedra Furada (BPF), the main reference, and controversial, site of lowland South America. Because I studied exhaustively this last, I provide some explanations both on stratigraphic, taphonomic and palaeoclimatic grounds, pointing to a more careful intra-site analysis of such a critical archaeological area. Both VPF and BPF are two parts of the same site: in fact, VPF correlates with the youngest Pleistocene layer of BPF, Pedra Furada 3 (26e18 cal ky BP) but also seems to fill the gap between the last millennia of final Pleistocene and the onsent of Holocenic conditions. A tight ressemblance of archaological features is underlined as long as analogies and differences regarding taphonomic analysis of the artifacts between the two sectors.
Results of the third and fourth seasons of extensive (144 sq.km) Cultural Resource Management lan... more Results of the third and fourth seasons of extensive (144 sq.km) Cultural Resource Management landscape survey in the district of the Zarqa Valley, northern Jordan. Executed by the University of Rome, La Sapienza and Yarmouk University.
Most of the Middle Palaeolithic evidence of Central Italy still lacks a reliable chrono-cultural ... more Most of the Middle Palaeolithic evidence of Central Italy still lacks a reliable chrono-cultural framework mainly due to research history. In this context Grotta dei Santi, a wide cave located on Monte Argentario, on the southern coast of Tuscany, is particularly relevant as it contains a very well preserved sequence including several Mousterian layers. Research carried out at this site in the last years (2007e2017) allowed for a preliminary estimation of its chronology based on a set of radiometric determinations which place the investigated sequence in the time interval between 50 and 40 ka BP. Alongside the chronological issue, this paper mainly focuses on the geoarchaeological and zooarchaeological (micro and macro fauna) studies carried out on the materials retrieved during the 2007e2014 excavation fieldworks. The results of these studies are consistent with those from the radiometric chronology. A state of art concerning the MIS3 Italian sites is also provided in order to highlight the key role Grotta dei Santi may play in the assessment of late Neandertals' behaviour within the framework of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition of Central Italy.
Comptes Rendus De L Academie Des Sciences Serie Ii Fascicule A-sciences De La Terre Et Des Planetes, 1999
... A fauna compreende Dasypus, Propraopus, Hoplophorus, Glyptodon, Conepatus, Panthera, Equus, D... more ... A fauna compreende Dasypus, Propraopus, Hoplophorus, Glyptodon, Conepatus, Panthera, Equus, Dicotyles, Tayassu, Palaeolama, Mazama, e um grande Cervideo. Estas faunas, bem sendo representantes do estoque pleistocenico ...
The archaeological evidence of the Pedra Furada rock-shelter (northeastern Brazil), showing a lon... more The archaeological evidence of the Pedra Furada rock-shelter (northeastern Brazil), showing a long sequence of dated layers from 50,000 years b.p., was questioned in a paper presented by Meltzer, Adovasio & Dillehay, who visited the region at the end of 1993, in volume 68 of ANTIQUITY (1994). This paper presents the reply of the team directly involved in the research programme in this key area of American prehistory.
More than 500 km, from the Mediterranean coast to the Hammada al-Hamra, were surveyed in 2002–‘03... more More than 500 km, from the Mediterranean coast to the Hammada al-Hamra, were surveyed in 2002–‘03 along the AGIP-Gas pipeline. Several morphological units were crossed: the Jefara, the Jebel Gharbi and the Hammada al-Hamra. This paper reports the location of more than 60 surface sites, with special attention to Lower and Middle Stone Age assemblages, by far the most represented periods. More than 6,500 lithic artifacts have been collected spanning from Mode 1 to the Late Stone Age. The survey was carried out on foot, along a narrow band of around 50 m width for 80 % of the pipeline, representing an extraordinary sample from the coast to the northern desert and, more extensively, in the Wafa area on the Hammada plateau, where stone quarries, fireplaces and important lithic scatters were documented. On the whole, the assemblages, compared with the main Stone Age sites of Northern Africa, seem older in the very southern sector, well into the Hammada, whereas sites on the Jebel cliff and immediately south are dominated by Middle and Late Stone Age cultural traits. The survey proved to be both a good tool for planning development projects and an important occasion for the study of a relevant region of Northern African prehistory.RésuméPlus de 500 km du gazoduc AGIP ont été prospectés en 2002–‘03, de la côte méditerranéenne jusqu’à la Hammada al-Hamra, sur plusieurs unités morphologiques: Jefara, Jebel Gharbi, Hammada al-Hamra. Cette prospection a permis de décrire plus de 60 gisements de surface, la plupart attribués au Paléolithique inférieur et moyen (phases culturelles le plus fréquemment rencontrées). Plus de 6500 artefacts lithiques ont ainsi été récoltés, de l’Oldowayen au Late Stone Age. La prospection s’est faite à pied, le long d’une bande étroite de 50 m sur 4/5 du parcours, ce qui représente un échantillon extraordinaire, de la côte jusqu’au désert septentrional, et plus en détail dans la région de Wafa, sur le plateau de l’Hammada, où des ateliers de taille, foyers et autres sites de surface ont été trouvés. Les sites sembleraient plus anciens dans la partie méridionale du secteur, bien à l’intérieur de la Hammada. Sur les abords du Jebel, et immédiatement au Sud, les sites du Pléistocène supérieur dominent, Middle et Late Stone Age. Le potentiel archéologique de cette région est analysé dans le cadre de la préhistoire paléolithique nord-africaine.
