Quaternaria Nova I

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
THE FOSSIL MAN OF MONTE CIRCEO: FIFTY YEARS
OF STUDIES ON THE NEANDERTALS IN LATIUM

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM - THE FOSSIL MAN OF MONTE CIRCEO:
FIFTY YEARS OF STUDIES ON THE NEANDERTALS IN LATIUM

Foreword 11
List of participants 17
Program 23
Benvenuto ai partecipanti (A. Bietti) 27
Intervento di apertura del Direttore del Dipartimento di Biologia Animale
e dell'Uomo dell'Università di Roma “La Sapienza” (A. Rossi) 31
Intervento di apertura del Segretario generale dell'Istituto Italiano di
Paleontologia Umana (E. Segre-Naldini) 33
Address to participants and a memory of Prof. Sergio Sergi (V. Correnti) 35
Saluto dell'Assessore all'Ambiente della Provincia di Latina (N. Ialongo) 39
Intervento dell'Assessore alla Cultura del Comune di San Felice Circeo
(C. Iundusi) 41
Intervento del Segretario del Centro Studi per l'Ecologia del Quaternario
(M. Zei) 43
Inaugurazione della lapide commemorativa del Cinquantenario della
scoperta dell'Uomo di Neandertal al Circeo (A.G. Segre) 45
Proposal for a new denomination of the Monte Circeo fossil hominids 47

SESSION I - GENERAL

H.P. Schwarcz, W. Buhay, R. Grün, M. Stiner, S. Kuhn, G.H. Miller,
Absolute dating of sites in coastal Lazio 51
A. Ascenzi, A short account of the discovery of the Mount Circeo
Neandertal cranium 69
P. Passarello, G. Manzi, Les paléanthropiens italiens d'après
Sergio Sergi 81
Discussion 89

SESSION II - GROTTA GUATTARI

A.G. Segre, Geomorphologie et stratigraphe de la Grotte Guattari au
Mont Circé (Latina) 97
S. Condemi, Is Guattari 1 a classic Neandertal? Remarks on its anatomic
particularity 107
G.Manzi, Braincase architectural morphology of the Neandertal cranium
from Grotta Guattari and the nature of the archaic-modern transition 113
F. Mallegni, Guattari 2 and 3: the stomatognatic apparatus 125
L. Cattani, Grotta Guattari, at San Felice Circeo (Latina). Pollen analyses 137
M. Piperno, G. Giacobini, A taphonomic study of the paleosurface of
Guattari Cave (Monte Circeo, Latina, Italy) 143
M.C. Stiner, The Guattari faunas then and now 163
A. Bietti, S. Kuhn, Techno-typological studies on the Mousterian industry
of Grotta Guattari 193
N. Toth, T. White, Assessing the ritual cannibalism hypothesis at Grotta
Guattari 213
Discussion 223

SESSION III - THE OTHER CAVES OF MONTE CIRCEO

M. Ruffo, A. Zarattini, The Grotta delle Capre (Goat Cave) at San Felice
Circeo: further investigations 241
L. Caloi, M.R. Palombo, Les grands mammifères du pleistocène supérieur
de Grotta Barbara (Monte Circeo, Latium méridional): encadrement biostratigraphique et implications paleoecologiques 267
M. Mussi, D. Zampetti, Le site Moustérien de Grotta Barbara 277
S. Vitagliano, M. Piperno, Lithic industry of level 27 beta of the Fossellone
Cave (S. Felice Circeo, Latina) 289
A. Bietti, S. Kuhn, A.G. Segre, M.C. Stiner, Grotta Breuil: a general
introduction and stratigraphy 305
T. Kotsakis, Late pleistocene fossil microvertebrates of Grotta Breuil
(Monte Circeo, Central Italy 325
M.C. Stiner, Ungulate exploitation in the terminal Mousterian of Italy:
the case of Grotta Breuil 333
P.Rossetti, G. Zanzi, Technological approach to reduction sequences of
the lithic industry from Grotta Breuil 351
S.L. Kuhn, Preliminary observations on tool manufacture and use
histories at Grotta Breuil 367
A. Bietti, S. Grimaldi, Patterns of reduction sequences at Grotta Breuil:
statistical analyses and comparisons of archaeological vs experimental
data 379
C. Lemorini, Prospects for a functional evaluation of the Mousterian site
of Grotta Breuil (Monte Circeo, Italy) 407
G. Manzi, P. Passarello, The human remains from Grotta Breuil
(M. Circeo, Italy) 429
Discussion 441

SESSION IV - OTHER MOUSTERIAN SITES IN LATIUM

S.H. Loving, A. Voorrips, O.W. Koot, H. Kamermans, The Pontinian
on the plain: some results from the Agro Pontino survey 453
P. Ansuini, M. La Rosa, M. Zei, Open air Mousterian sites in central-
south coastal Latium 479
I Biddittu, G. De Angelis, A.G. Segre, High altitude Mousterian sites in
interior Latium: Monte Gennaro and Monte Pellecchia (Lucretili
Regional Park, Rome) 499
S.L. Kuhn, Functional variabilità and chronological change in Pontinian
Mousterian assemblages 529
Discussion 549

ROND TABLE - THE LATIUM NEANDERTALS AS NEANDERTALS

A. Ascenzi, Can the Circeo cranium yield information on the extinction
of Würmian Neandertal humans? 565
0. Bar-Yosef, Mousterian adaptations - A global view 575
G. Giacobini, Hyenas or cannibali fifty years of debate on the Guattari
Cave Neandertal cranium 593
J.K. Kozlowski, Le charentien d'Europe centrale et la place de la technique Pontinienne 605
C.B. Stringer, A metrical study of the Guattari and Saccopastore crania 621
E. Trinkaus, Why bother with the Neandertals? 639
M.Otte, Le sens des différences dans le Mousterien d'Europe 653
P. Smith, Specialized features of Neandertal teeth and the Latium
Neandertals 663
A. Bietti, Is there a Pontinian culture? 673