کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5112432 1483930 2017 15 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Walking along the oldest human fossil pathway (Roccamonfina volcano, Central Italy)?
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی علوم انسانی و هنر تاریخ
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Walking along the oldest human fossil pathway (Roccamonfina volcano, Central Italy)?
چکیده انگلیسی
Here we report the remarkable superposition of a pre-historic trackway (349-350 ± 3 ka) with one used in more recent historical times, potentially forming one of the oldest path or trackways currently known. A Plinian eruption of the Roccamonfina Volcano resulted in a succession of pyroclastic flows. A combination of syn-sedimentary erosion and depositional morphology resulted in a bench, contouring the depositional slope. Prior to rapid lithification of the flow, early human ancestors used the bench as a route-way. At least two individuals diverted from this route-way to make the famous Trackways A and B of the Devil's Trails which have been described previously. The bench and associated animal tracks were covered by subsequent pyroclastic ash falls before being exhumed in historical times by a combination of natural erosion and quarrying. The bench was re-used as a route-way at this time and some of the tracks modified by human action to improve surface conditions and perhaps drainage. The P1-Trackway is the result and its detailed morphology is described here. Not only does it provide remarkable evidence of the convergence of route-ways through time along key geomorphological features in the landscape but the palimpsest of tracks provides a useful case study for archaeologists and ichnologists interpreting complex and superimposed surface traces.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports - Volume 13, June 2017, Pages 476-490
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