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Marco Peresani

Marco Peresani (Udine, 2 November 1963) is an Italian prehistoric archaeologist, anthropologist, university professor and scientific communicator.

Career[edit]

His training and expertise bridges the Natural Sciences and the Humanities.[1] After completing is PhD in 1993 at the university of Ferrara, under the mentorship of Prof. Alberto Broglio and Prof. Mauro Cremaschi, he took on research and teaching positions in the same institution.[1] Since 2022, he is Full Professor at Department of Humanities of the university of Ferrara.[1][2]

Research[edit]

His research has focused on the Middle Palaeolithic[3][4] (300-40 ka BP- Neanderthal Man), the arrival of Homo sapiens and the subsequent disappearance of the Neanderthal (45-40 ka BP- Transition between Middle and Upper Palaeolithic)[5][6] and the peopling of the Adriatic area during the phases before and after the Last Glacial Maximum.[7][8][9] He has particularly dedicated himself to the N-E Italian area, but his collaborations and consultancies have led him to expand his range of action to the N-W Apennines (Piovesello site[10]) and Liguria (Arma Veirana site[11]) and archaeological research on both sides of the mid-Adriatic (Marche[12] and Albania[13]). Thanks to these studies of considerable importance, it boasts numerous collaborations with research institutes on international projects.[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] The wealth of his research is represented by the various sites investigated over the years: Grotta de Nadale[24] (Berici, Quina Mousterian), Riparo and Grotta del Broion[5][25] (Berici, Uluzzian and final Mousterian), Riparo Villabruna (Epigravettian burial[26][27]) Grotta del Rio Secco[28][29] (PN, specialised hunting of cave bears by Neanderthals[30]), Grotta del Clusantin (specialised hunting of marmots in the Late Glacial period[31][32]). A site representing the synthesis of his research is Grotta di Fumane (VR).

Fumane[edit]

Marco Peresani showing the Upper Palaeolithic section of the Fumane stratigraphical sequence

Research at Grotta di Fumane represents his biggest endavour. He assisted Prof. A. Broglio and M. Cremaschi from the start of the excavation and took the lead in 2006.[33] The impressive stratigraphic archive (ca. 80-30 ka BP) and the good conditions of preservation make it a key site for understanding the adaptive and cultural dynamics first of Neanderthals[34][35] and then of the early Sapiens.[36][37] Among the numerous discoveries, the most important are:

  • the Aurignacian painted stones[38] (ca. 35 ka BP), including the Shaman, can be traced back to the use of the cave by the early Homo sapiens.
  • the Uluzzian, a culture that is completely alien to both the preceding and following contexts, and which signals the arrival of the first Homo sapiens in the Italian peninsula.
  • Non-utilitarian behaviours of the last Neanderthals like exploitation of birds’ feathers and talons,[39] fossil shell as a pendant,[40] and green serpentinite pebbles.[41]

Bibliography[edit]

He is the author and co-author of more than 330 scientific articles and editor of more than ten volumes.[1]

Most significant articles and books[edit]

  • Peresani M., Monegato G., Ravazzi C., Bertola S., Margaritora D., Breda M., Fontana A., Fontana F., Janković I., Karavanic I., Komšo D., Mozzi P., Pini R., Furlanetto G., Giovanni Maria De Amicis M., Perhoč Z., Posth C., Ronchi L., Rossato S., Vukosavljević N., Zerboni A., 2021. Hunter-gatherers across the Great Adriatic-Po Region during the Last Glacial Maximum: environmental and cultural dynamics. Quaternary International, special issue LGM in Europe, 581–582, pp. 128–163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2020.10.007[42]
  • Peresani M., Bertola S., Delpiano D., Benazzi S., Romandini M., 2019. The Uluzzian in the north of Italy. Insights around the new evidence at Riparo Broion Rockshelter. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 11(7), pp. 3503–3536. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-018-0770-z[5]
  • Peresani M., Vanhaeren M., Quaggiotto E., Queffelec A., d'Errico F., 2013, An ochered fossil marine shell from the Mousterian of Fumane Cave, Italy. PLosOne, 8(7), e68572. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068572[43]
  • Peresani M., Fiore I., Gala M., Romandini M., Tagliacozzo A., 2011, Late Neandertals and the intentional removal of feathers as evidenced from bird bone taphonomy at Fumane cave 44ky BP, Italy. Proceedings National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108, pp. 3888–3893. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1016212108[44]
  • Peresani, Marco, ed. (2003). Discoid lithic technology : advances and implications. Oxford: Archaeopress. ISBN 1-84171-496-8. OCLC 52865761.

