2012/03/01 by Emanuela Cristiani, Cristina Lemorini, Giampaolo Dalmeri · 27 citations
Arts and Humanities · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · #Archaeology #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies #Geography #Geology #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
paper · doi:10.1179/0093469011z.0000000003
published in Journal of Field Archaeology 37(1), 34-50 (Taylor & Francis)
openalex publication_date 2012/03/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
The site of Riparo Dalmeri yielded numerous flint, bone, and shell artifacts, as well as faunal and botanical remains, which are evidence of the Late Upper Palaeolithic (or Late Epigravettian culture, ca. 16,000–12,000 cal b.p.) occupation of the Alps region. The importance of the site is related to the discovery of 267 stones painted with anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, and geometric designs. Here we report on ground stone tools from Riparo Dalmeri investigated by means of an integrated technofunctional and experimental approach to reconstruct their production and use. The results support the hypothesis that the ground stone artifacts were employed in specialized activities (e.g., hide treatment, flintknapping) as well as in the production of some of the painted stone artifacts.