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This research aims to explore the Mousterian faunal record at Grotta-Riparo di Uluzzo C to understand site formation and human interactions with the environment.

May 10, 2026QuaternaryOpen Access

New Insights into Mousterian Faunal Assemblages from Uluzzo C (Apulia, Southern Italy)

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AFAngelica FiorilloUniversity of Bologna SPSilvia Irina Monterrosa PreziosiUniversity of Bologna SSSara SilvestriniUniversity of Bologna

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Randomized trial examines faunal assemblages in Late Pleistocene, indicating complex site formation processes.

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This research aims to explore the Mousterian faunal record at Grotta-Riparo di Uluzzo C to understand site formation and human interactions with the environment.
Combined zooarchaeological and taphonomic analyses with ZooMS techniques to reconstruct environmental conditions.
Integrated historical excavation materials with recent fieldwork faunal assemblages.
Evaluated the contributions of human and non-human agents to bone accumulation.
Faunal assemblages indicate an ecologically diverse landscape consistent with a Mediterranean refugial environment.
Evidence suggests repeated short-term human occupations combined with carnivore activity influenced bone accumulation patterns.
Mousterian deposits are characterized as brief palimpsests, not indicative of continuous occupation.

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Fiorillo et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a002191c8f74e3340f9c8b9 https://doi.org/10.3390/quat9030037

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New Insights into Mousterian Faunal Assemblages from Uluzzo C (Apulia, Southern Italy)

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