JACOPO CREZZINI

The arrival of Modern Humans (MHs) in Europe between 50 ka and 39 ka coincides with significant changes in human behaviour, notably regarding the production of tools, the exploitation of resources and the systematic use of ornaments and colouring substances. The emergence of the so-called modern behaviour is usually associated with MHs,...

Defining the processes involved in the technical/cultural shifts from the Late Middle to the Early 38 Upper Palaeolithic in Europe (~50-39 thousand years BP) is one of the most important tasks facing 39 prehistoric studies. Apart from the technological diversity generally recognised as belonging to the 40 latter part of the Middle Palaeolithic,...

Evidence of human activities during the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition is well represented from rock-shelters, caves and open-air sites across Italy. Over the past decade, both the revision of taphonomic processes affecting archaeological faunal assemblages and new zooarchaeological studies have allowed archaeologists to better...