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Excavation

  • La Pineta
  • La Pineta
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  • Italy
  • Molise
  • Province of Isernia
  • Isernia

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Credits

  • The Italian Database is the result of a collaboration between:

    MIBAC (Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Direzione Generale per i Beni Archeologici),

    ICCD (Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione) and

    AIAC (Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica).

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Summary (English)

  • The 2010 campaign took place between 5-30 July with the participation of numerous students, both Italian and foreign.

    The excavation area situated inside the excavation pavilion was extended as a natural follow-on to the exploration undertaken in previous years.
    The following activities were carried out: – excavation and exposure of the finds using scalpels, punches, trowels and chisels; – recording of each find using finds sheets filled out for each quadrant and US. This included the recording of the inclination and alignment of each find using a compass, taking of co-ordinates with a total station (modello GTS-605) and general photography of the quadrant prior to planning using a specific software; – removal of the material and conservation in situ; – drawing of the archaeological section and compilation of Schede US for the Ufficio del Catalogo Generale; – washing and marking of flint and limestone finds; – conservation of the paleontological material.

    The excavation

    The area investigated covered about 9 m2 adjacent to archeo-surface 3a, where excavation of previously opened quadrants continued . New quadrants were opened in order to proceed with the exposure of archeo-surface 3a.

    Two main stratigraphic levels were identified , planned and removed. These were denominated 3colluvio and 3 S6-9.

    The finds

    The archaeological material present in all levels and quadrants of the excavation was abundant. In fact, numerous bone remains were collected including single teeth, fragments of mandible, vertebra, humerus and falanges, mainly from bison and one hippopotamus tooth.

    For the lithic industry there was a clear predominance of flint elements over those in limestone and travertine. The commonest typology among the flint artefacts was the flake, followed by nucleuses and debris. Of the limestone finds the most common were unmodified cobbles followed by chipped cobbles of the “chopper” type and flakes.

  • Carlo Peretto - Università degli Studi di Ferrara - Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici 

Director

Team

  • Alice Oriana La Porta - Università degli Studi di Ferrara
  • Annarosa Di Nucci - Centro Europeo di Ricerche Preistoriche di Isernia
  • Antonella Minelli - Università degli Studi del Molise
  • Carolina Aparicio Meridemo - Universidad de Valencia (Spagna)
  • Claudia Gianni - Università Roma3
  • Cristina Nardin - Università degli Studi di Milano
  • Daniela D’Amore - Università degli Studi del Molise
  • Elena Bagnolati - Università degli Studi di Ferrara
  • Elena Stievano - Università degli Studi della Tuscia
  • Eliana Catelli - Università degli Studi del Molise
  • Ester Lopez Ortega - Universitat Rovira y Virgili di Tarragona (Spagna)
  • Federica Grandi - Università degli Studi di Ferrara
  • Giuseppe Ceresia - Università degli Studi di Palermo
  • Giuseppe Lembo - Centro Europeo di Ricerche Preistoriche di Isernia
  • Laura Feijoo - Universitat Rovira y Virgili di Tarragona (Spagna)
  • Lorenzo Rubeis - Università La Sapienza di Roma
  • Marco Giannantonio - Università degli Studi del Molise
  • Maria Angela Rufo - Università degli Studi di Ferrara
  • Miquel Rovira - Universitat Rovira y Virgili di Tarragona (Spagna)
  • Morena Daronco - Università degli Studi di Ferrara
  • Serena Scacciavillani - Università degli Studi del Molise
  • Silvia Morena - Università degli Studi di Firenze
  • Tatiana Cordoba Lopez - Universidad de Valencia (Spagna)
  • Virginia Faundez - Universitat Rovira y Virgili di Tarragona (Spagna)
  • Cristiana Terzani - Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Molise

Research Body

  • Centro Europeo di Ricerche Preistoriche
  • Muséum National d’Histoire naturelle, Paris
  • Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Molise
  • Università di Ferrara, Dipartimento di Biologia ed Evoluzione

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