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Reassessing Gombore I in the light of the history of research at Melka Kunture (Ethiopia)

Quaternary International
2024-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2024.10.008
Contributors: Flavio Altamura; Tesfaye Aragie
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Hunters Before ‘Diana’: examining pre-protohistoric lithic artifacts at the sanctuary of ‘Diana nemorensis’ (Lake Nemi, central Italy) as an indicator of human-environmental interaction

Studies in Ancient Art and Civilisation
2024-12-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.12797/SAAC.28.2024.28.02
Contributors: Flavio Altamura; Francesca Diosono
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The paleolandscape evolution of the southwestern coast of Sardinia (Italy) and its impact on Mesolithic settlements

Journal of Maps
2023-12-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2023.2182722
Contributors: Rita Teresa Melis; Valentino Demurtas; Margherita Mussi; Paolo Emanuele Orrù; Andrea Sulis; Flavio Altamura; Rosanna Erbì; Michele Orrù; Giacomo Deiana
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Fossil footprints at the late Lower Paleolithic site of Schöningen (Germany): A new line of research to reconstruct animal and hominin paleoecology

Quaternary Science Reviews
2023-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108094
Contributors: Flavio Altamura; Jens Lehmann; Bárbara Rodríguez-Álvarez; Brigitte Urban; Thijs van Kolfschoten; Ivo Verheijen; Nicholas J. Conard; Jordi Serangeli
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An overview of Melka Kunture, a vast cluster of Pleistocene sites in the Upper Awash Valley (Ethiopia),Une vue d'ensemble sur Melka Kunture, grand complexe de sites pléistocènes dans la vallée supérieure de l'Awash (Éthiopie)

Anthropologie (France)
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.anthro.2022.102999
EID:

2-s2.0-85123683757

Part of ISSN: 00035521
Contributors: Mussi, M.; Méndez-Quintas, E.; Panera, J.; Altamura, F.; Di Bianco, L.; Bonnefille, R.; Briatico, G.; Brunelli, E.; Geraads, D.; Mutri, G. et al.
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Colorimetric characterization of ochres in a Palaeolithic flint pebble from Maschio dell'Artemisio, Latium, Italy

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103420
EID:

2-s2.0-85127239441

Part of ISSN: 2352409X
Contributors: Botticelli, M.; Altamura, F.; Catelli, E.; Pronti, L.; Medeghini, L.; Mussi, M.; Maras, A.
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After the emergence of the Acheulean at Melka Kunture (Upper Awash, Ethiopia): From Gombore IB (1.6 Ma) to Gombore Iγ (1.4 Ma), Gombore Iδ (1.3 Ma) and Gombore II OAM Test Pit C (1.2 Ma)

Quaternary International
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2021.02.031
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2-s2.0-85101994453

Part of ISSN: 10406182
Contributors: Mussi, M.; Altamura, F.; Di Bianco, L.; Bonnefille, R.; Gaudzinski-Windheuser, S.; Geraads, D.; Melis, R.T.; Panera, J.; Piarulli, F.; Pioli, L. et al.
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Finding Fossil Footprints in the Archival Record: Case Studies from the Archaeological Site of Melka Kunture (Upper Awash, Ethiopia)

Journal of African Archaeology
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1163/21915784-20200011
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2-s2.0-85089496309

Part of ISSN: 21915784 16121651
Contributors: Altamura, F.
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Ichnological and archaeological evidence from Gombore II OAM, Melka Kunture, Ethiopia: An integrated approach to reconstruct local environments and biological presences between 1.2 and 0.85 Ma

Quaternary Science Reviews
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106506
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2-s2.0-85089496439

Part of ISSN: 02773791
Contributors: Altamura, F.; Bennett, M.R.; Marchetti, L.; Melis, R.T.; Reynolds, S.C.; Mussi, M.
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A new notational artifact from the Upper Paleolithic? Technological and traceological analysis of a pebble decorated with notches found on Monte Alto (Velletri, Italy)

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.101925
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2-s2.0-85068448081

Part of ISSN: 2352409X
Contributors: Altamura, F.
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Characterization and provenance of ancient gemstones: Case study of a gold-and-sapphire jewel dating from the Roman imperial period and found in a tomb in Colonna, Italy

IMEKO International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, MetroArchaeo 2017
2019 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85070504036
Contributors: Butini, E.; Butini, F.; Angle, M.; Cerino, P.; De Angelis, A.; Tomei, N.; Altamura, F.
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Geomorphological processes, forms and features in the surroundings of the Melka Kunture Palaeolithic site, Ethiopia

Journal of Maps
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2019.1669497
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2-s2.0-85073568879

Part of ISSN: 17445647
Contributors: Maerker, M.; Schillaci, C.; Melis, R.T.; Kropáček, J.; Bosino, A.; Vilímek, V.; Hochschild, V.; Sommer, C.; Altamura, F.; Mussi, M.
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Gombore II (Melka Kunture, Ethiopia): A new approach to formation processes and spatial patterns of an Early Pleistocene Acheulean site

Journal of Archaeological Science
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2019.104975
EID:

2-s2.0-85068148274

Part of ISSN: 10959238 03054403
Contributors: Mendez-Quintas, E.; Panera, J.; Altamura, F.; Di Bianco, L.; Melis, R.T.; Piarulli, F.; Ruta, G.; Mussi, M.
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Archaeology and ichnology at Gombore II-2, Melka Kunture, Ethiopia: everyday life of a mixed-age hominin group 700,000 years ago

Scientific Reports
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-21158-7
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2-s2.0-85042024047

Part of ISSN: 20452322
Contributors: Altamura, F.; Bennett, M.R.; D'août, K.; Gaudzinski-Windheuser, S.; Melis, R.T.; Reynolds, S.C.; Mussi, M.
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Archaeometric and gemmological analyses of a Roman imperial gold-and-sapphire jewel from Colonna (Rome, Italy)

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2018.06.011
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2-s2.0-85049003750

Part of ISSN: 02632241
Contributors: Butini, E.; Butini, F.; Angle, M.; Cerino, P.; De Angelis, A.; Tomei, N.; Altamura, F.
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Flavio Altamura via Scopus - Elsevier

A Middle Pleistocene hippo tracksite at Gombore II-2 (Melka Kunture, Upper Awash, Ethiopia)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.01.022
EID:

2-s2.0-85010402975

Part of ISSN: 00310182
Contributors: Altamura, F.; Melis, R.T.; Mussi, M.
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Observations on buildings made of perishable materials: Archaeological traces of demolition and restoration of tukuls at the archaeological field camp at Melka Kunture, Ethiopia

Nyame Akuma
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85045513535

Part of ISSN: 07135815
Contributors: Altamura, F.; Di Bianco, L.; Engda, B.; Mussi, M.
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The environment of the Ethiopian highlands at the Mid Pleistocene Transition: Fauna, flora and hominins in the 850-700 ka sequence of Gombore II (Melka Kunture)

Quaternary Science Reviews
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.07.033
EID:

2-s2.0-84981201010

Part of ISSN: 02773791
Contributors: Mussi, M.; Altamura, F.; Bonnefille, R.; De Rita, D.; Melis, R.T.
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Garba III (Melka Kunture, Ethiopia): A MSA site with archaic Homo sapiens remains revisited

Quaternary International
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.08.028
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2-s2.0-84906793371

Part of ISSN: 10406182
Contributors: Mussi, M.; Altamura, F.; Macchiarelli, R.; Melis, R.T.; Spinapolice, E.E.
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Flavio Altamura via Scopus - Elsevier

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