Bücher von Josep Maria Vergès

Il volume presenta i risultati di una ricerca interdisciplinare, condotta attraverso una prospezione archeologica e lo scavo di un sito-chiave, in un territorio montuoso della parte centrale del bacino del Mediterraneo. Il libro si concentra sui risultati dello scavo delle unità stratigrafiche più recenti del riparo sotto roccia del Vallone Inferno di Scillato (Madonie, Sicilia), coprendo un periodo che va dal Neolitico al Medioevo. Il nucleo del libro è costituito dalla presentazione del record archeologico, con capitoli suddivisi secondo un criterio cronologico che descrivono strutture, reperti ceramici, litici, ornamenti personali e macrofauna. L'approccio interdisciplinare ha permesso di integrare i dati provenienti dallo scavo, coinvolgendo diverse discipline, come l'archeobotanica, la chimica analitica e la paleoantropologia. La ricostruzione paleoambientale è stata completata dallo studio della microfauna.The book presents the results of the archaeological excavation in the rock shelter of Vallone Inferno (Sicily), reconstructing the cultural and environmental aspects of a Mediterranean mountainous landscape over the last seven thousand years.

This book presents an interdisciplinary study of the El Mirador cave located on the Atapuerca karstic system, one of the longest Pleistocene and Holocene archaeopaleontological deposits in Iberia. This book presents the results including new unpublished and published data to discuss different aspects related to the prehistoric herders and farmers that occupied this territory.  Divided into four parts, the book covers site presentation and the paleoenvironmental reconstruction covering a chronological span between 7060 40-3040 40 yrs. The history of the excavation and the excavation methodology is detailed in this part including new unpublished recording techniques using 3D scanning and photogrammetry and a very meticulous sampling strategy. The book presents formation processes of the deposit which are key to understanding the successive occupations of the caves regarding its use as sheepfold cave as well as human remains that are part of different funerary contexts in the cave. In the last section, the book covers material culture found in the cave including lithic tools and pottery. This interdisciplinary work is of interest to scholars in anthracology, zooarchaeology, paleoanthropology, lithic technology, and experimental archaeology.