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Program of the 87th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists
Author(s) -
Thomas W. Davies,
Lucas K. Delezene,
Matthew M. Skinner,
JeanJacques Hublin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.23489
Subject(s) - association (psychology) , citation , library science , computer science , psychology , psychotherapist
The Neolithic site in the rock shelter of Arma dell’Aquila was discovered in 1934, and excavated in 1936 (Zambelli) and 1938-42 (Richard). The area is characterized by a number of karstic caves, including the famous Arene Candide Cave (Fig. 1). In 1934, a burial was found (Z1), and in 1938-42 a total of eight individuals were discovered. After an initial publication of the site (Richard, 1942), and a brief description of the anthropological material (Parenti and Messeri, 1962), no detailed analysis or chronological attribution had been performed. In addition, the «scattered human remains» from the site were never analyzed. We collected all the available information from the excavation diaries, pictures, and published data, and we cross-referenced it with the anthropological material and the accompanying notes. The «scattered human remains» were analyzed in order to determine a minimum number of individuals, and whether some remains could be attributed to the burials excavated by Zambelli and Richard. The burials were direcly dated via AMS on bone (Table 1).