General Information

Site Name:

Saccopastore

Synonym Name(s):

Site Type:

open air

More info to Site Type: 

Discovery Year: 

before1.920

First Description: 

Chronological Abstract: 

Location

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Country:

Europe::Southern Europe::Italy

General Location Description:

Quarry in locality Saccopastore - outside Rome at the time of the paleontological discoveries, within the outskirts of the city at present - about 3,5 km from the Aurelian walls (Porte Pia), on the left bank of the river Aniene.

Coordinates:

  • Latitude (WGS84):
41,95
  • Longitude (WGS84):
12,533
  • Altitude:
0

 

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Linked Files + Pages

Collection Item(s):

Bibliography:

[PublicBibliographySpace:Alhaique et al 2005] [PublicBibliographySpace:Cesnola 1996]

Multimedia Files:

Linked Pages:

Italy - Neanderthal

[Wikipedia|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccopastore_skulls]

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Additional Content
The positions were the two early Neandertal crania were discovered in 1929 (labelled "I") and 1935 ("II") are respectively indicated by arrows. Two Neanderthal fossils found in 1929 and 1935 in a river deposit on the bank of a small tributary of the Tiber River outside Rome. The skulls, which represent an early phase in the development of western European Neanderthals, are between 70,000 and 100,000 years old.

Pix
The vanished quarry at Saccopastore near Roma (Photo Sergio).