Membership in scientific associations[edit]

He is an active member of the most important Italian and international Associations and Academies of the sector: Italian Institute of Prehistory and Protohistory,[45] Association of Italian Anthropologists,[46] Hugo Obermaier Gesellschaft,[1] European Society for the Study of Human Evolution,[1] VIII Commission of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences, Italian Quaternary Association (Presidency Council member[47]), and Accademia Olimpica of Vicenza[48]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  2. ^ "PERESANI MARCO". docente.unife.it. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  3. ^ Picin, Andrea; Peresani, Marco; Falguères, Christophe; Gruppioni, Giulia; Bahain, Jean-Jacques (October 2013). "San Bernardino Cave (Italy) and the Appearance of Levallois Technology in Europe: Results of a Radiometric and Technological Reassessment". PLOS ONE. 8 (10): e76182. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...876182P. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076182. PMC 3797834. PMID 24146836.
  4. ^ Peresani, Marco; Boldrin, Marta; Pasetti, Paolo (2015-03-10). "Assessing the exploitation of double patinated artifacts from the Late Mousterian: Implications for lithic economy and human mobility in northern Italy". Quaternary International. The Origins of Recycling: A Paleolithic Perspective. 361: 238–250. Bibcode:2015QuInt.361..238P. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2014.10.058. ISSN 1040-6182.
  5. ^ a b c Peresani, M.; Bertola, Stefano; Delpiano, D.; Benazzi, S.; Romandini, M. (2019). "The Uluzzian in the north of Italy: insights around the new evidence at Riparo Broion". Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 11 (7): 3503–3536. doi:10.1007/s12520-018-0770-z. hdl:11585/739597. S2CID 134508958.
  6. ^ Peresani, Marco (2008-08-01). "A New Cultural Frontier for the Last Neanderthals: The Uluzzian in Northern Italy". Current Anthropology. 49 (4): 725–731. doi:10.1086/588540. ISSN 0011-3204. S2CID 52082656.
  7. ^ Peresani, Marco. "L'Epigravettiano recente nell'area prealpina e alpina orientale". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ Oxilia, Gregorio; Bortolini, Eugenio; Badino, Federica; Bernardini, Federico; Gazzoni, Valentina; Lugli, Federico; Romandini, Matteo; Radini, Anita; Terlato, Gabriele; Marciani, Giulia; Silvestrini, Sara (February 2021). "Exploring late Paleolithic and Mesolithic diet in the Eastern Alpine region of Italy through multiple proxies". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 174 (2): 232–253. doi:10.1002/ajpa.24128. ISSN 0002-9483. PMC 7918647. PMID 32914870.
  9. ^ Peresani, Marco; Monegato, Giovanni; Ravazzi, Cesare; Bertola, Stefano; Margaritora, Davide; Breda, Marzia; Fontana, Alessandro; Fontana, Federica; Janković, Ivor; Karavanić, Ivor; Komšo, Darko (April 2021). "Hunter-gatherers across the great Adriatic-Po region during the Last Glacial Maximum: Environmental and cultural dynamics". Quaternary International. 581–582: 128–163. Bibcode:2021QuInt.581..128P. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2020.10.007. hdl:11392/2425164. S2CID 225110317.
  10. ^ Peresani, Marco; Ravazzi, Cesare; Pini, Roberta; Margaritora, Davide; Cocilova, Arianna; Delpiano, Davide; Bertola, Stefano; Castellano, Lorenzo; Martino, Gabriele; Nicosia, Cristiano (2018-05-29). "HUMAN RESILIENCE AND THE CLIMATIC IMPACT OF GREENLAND STADIAL 5 ON THE LANDSCAPE OF THE NORTHERN APENNINE WATERSHED. AN ASSESSMENT BASED ON MULTIDISCIPLINARY DATA FROM THE PIOVESELLO GRAVETTIAN SITE". Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary. 31: 89–92. ISSN 2279-7335.
  11. ^ Hodgkins, Jamie; Orr, Caley M.; Gravel-Miguel, Claudine; Riel-Salvatore, Julien; Miller, Christopher E.; Bondioli, Luca; Nava, Alessia; Lugli, Federico; Talamo, Sahra; Hajdinjak, Mateja; Cristiani, Emanuela (2021-12-14). "An infant burial from Arma Veirana in northwestern Italy provides insights into funerary practices and female personhood in early Mesolithic Europe". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 23735. Bibcode:2021NatSR..1123735H. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-02804-z. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8671481. PMID 34907203.
