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Environnement de l'Homme de Néandertal en Ligurie au Pléistocène supérieur. Analyse pollinique de la Caverna delle Fate (Finale Ligure, Italie)

Eleni KARATSORI, Josette RENAULT-MISKOVSKY, Henry de LUMLEY & Vincent LEBRETON

fr Comptes Rendus Palevol 4 (5) - Pages 395-404

Published on 31 August 2005
Neanderthal environment in Liguria during the Upper Pleistocene. Pollen analysis from Caverna delle Fate (Finale Liguria, Italy)

Pollen analysis of the Middle Palaeolithic site of Caverna delle Fate documents the vegetation mosaic contemporaneous to its Neanderthal occupation. The pollen sequence is typical of a semi-forested to forested landscape, reflecting mild climatic conditions. The development of meso-thermophilous taxa suggests a temperate climate, while the raise of Mediterranean taxa attests the temperature increase. The four climatic episodes can be assigned to different chronological phases between isotopic stages 5e and 3.


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Palynology, Palaeoenvironments, Palaeoclimates, Mousterian, Upper Pleistocene, Neanderthal, Liguria, Italy

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KARATSORI E., RENAULT-MISKOVSKY J., DE LUMLEY H. & LEBRETON V. 2005. — Environnement de l'Homme de Néandertal en Ligurie au Pléistocène supérieur. Analyse pollinique de la Caverna delle Fate (Finale Ligure, Italie). Comptes Rendus Palevol 4 (5): 395-404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2005.03.006