A recent paper on Vale da Pedra Furada (VPF, Lahaye et al., this journal), a final Pleistocene ar... more A recent paper on Vale da Pedra Furada (VPF, Lahaye et al., this journal), a final Pleistocene archaeological site of Northeastern Brazil (VPF), while comparing to some other sites in the region, fails to refere to the very close rock-shelter of Boqueirao da Pedra Furada (BPF), the main reference, and controversial, site of lowland South America. Because I studied exhaustively this last, I provide some explanations both on stratigraphic, taphonomic and palaeoclimatic grounds, pointing to a more careful intra-site analysis of such a critical archaeological area. Both VPF and BPF are two parts of the same site: in fact, VPF correlates with the youngest Pleistocene layer of BPF, Pedra Furada 3 (26e18 cal ky BP) but also seems to fill the gap between the last millennia of final Pleistocene and the onsent of Holocenic conditions. A tight ressemblance of archaological features is underlined as long as analogies and differences regarding taphonomic analysis of the artifacts between the two sectors.
Results of the third and fourth seasons of extensive (144 sq.km) Cultural Resource Management lan... more Results of the third and fourth seasons of extensive (144 sq.km) Cultural Resource Management landscape survey in the district of the Zarqa Valley, northern Jordan. Executed by the University of Rome, La Sapienza and Yarmouk University.
Most of the Middle Palaeolithic evidence of Central Italy still lacks a reliable chrono-cultural ... more Most of the Middle Palaeolithic evidence of Central Italy still lacks a reliable chrono-cultural framework mainly due to research history. In this context Grotta dei Santi, a wide cave located on Monte Argentario, on the southern coast of Tuscany, is particularly relevant as it contains a very well preserved sequence including several Mousterian layers. Research carried out at this site in the last years (2007e2017) allowed for a preliminary estimation of its chronology based on a set of radiometric determinations which place the investigated sequence in the time interval between 50 and 40 ka BP. Alongside the chronological issue, this paper mainly focuses on the geoarchaeological and zooarchaeological (micro and macro fauna) studies carried out on the materials retrieved during the 2007e2014 excavation fieldworks. The results of these studies are consistent with those from the radiometric chronology. A state of art concerning the MIS3 Italian sites is also provided in order to highlight the key role Grotta dei Santi may play in the assessment of late Neandertals' behaviour within the framework of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition of Central Italy.
Criando uma rede para trocar dados de coleções entre instituições
[“Creating a network for exchan... more Criando uma rede para trocar dados de coleções entre instituições [“Creating a network for exchanging collections data between institutions”]
Este projeto envolve a produção de um sistema de banco de dados para combinar e trocar dados sobre coleções, particularmente para uso em museus e centros de pesquisa. O projeto tem dois objetivos principais. O primeiro é produzir um sistema de catalogação que facilite o intercâmbio de dados entre instituições e pesquisadores. Os usuários de cada instituição poderão buscar os catálogos de outras para tipos específicos de objetos e entrar em contato com a instituição para determinar a possibilidade de consultá-los. O segundo objetivo é criar um método padronizado de gravação de informações sobre as coleções. Isso facilitaria a comparação de dados entre instituições e seria menos trabalhoso para muitos estabelecimentos que atualmente empregam catálogos simples (no Excel, no papel). Grande parte do sistema baseia-se nos sistemas que as instituições parceiras estão atualmente usando. Ao padronizar as categorias de informação e os métodos descritivos, tentamos tornar nossas categorias compatíveis com aquelas que o ICOM propôs. Também baseamos o banco de dados de locais (sítios) no sistema usado pelo IPHAN para sítios e outras propostas institucionais de centros de pesquisa. Um aspecto importante da criação do sistema é que deve atender às diversas necessidades, preferências e costumes dos usuários. Até agora, há 63 instituições parceiras envolvidas. Muitos têm coleções pré-históricas e históricas mas também alguns têm coleções biológicas, geológicas, etnográficas, de arte e outras.
