Journal
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 33, Issue 9, Pages 1310-1318Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.01.006
Keywords
hafted lithic implements; geology; palaeontology; central Italy; Middle Pleistocene
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Two stone flakes partly covered in birch-bark-tar and a third without tar on it were discovered in fluvial gravel and clay in central Italy, in association with the bones of a young adult female Elephas (Palaeoloxondon) antiquus and several micromammals. The probable chronology of the stone flakes is compatible with the late Middle Pleistocene suggested by the site's small mammals and geological context. The fauna indicates a cool stadial episode before isotope stage 6. That age means the flakes are the oldest ever found hafted with tar and indicate a greater capacity for late Middle Pleistocene hominins to utilize raw materials available during cold phases. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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