Cesi, an early Middle Pleistocene site in the Colfiorito Basin (Umbro-Marchean Apennine), central Italy

✍ Scribed by G. Ficcarelli; L. Abbazzi; A. Albianelli; A. Bertini; M. Coltorti; M. Magnatti; F. Masini; P. Mazza; C. Mezzabotta; G. Napoleone; L. Rook; M. Rustioni; D. Torre

• Book ID: 101283017
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 341 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0267-8179
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1417(199711/12)12:6<507::aid-jqs329>3.0.co;2-e

✦ Synopsis

Near the village of Cesi, at the head of the Chienti River, in the Colfiorito Basin (Umbro-Marchean Apennines, central Italy), fluvio-lacustrine deposits have yielded mammal fossil remains. The results of a multidisciplinary investigation indicate that the vertebrate-bearing sediments date about 700 ka and accordingly provide a fossil assemblage for the Middle-Late Galerian. Palynological investigations carried out from sediments underlying the fossiliferous level suggest predominantly cold and dry conditions, whereas the fauna suggests a slight climatic amelioration towards cool and moist conditions in the uppermost part of the sequence.