est un établissement supérieur ne relevant pas de l'université qui assure la formation, la recher... more est un établissement supérieur ne relevant pas de l'université qui assure la formation, la recherche scientifique et l'expertise dans le domaine du patrimoine culturel. Il supervise 23 programmes de fouilles archéologiques, toutes époques confondues, couvrant l'ensemble du territoire national. L'INSAP effectue également des études d'impact et des fouilles archéologiques de sauvetage liées aux projets d'aménagement. Plusieurs conventions de coopération lient l'INSAP à des universités et instituts de recherches nationaux et internationaux. Pour son rayonnement, il édite une revue (BAM) et deux collections (ETAM et VESAM). www.insap.ac.ma
FOLD&R Fasti On Line Documents & Research, Archaeological Survey, 11, 2020
This project considered one of the most understudied phenomena in the North African landscape: th... more This project considered one of the most understudied phenomena in the North African landscape: that of the transformations that occurred due to the coming of Islam to the Maghreb. We explore this question by applying archaeological techniques to the landscape of northern coastal Morocco. This was a zone known to have a long history of occupation from the Stone Age to the present. Surveys were conducted in the area between Tangiers and Asilah, both to identify sites of particular importance and to supply data for an analysis of settlement and land-use during various prehistoric and historic periods, with particular emphasis on the Islamic periods. Methods included detailed and controlled landscape survey (fieldwalking), remote sensing, sounding of selected sites, scientific dating of selected finds, and studies of the local ancient environment. Surface collections of materials helped in the dating and assessment of the settlement types. Soundings were conducted at two sites with important presence of material from the Islamic period, to more precisely date their occupation. More than 250 new sites were identified in the approximately 1000 square kilometer’s area covered by the project, although only a fraction of this region could be intensively surveyed. The main results showed an important presence of Lower Paleolithic sites and a much more intensive rural occupation during the Early and Middle Islamic periods.
Palaeolithic sites of upper Zarqa valley. The sites possibly subject to intervention are cercled.... more Palaeolithic sites of upper Zarqa valley. The sites possibly subject to intervention are cercled. 2) Top: outcrop 332, upper Dawqara Formation. It will be excavated in 2024; planned excavation in the insert. Middle: section 338, Dawqara Fm. The white points shows the position of the trihedral pick of fig. 3; UB = Upper Basalt. Bottom: section 458, the town of Sukhne in the background.
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[“Creating a network for exchanging collections data between institutions”]
Este projeto envolve a produção de um sistema de banco de dados para combinar e trocar dados sobre coleções, particularmente para uso em museus e centros de pesquisa. O projeto tem dois objetivos principais. O primeiro é produzir um sistema de catalogação que facilite o intercâmbio de dados entre instituições e pesquisadores. Os usuários de cada instituição poderão buscar os catálogos de outras para tipos específicos de objetos e entrar em contato com a instituição para determinar a possibilidade de consultá-los. O segundo objetivo é criar um método padronizado de gravação de informações sobre as coleções. Isso facilitaria a comparação de dados entre instituições e seria menos trabalhoso para muitos estabelecimentos que atualmente empregam catálogos simples (no Excel, no papel). Grande parte do sistema baseia-se nos sistemas que as instituições parceiras estão atualmente usando. Ao padronizar as categorias de informação e os métodos descritivos, tentamos tornar nossas categorias compatíveis com aquelas que o ICOM propôs. Também baseamos o banco de dados de locais (sítios) no sistema usado pelo IPHAN para sítios e outras propostas institucionais de centros de pesquisa. Um aspecto importante da criação do sistema é que deve atender às diversas necessidades, preferências e costumes dos usuários. Até agora, há 63 instituições parceiras envolvidas. Muitos têm coleções pré-históricas e históricas mas também alguns têm coleções biológicas, geológicas, etnográficas, de arte e outras.