General Information

Site Name:

Ciota Ciara, Monte Fenera

Synonym Name(s):

Site Type:

cave

More info to Site Type: 

Discovery Year: 

1.955

First Description: 

Chronological Abstract: 

Location

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Country:

Europe::Southern Europe::Italy

General Location Description:

Cave Ciota Ciara, 670 m asl on the Western side of Monte Fenera, left flank of the Sesia Valley near the town of Borgosesia.

Coordinates:

  • Latitude (WGS84):
45,71
  • Longitude (WGS84):
8,278
  • Altitude:
0

 

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Linked Files + Pages

Collection Item(s):

Bibliography:

[PublicBibliographySpace:Alhaique et al 2005]

Multimedia Files:

Linked Pages:

Italy - Neanderthal

Index:

Additional Content
Neanderthal remains (Mottura 1980, Giacobini 1992) were found in disturbed layers and in associated with a quartzite industry near the SW entrance. Layers E to A, consisting of silty, clayey colluvium soil indicating humid climate, are attributed to the beginning of the Würm. Fauna consists of bear, ibex, aurochs, bison, and chamois. Layer D contained a lithic industry (n=64) dominantly made out of quartz and classified as Mousterien typique with many scrapers, denticulates and a non-Levallois reduction. Chronology and palaeoenvironmental setting are still unknown.

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