ANCIENT GRAVETTIAN IN THE SOUTH OF ITALY:
functional analysis of backed points
from Grotta Paglicci (Foggia) and Grotta della Cala (Salerno)

Valentina BORGIA

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Abstract

This study is concentrated on the modalities of use of the Gravettian backed tools, considering the Adriatic side and that Tyrrhenian of southern Italy. A first part of the work has regarded the functional analysis of the backed instruments found in the Ancient Gravettian layers of Grotta Paglicci (Foggia).The methodological proposal derived from this study, based on the association of the techno-typometric and typological analysis with the use-wear analysis, has been extended for a comparison to the backed tools from a Gravettian site, almost coeval, on the opposite side of our peninsula: Grotta della Cala (Salerno).

Keywords

Grotta Paglicci, Grotta della Cala, Southern Italy, Gravettian, backed points, functional analysis.