The skeletal remains of an infant found at Grotta Le Mura in Puglia and dated to 17000 BP portray the interesting biological history of Paleolithic populations of southern Italy
by Elvira Visciola An important study conducted by an international team led by the Universities of Florence, Bologna and Siena and published in “Nature Communications” with the title “Life history and ancestry of the late Upper Paleolithic infant from Grotta delle Mura, Italy” has reconstructed the biological history of a…
Discovered Neolithic statuette in Lazio
by Alessandra de Nardis The clay statuette dating back to 7000 years ago (Neolithic) was found at Poggio Nativo in Sabina, in the province of Rieti and is now the subject of a study coordinated by the Sapienza Department of Ancient Sciences. This valuable exhibit will add a lot of new information about that…
A new research method shows that the "venus" Willendorf probably comes from northern Italy
by Alessandra de Nardis The Willendorf statuette, almost 11 cm high, is one of the most important examples of ancient art in Europe. It is made by carving a rock called "oolite" which is not found in and around Willendorf. A research team led by anthropologist Gerhard Weber of the University of Vienna,…
Princess Morocco
by Alessandra de Nardis As part of the redevelopment project of Piazza San Giustino in the Municipality of Chieti, a very rich tomb from the Hellenistic period (XNUMXth-XNUMXrd century BC) was found, still intact, belonging to a woman who was immediately renamed Princess Marouca; the name refers to the Marrucini population, a small…
Snow, born 10.000 years ago – Arma Veirana (SV)
by Alessandra de Nardis The discovery in Arma Veirana of AVH-1, a newborn renamed Neve by archaeologists, took place inside a long-studied cave in the Ligurian Pre-Alps in the province of Savona; the analyzes of amelogenin, a protein present in tooth buds and the results of which have recently been…
The oldest Sapiens settlement in Europe
by Alessandra de Nardis Grotta Mandrin, in France is located near the city of Malataverne in a dominant position on the eastern bank of the middle valley of the Rhone river at an altitude of 225 m. Excavations since 1990 have revealed a 3m deep stratigraphic sequence containing 12 archaeological layers ranging…
Neolithic footprints on the rocks in Abruzzo
by Alessandra de Nardis Another news that comes from Abruzzo and precisely from the Pescosansonesco area where the archaeologist Guido Palmerini discovered handprints made in red pigment dating back to the fourth-fifth millennium BC and imprinted on the rocks in a place that remains top secret for security reasons. Of the young…
New discoveries in Grotta Romanelli in Puglia
by Elvira Visciola In October 2021, the results of the investigations inside Grotta Romanelli were published in the magazine "Antiquity" (see file), with the discovery of new wall engravings, about 31 new graphic units, including the figure of a bovid , a rare depiction of boreal penguin and some…
January 18, 2021: small face found in Pulo di Molfetta.
by Alessandra de Nardis SOURCE: La Repubblica Smaller than a coin, the idol was found in Pulo di Molfetta, where another find had come to light in October; On January 18, 2021, while doing a reconnaissance to check the state of the places, archaeologists found on the ground…
The Lady of Amiens: here she is returning to the Light after 23000 years
by Alessandra De Nardis During an excavation campaign in northern France, in the prehistoric site of Renancourt, in Amiens at the confluence of the Selle and Somme valleys, a team from the National Research Institute of Preventive Archeology brought to light a figurine from unmistakable style that immediately caused it to be renamed…