ABSTRACT - The Fondarca Cave, or Grotta delle Nottole, is a large Karst cave on Mount Nerone, a mountain located in the north of the Italian region of Marche. The need to understand aspects of rituals carried out by the ancient inhabitants of central Italy in natural cavities during the Bronze Age makes this cave particularly significant. Systematic investigations were first carried out in Fondarca between 2001 and 2005. After a break, investigations were resumed in 2013 and are still under way. The Fondarca hypogeum was used for most of the Metal Age, until at least the Late Bronze Age. The hypogeum is related to the Sentino Gorge caves; besides, some of its archaeological elements suggest a connection to the facies of Grotta Nuova, situat...
This thesis is about the Middle Bronze Age (MBA: 1750-1450 BC) caves of central Italy, and the fauna...
Explorations conducted by speleological groups are a precious source of information on the use of na...
An important Bronze Age settlement was discovered during an archaeological excavation in the Monte M...
ABSTRACT - The Fondarca Cave, or Grotta delle Nottole, is a large Karst cave on Mount Nerone, a moun...
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The Monte Meana karst cave is located in the Sulcis region, 5 km far from Santadi (SW Sardinia, Ital...
The expansion and especially the collapse of the Terramare culture in the Po Plain (Northern Italy) ...
This paper concerns the role of costly signalling in the ritual expressions of Middle Bronze Age hum...
Abstract - Grotta di Pozzo is located at 42° N on the southern edge of the Avezzano basin, at 710m a...
Grotta Mora Cavorso is a multi-stratified site located in the inner Apennines in Central Italy. The a...
This paper discusses two funerary contexts in the northern Uccellina Mountains (Alberese – Grosseto)...
This thesis is about the Middle Bronze Age (MBA: 1750-1450 BC) caves of central Italy, and the fauna...
Explorations conducted by speleological groups are a precious source of information on the use of na...
An important Bronze Age settlement was discovered during an archaeological excavation in the Monte M...
ABSTRACT - The Fondarca Cave, or Grotta delle Nottole, is a large Karst cave on Mount Nerone, a moun...
SUMMARY - Mora Cavorso Cave in Jenne (Roma) – The Early-Middle Bronze Age layers Mora Cavorso Cave i...
The Monte Meana karst cave is located in the Sulcis region, 5 km far from Santadi (SW Sardinia, Ital...
The expansion and especially the collapse of the Terramare culture in the Po Plain (Northern Italy) ...
This paper concerns the role of costly signalling in the ritual expressions of Middle Bronze Age hum...
Abstract - Grotta di Pozzo is located at 42° N on the southern edge of the Avezzano basin, at 710m a...
Grotta Mora Cavorso is a multi-stratified site located in the inner Apennines in Central Italy. The a...
This paper discusses two funerary contexts in the northern Uccellina Mountains (Alberese – Grosseto)...
This thesis is about the Middle Bronze Age (MBA: 1750-1450 BC) caves of central Italy, and the fauna...
Explorations conducted by speleological groups are a precious source of information on the use of na...
An important Bronze Age settlement was discovered during an archaeological excavation in the Monte M...