Besides the accepted hypothesis of a Danubian - Northern Alpine route, the evidences discussed in this paper constitute strong indications in favor of another possible route followed by the Protoaurignacian groups: from the Balkans trough the Julian and Dinaric Alps and the emerged Northern Adriatic land to the Mediterranean Europe. Between the Balkan and the Italian Peninsulas there were not insuperable barriers: probably some Protoaurignacian groups crossed this territory, settling in the Venetian Prealps or reaching the Liguria and the French Riviera across the Apennine and supposedly arriving also to the Apulian and Campanian sites. The raw materials provenance, the common techno-typological features of the lithic industries and similar decorative elements seem valid arguments, also supported by chronological data.
The role of the Northern Adriatic region in the Protoaurignacian spread towards Mediterranean Europe
Bertola S.;
2018
Abstract
Besides the accepted hypothesis of a Danubian - Northern Alpine route, the evidences discussed in this paper constitute strong indications in favor of another possible route followed by the Protoaurignacian groups: from the Balkans trough the Julian and Dinaric Alps and the emerged Northern Adriatic land to the Mediterranean Europe. Between the Balkan and the Italian Peninsulas there were not insuperable barriers: probably some Protoaurignacian groups crossed this territory, settling in the Venetian Prealps or reaching the Liguria and the French Riviera across the Apennine and supposedly arriving also to the Apulian and Campanian sites. The raw materials provenance, the common techno-typological features of the lithic industries and similar decorative elements seem valid arguments, also supported by chronological data.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