  12. ^ Nicoud, Elisa; Villa, Valentina; Peresani, Marco (2022-02-03). "Le Paléolithique ancien des Marches (Italie): 2ème mission : prospections, cartographie et études en musées". Bulletin archéologique des Écoles françaises à l'étranger. doi:10.4000/baefe.4831. ISSN 2732-687X. S2CID 246575232.
  13. ^ "ANTICHE CITTÀ E PAESAGGI D'ALBANIAUn secolo di ricerche archeologiche italo-albanesiQYTETET ANTIKE DHE PEIZAZHI NË SHQIPËRINjë shekull kërkimesh arkeologjike italo-shqiptare - EdipugliaEdipuglia". edipuglia.it. 2016. doi:10.4475/795. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  14. ^ Fellows Yates, James A.; Velsko, Irina M.; Aron, Franziska; Posth, Cosimo; Hofman, Courtney A.; Austin, Rita M.; Parker, Cody E.; Mann, Allison E.; Nägele, Kathrin; Arthur, Kathryn Weedman; Arthur, John W. (2021-05-18). "The evolution and changing ecology of the African hominid oral microbiome". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118 (20): e2021655118. Bibcode:2021PNAS..11821655F. doi:10.1073/pnas.2021655118. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 8157933. PMID 33972424.
  15. ^ Benazzi, S.; Slon, V.; Talamo, S.; Negrino, F.; Peresani, M.; Bailey, S. E.; Sawyer, S.; Panetta, D.; Vicino, G.; Starnini, E.; Mannino, M. A. (2015-05-15). "The makers of the Protoaurignacian and implications for Neandertal extinction". Science. 348 (6236): 793–796. Bibcode:2015Sci...348..793B. doi:10.1126/science.aaa2773. hdl:11567/898824. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 25908660. S2CID 1579740.
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  18. ^ Romandini, Matteo; Peresani, Marco; Laroulandie, Véronique; Metz, Laure; Pastoors, Andreas; Vaquero, Manuel; Slimak, Ludovic (2014). "Convergent evidence of eagle talons used by late Neanderthals in Europe: a further assessment on symbolism". PLOS ONE. 9 (7): e101278. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j1278R. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0101278. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4092065. PMID 25010346.
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  23. ^ "Fumane Cave - Ice Age Europe". www.ice-age-europe.eu. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  24. ^ Jéquier, Camille; Peresani, Marco; Romandini, Matteo; Delpiano, Davide; Joannes-Boyau, Renaud; Lembo, Giuseppe; Livraghi, Alessandra; López-García, Juan Manuel; Obradović, Marija; Nicosia, Cristiano (2015). "The De Nadale Cave, a single layered Quina Mousterian site in the North of Italy: Die De Nadale Höhle, eine einphasige Fundstelle des Moustérien vom Typ Quina in Norditalien". Quartär – Internationales Jahrbuch zur Erforschung des Eiszeitalters und der Steinzeit. 62: 7–21. doi:10.7485/QU62_1. ISSN 2749-9995.
  25. ^ Porraz, Guillaume; Peresani, Marco (2004). "Ré- interprétation et mise en valeur des niveaux moustériens de la Grotte du Broion (Monti Berici, Vénétie): Etude techno-économique des industries lithiques". Rivista di scienze preistoriche (54): 181–248. ISSN 0035-6514.
  26. ^ Vercellotti, Giuseppe; Alciati, Giancarlo; Richards, Michael P.; Formicola, Vincenzo (2008). "The Late Upper Paleolithic skeleton Villabruna 1 (Italy): a source of data on biology and behavior of a 14,000 year-old hunter". Journal of Anthropological Sciences. 86: 143–163. ISSN 1827-4765. PMID 19934473.
  27. ^ Oxilia, Gregorio; Peresani, Marco; Romandini, Matteo; Matteucci, Chiara; Spiteri, Cynthianne Debono; Henry, Amanda G.; Schulz, Dieter; Archer, Will; Crezzini, Jacopo; Boschin, Francesco; Boscato, Paolo (2015-07-16). "Earliest evidence of dental caries manipulation in the Late Upper Palaeolithic". Scientific Reports. 5 (1): 12150. Bibcode:2015NatSR...512150O. doi:10.1038/srep12150. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 4504065. PMID 26179739.
