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Caves and archaeological site in Italy
43°47′02″N 7°32′02″E / 43.784°N 7.534°E / 43.784; 7.534
The Balzi Rossi caves (Ligurian: baussi rossi "red rocks") in Ventimiglia comune, Liguria, Italy, is one of the most important archaeological sites of the early Upper Paleolithic in Western Europe. It has been continually excavated by archaeologists for more than 150 years.[1]
- Riparo Mochi remains evidence for the earliest presence of modern humans in Europe (early Aurignacian, 42,000 years ago).[2]
- Grimaldi Man (Gravettian, c. 25,000 years)
- Venus figurines of Balzi Rossi (Gravettian, c. 22,000 years)
References
- ^ Ryan, D. D.; Starnini, E.; Serradimigni, M.; Rossoni-Notter, E.; Notter, O.; Zerboni, A.; Negrino, F.; Grimaldi, S.; Vacchi, M.; Ragaini, L.; Rovere, A.; Perego, A.; Muttoni, G.; Santaniello, F.; Moussous, A.; Pappalardo, M. (1 March 2024). "A geoarchaeological review of Balzi Rossi, Italy: A crossroad of Palaeolithic populations in the northwest Mediterranean". Quaternary Science Reviews. 327: 108515. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108515. Retrieved 4 May 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
- ^ Katerina Douka et al., A new chronostratigraphic framework for the Upper Palaeolithic of Riparo Mochi (Italy), Journal of Human Evolution 62(2), 19 December 2011, 286-299, doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.11.009.
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