All Outputs (3)

Inferences on Sicilian Mesolithic subsistence patterns from cross-sectional geometry and entheseal changes (2020)
Journal Article
Sparacello, V., Samsel, M., Villotte, S., Varalli, A., Schimmenti, V., & Sineo, L. (2020). Inferences on Sicilian Mesolithic subsistence patterns from cross-sectional geometry and entheseal changes. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 12(5), Article 101. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-020-01044-y

Using cross-sectional geometry (CSG), entheseal changes (ECs), and presence of external auditory meatus exostosis (EAE), this study tests the hypothesis—based on isotopic and zooarchaeological evidence—that in the Sicilian Mesolithic terrestrial rath... Read More about Inferences on Sicilian Mesolithic subsistence patterns from cross-sectional geometry and entheseal changes.

The re-discovery of Arma dell’Aquila (Finale Ligure, Italy): New insights on Neolithic funerary behavior from the sixth millennium BCE in the north-western Mediterranean (2019)
Journal Article
Sparacello, V., Panelli, C., Rossi, S., Dori, I., Varalli, A., Goude, G., …Biagi, P. (2019). The re-discovery of Arma dell’Aquila (Finale Ligure, Italy): New insights on Neolithic funerary behavior from the sixth millennium BCE in the north-western Mediterranean. Quaternary International, 512, 67-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2019.02.003

Evidence of Neolithic occupation at Arma dell’Aquila (Finale Ligure, Italy) had been unearthed in the 1930s, with the discovery of nine burials and a number of scattered human remains. The material, however, had never been systematically studied and... Read More about The re-discovery of Arma dell’Aquila (Finale Ligure, Italy): New insights on Neolithic funerary behavior from the sixth millennium BCE in the north-western Mediterranean.

Dating the funerary use of caves in Liguria (northwestern Italy) from the Neolithic to historic times: results from a large-scale AMS campaign on human skeletal series (2019)
Journal Article
Sparacello, V., Varalli, A., Rossi, S., Panelli, C., Goude, G., Palstra, S., …Dori, I. (2019). Dating the funerary use of caves in Liguria (northwestern Italy) from the Neolithic to historic times: results from a large-scale AMS campaign on human skeletal series. Quaternary International, 536, 30-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2019.11.034

The multidisciplinary research team of this new project aimed at the chronological, anthropological and funerary behavior characterization of the skeletal remains unearthed from various caves in western Liguria (northwestern Italy) between the mid-18... Read More about Dating the funerary use of caves in Liguria (northwestern Italy) from the Neolithic to historic times: results from a large-scale AMS campaign on human skeletal series.