New data on Sicilian prehistoric and historic evolution in a mountain context, Vallone Inferno (Scillato, Italy)

作者：Forgia Vincenza; Martin Patricia^*; Lopez Garcia Juan Manuel; Olle Andreu; Maria Verges Josep; Allue Ethel; Angelucci Diego E; Arnone Massimo; Blain Hugues Alexandre; Burjachs Francesc; Exposito Isabel; Messina Andrea; Picornell Llorenc; Rodriguez Anna; Scopelliti Giuseppa; Sineo Luca; Virruso Giovanni; Alessi Enrico; Di Simone Giovanni; Ignacio Morales Juan; Pagano Enrico; Belvedere Oscar

来源：Comptes Rendus Palevol, 2013, 12(2): 115-126.

DOI：10.1016/j.crpv.2012.11.002

• Multidisciplinary study
• Neolithic-medieval period
• Pastoral activities
• Environmental changes
• Madonie mountain range
• Sicilnie
• Sicile

Vallone Inferno rock-shelter is an archaeological site located in the Madonie mountain range in Sicily. Archaeological excavation and research have provided a long prehistoric and historic sequence from the Neolithic to the medieval period, this being the most complete work in this area at present. In this paper we present the preliminary data provided by a multidisciplinary study based on pottery, lithic, human, faunal and plant remains. Stratigraphic studies have identified four complexes, of which complex 3 has provided almost all the archaeological remains. C-14 AMS dates, obtained from four samples, place the human activities between 2601 cal BC and 644 cal AD. These dates are coherent with the cultural attribution of the ceramic and lithic remains. Macrofaunal and plant remains show a persistent use of the shelter for pastoral activities. Environmental data, obtained from microvertebrate and archaeobotanical remains, show the aridification and opening of the landscape from the base to the top of the sequence as a consequence of the human impact.

• 出版日期2013-2