Archaeology of Grotta Scaloria

Ernestine S. Elster is a visiting assistant professor at the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Eugenia Isetti is the president of the Istituto Italiano di Archeologia Sperimentale in Genoa. John Robb is a professor in the Department of Archaeology at Cambridge University. Antonella Traverso is with the Soprintendenza Archeologia della Liguria.

• Ch. 1 Grotta Scaloria: An Archaeological History by Ernestine S. ElsterComments, Scaloria Day, Genoa 2008 by Santo TinéCh. 2 Introduction to Scaloria CaveCh. 2.1 Discovery and Explorations of the Cave, 1931-2013 by Eugenia IsettiCh. 2.2 Research in Occhiopinto Cave by Nicoletta Bianchi, Eugenia Isetti, and Antonella TraversoCh. 2.3 Radiocarbon Dating and Absolute Chronology by John RobbCh. 3 The Ancient Cave and Its Human OccupationCh. 3.1 Geoarchaeological Studies by Ivano Rellini, Andrea Ciampalini, Marco Firpo, and John HellstromCh. 3.2 Archaeobotanical Analysis: Paleoenvironmental Implications by Girolamo Fiorentino and Cosimo D'OronzoCh. 3.3 Prehistoric Animal Remains from Grotta Scaloria by László Bartosiewicz and Éva Ágnes NyergesCh. 3.4 Sensory Worlds of Grotta Scaloria by Sue Hamilton, Mike Seager Thomas, and Ruth WhitehouseSanto Tiné: A Special Tribute by Ruth WhitehouseCh. 3.5 Cults and Rites at Scaloria Cave: The Contextual Evidence by Eugenia Isetti, Antonella Traverso, and Anna Maria Tunzi SistoCh. 4 The Cave's Occupants in Life and DeathCh. 4.1 The Human Skeletal Remains from Scaloria Cave by Christopher Knu?sel, John Robb, and Mary Anne TafuriCh. 4.2 Diet during Life: Paleoeconomic Studies of Human Diet Using Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopes by Mary Anne Tafuri, Tamsin C. O'Connell, Ellon Souter, Nunzia Libianchi, and John RobbCh. 4.3 Mobility, Landscape, and the Function of the Cave: Evidence from Strontium Isotopes by Mary Anne Tafuri, Tamsin C. O'Connell, John Robb, Christopher Knu?sel, and Paul FullagarCh. 4.4 The Upper Cave: Taphonomic Analysis of the Treatment of the Dead by Christopher Knu?sel, John Robb, and Mary Anne TafuriCh. 5 Material Culture I. Pottery: Form, Decoration, and DistributionCh. 5.1 Pottery Morphology and Typology by Antonella TraversoCh. 5.2 Pottery from the Upper Chamber 1978 Excavations by Antonella TraversoCh. 5.3 Pottery from the Lower Chamber by Eugenia Isetti and Antonella TraversoCh. 5.4 Pottery from the Upper Chamber by Eugenia Isetti and Antonella TraversoCh. 5.5 Marija Gimbutas's Notes of Tavoliere Sites and Drawings of Scaloria Pottery: 1976-1980Ch. 5.6 Archaeometric Analysis of Ceramic Materials by Italo M. Muntoni and Giacomo EramoCh. 5.7 Scaloria Cave Ceramics in Museo Archaeologico Nazionale, Taranto: The Quagliati and Drago Collection by Mariantonia Gorgoglione, Eugenia Isetti, and Antonella TraversoCh. 6 Material Culture II. Stone Tools and Artifacts of Bone and ShellCh. 6.1 The Lithic Industry of the 1978 Excavation Campaign by Cecilia Conati BarbaroCh. 6.2 In Daily Use: 1979 Assemblage of Chipped Stone by Ernestine S. ElsterCh. 6.3 The Ground and Polished Stone Assemblage by Patrizia Garibaldi, Eugenia Isetti, Irene Molinari, and Guido RossiCh. 6.4 Bone Tool Industry by Donatella PianCh. 6.5 Shell from the Grotta Scaloria by David S. ReeseCh. 7 Conclusions by John Robb, Ernestine S. Elster, Eugenia Isetti, and Antonella Traverso