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Moncel MH, Santagata C, Pereira A, et al. The origin of early Acheulean expansion in Europe 700 ka ago: new findings at Notarchirico (Italy). Sci Rep. 2020;10(1):13802doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-68617-8.
Moncel, M. H., Santagata, C., Pereira, A., Nomade, S., Voinchet, P., Bahain, J. J., Daujeard, C., Curci, A., Lemorini, C., Hardy, B., Eramo, G., Berto, C., Raynal, J. P., Arzarello, M., Mecozzi, B., Iannucci, A., Sardella, R., Allegretta, I., Delluniversità, E., Terzano, R., Dugas, P., Jouanic, G., Queffelec, A., d'Andrea, A., Valentini, R., Minucci, E., Carpentiero, L., & Piperno, M. (2020). The origin of early Acheulean expansion in Europe 700 ka ago: new findings at Notarchirico (Italy). Scientific reports, 10(1), 13802. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68617-8
Moncel, Marie-Hélène, et al. "The origin of early Acheulean expansion in Europe 700 ka ago: new findings at Notarchirico (Italy)." Scientific reports vol. 10,1 (2020): 13802. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68617-8
Moncel MH, Santagata C, Pereira A, Nomade S, Voinchet P, Bahain JJ, Daujeard C, Curci A, Lemorini C, Hardy B, Eramo G, Berto C, Raynal JP, Arzarello M, Mecozzi B, Iannucci A, Sardella R, Allegretta I, Delluniversità E, Terzano R, Dugas P, Jouanic G, Queffelec A, d'Andrea A, Valentini R, Minucci E, Carpentiero L, Piperno M. The origin of early Acheulean expansion in Europe 700 ka ago: new findings at Notarchirico (Italy). Sci Rep. 2020 Aug 14;10(1):13802. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-68617-8. PMID: 32796860; PMCID: PMC7429832.
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Sci Rep. 2020 Aug 14;10(1):13802. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-68617-8.

The origin of early Acheulean expansion in Europe 700 ka ago: new findings at Notarchirico (Italy).

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Marie-Hélène Moncel, Carmen Santagata, Alison Pereira, Sébastien Nomade, Pierre Voinchet, Jean-Jacques Bahain, Camille Daujeard, Antonio Curci, Cristina Lemorini, Bruce Hardy, Giacomo Eramo, Claudio Berto, Jean-Paul Raynal, Marta Arzarello, Beniamino Mecozzi, Alessio Iannucci, Raffaele Sardella, Ignazio Allegretta, Emanuela Delluniversità, Roberto Terzano, Pauline Dugas, Gwenolé Jouanic, Alain Queffelec, Andrea d'Andrea, Rosario Valentini, Eleonora Minucci, Laura Carpentiero, Marcello Piperno

Affiliations

  1. UMR 7194 HNHP (MNHN-CNRS-UPVD), Département Homme et Environnement, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 1 rue René Panhard, 75013, Paris, France. [email protected].
  2. UMR 7194 HNHP (MNHN-CNRS-UPVD), Département Homme et Environnement, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 1 rue René Panhard, 75013, Paris, France.
  3. PACEA, UMR CNRS 5199, Université de Bordeaux, Bât B2 Allée Geoffroy St Hilaire, 33615, Pessac Cedex, France.
  4. École Française de Rome, Piazza Farnese, T00186, Rome, Italy.
  5. CEA Saclay, UMR 8212, UVSQ et Université Paris-Saclay, Orme des Merisiers, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
  6. Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
  7. LTFAPA Laboratory, Department of Classics, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le A.Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
  8. Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, USA.
  9. Dipartimento di Scienze Della Terra e Geoambientali, Università Degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro", 70125, Bari, Italy.
  10. Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
  11. Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
  12. Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università Degli Studi di Ferrara, 44121, Ferrara, Italy.
  13. Dipartimento di Scienze Della Terra, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
  14. Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo, Della Pianta e Degli Alimenti, Università Degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro", 70126, Bari, Italy.
  15. Laboratoire Chrono Environnement, UMR CNRS 6249, Université de Bourgogne Franche Comté, 16 route de Gray, 25030, Besançon Cedex, France.
  16. PACEA-Transfert Sédimentologie & Matériaux, 162 Avenue du Dr. Schweitzer, 33600, AderaPessac, France.
  17. Università l'Orientale de Naples, CISA, Napoli, Italy.
  18. Museo Archeologico "Biagio Greco", Mondragone, Italy.

PMID: 32796860 PMCID: PMC7429832 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-68617-8

Abstract

Notarchirico (Southern Italy) has yielded the earliest evidence of Acheulean settlement in Italy and four older occupation levels have recently been unearthed, including one with bifaces, extending the roots of the Acheulean in Italy even further back in time. New

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