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The Archaeological Excavations in the Castel Corno Caves (Isera, Trento, Italy) : Burial Places and Settlement of a Small Alpine Community Between the 25th and 17th Centuries BC.

This book presents the results of two different excavation campaigns in a prehistoric archaeological site in a deep cave in Trentino Alto Adige (Castel Corno, Isera, Trento, Italy). The excavations uncovered a number of Early Bronze Age tombs deep in the cave and, outside, the remains of a settlemen...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Battisti, Maurizio
Otros Autores: Tecchiati, Umberto
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Archaeopress, 2022.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Figure 1: Localization of the site of the Castel Corno Caves.
  • Figure 2: Panoramic view of Castel Corno and localization of the caves. (image taken from Google Earth Pro V. 7.3.4.8642, on 31 August 2021).
  • Figure 3: Chambers plans and cross sections (image modified from Chiocchetti 1985).
  • Figure 4: Excavation photos from 1974 (left: Chamber 1
  • right: Sondage 1 in Chamber 1).
  • Figure 5: Chamber 3, Zone 1: cavity entrance.
  • Figure 6: Chamber 3, Zone 1: Tomb 1 plan (A and B are the reference points of the section represented in Figure 7).
  • Figure 7: Chamber 3, Zone 1: cumulative section (see Figure 6).
  • Figure 8: Chamber 3, Zone 1: Harris matrix.
  • Figure 9: Access corridor to Chamber 1.
  • Figure 10: Chamber 1, 1999 sondage: composite plan (the elevations indicated are in meters above sea level).
  • Figure 11: Chamber 1, 1999 sondage: sections A-B and C-D (see Figures 10 and 13)
  • Figure 12: Chamber 1, 1999 sondage: Harris matrix.
  • Figure 13: Chamber 1: cave plan with placement of 1974 and 1999 sondages (black dot-dashed line) and of the recent illegal excavation (red dashed line). The virtual grid created before the excavation is represented with black dashed lines.
  • Figure 14: Correlation between surfaces and fabrics color. There are 12 different kinds of fabric recorded in the site. In the drawings below the outer surface is the one to the left. (Image from Regola 2005).
  • Figure 15: Correlation between vessel and quality classes.
  • Figure 16: Mug from Chamber 1, US 5 (number 84 in the plates).
  • Figure 17: Baked clay platform fragments (a: from Riparo del Santuario (Lasino), b and c: from the Chamber 3 of Castel Corno).
  • Figure 18: Baked clay platform fragment with traces of vegetal interweaving.
  • Figure 19: Shapeless baked clay lump with traces of handling.
  • Figure 20: Place of discovery of flint tools (image modified from Regola 2005).
  • Figure 21: Colour of flint tools and chips.
  • Figure 22: Metal artefacts. a: small copper residue (or of a copper alloy), b: piece of smelting slag.
  • Figure 23: Distribution of human bones.
  • Figure 24: Individual 3's skull and hypothetical position of it at the time of burning.
  • Figure 25: Reconstruction of the original position of individual 3's skeletal remains.
  • Figure 26: Calibration made with the software Oxcal v.4.3.2 (Bronk Ramsey 2017) and IntCal13 atmospheric curve (Reimer et al. 2013).
  • Figure 27: Determination of tree species of US 9 and 10 (Chamber 3). Indeterminable remains have not been considered in this table.
  • Figure 28: Determination of cereal plants of US 9 and 10 (Chamber 3).