  28. ^ Peresani, M.; Gurioli, Fabio (2015). "THE RIO SECCO CAVE , A NEW FINAL MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC SITE IN NORTH-EASTERN ITALY". S2CID 12382593. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  29. ^ Peresani, Marco; Romandini, Matteo; Duches, Rossella; Jéquier, Camille; Nannini, Nicola; Pastoors, Andreas; Picin, Andrea; Schmidt, Isabell; Vaquero, Manuel; Weniger, Gerd-Christian (2014-01-01). "New evidence for the Mousterian and Gravettian at Rio Secco Cave, Italy". Journal of Field Archaeology. 39 (4): 401–416. doi:10.1179/0093469014Z.00000000098. hdl:11585/589535. ISSN 0093-4690. S2CID 129462535.
  30. ^ Romandini, Matteo; Terlato, Gabriele; Nannini, Nicola; Tagliacozzo, Antonio; Benazzi, Stefano; Peresani, Marco (2018-02-01). "Bears and humans, a Neanderthal tale. Reconstructing uncommon behaviors from zooarchaeological evidence in southern Europe". Journal of Archaeological Science. 90: 71–91. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2017.12.004. hdl:11585/634809. ISSN 0305-4403. S2CID 53410125.
  31. ^ Romandini, Matteo; Peresani, Marco; Gurioli, Fabio; Sala, Benedetto (2012-02-27). "Marmota marmota, the most common prey species at Grotta del Clusantin: Insights from an unusual case-study in the Italian Alps". Quaternary International. The evolution of the hominin food resource exploitation in Pleistocene Europe: Recent Studies in Zooarchaeology. 252: 184–194. Bibcode:2012QuInt.252..184R. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2011.03.016. ISSN 1040-6182.
  32. ^ Nannini, Nicola; Duches, Rossella; Fontana, Alex; Romandini, Matteo; Boschin, Francesco; Crezzini, Jacopo; Peresani, Marco (2022-02-01). "Marmot hunting during the Upper Palaeolithic: The specialized exploitation at Grotte di Pradis (Italian pre-Alps)". Quaternary Science Reviews. 277: 107364. Bibcode:2022QSRv..27707364N. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107364. ISSN 0277-3791. S2CID 245809131.
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  34. ^ Peresani, Marco (2012-01-09). "Fifty thousand years of flint knapping and tool shaping across the Mousterian and Uluzzian sequence of Fumane cave". Quaternary International. The Neanderthal Home: spatial and social behaviours. 247: 125–150. Bibcode:2012QuInt.247..125P. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2011.02.006. ISSN 1040-6182.
  35. ^ Sinet-Mathiot, Virginie; Smith, Geoff M.; Romandini, Matteo; Wilcke, Arndt; Peresani, Marco; Hublin, Jean-Jacques; Welker, Frido (December 2019). "Combining ZooMS and zooarchaeology to study Late Pleistocene hominin behaviour at Fumane (Italy)". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 12350. Bibcode:2019NatSR...912350S. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-48706-z. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 6710433. PMID 31451791.
  36. ^ Falcucci, Armando; Conard, Nicholas J.; Peresani, Marco (2020-12-31). "Breaking through the Aquitaine frame: A re-evaluation on the significance of regional variants during the Aurignacian as seen from a key record in southern Europe". Journal of Anthropological Sciences. 98 (98): 99–140. doi:10.4436/JASS.98021. ISSN 2037-0644. PMID 33341757.
  37. ^ Aleo, Alessandro; Duches, Rossella; Falcucci, Armando; Rots, Veerle; Peresani, Marco (2021-07-17). "Scraping hide in the early Upper Paleolithic: Insights into the life and function of the Protoaurignacian endscrapers at Fumane Cave". Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 13 (8): 137. doi:10.1007/s12520-021-01367-4. hdl:11392/2460718. ISSN 1866-9565. S2CID 235966881.
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  39. ^ Peresani, Marco; Fiore, Ivana; Gala, Monica; Romandini, Matteo; Tagliacozzo, Antonio (2011-03-08). "Late Neandertals and the intentional removal of feathers as evidenced from bird bone taphonomy at Fumane Cave 44 ky B.P., Italy". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (10): 3888–3893. Bibcode:2011PNAS..108.3888P. doi:10.1073/pnas.1016212108. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 3054018. PMID 21368129.
  40. ^ Peresani, Marco; Vanhaeren, Marian; Quaggiotto, Ermanno; Queffelec, Alain; d’Errico, Francesco (2013-07-10). "An Ochered Fossil Marine Shell From the Mousterian of Fumane Cave, Italy". PLOS ONE. 8 (7): e68572. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...868572P. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068572. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3707824. PMID 23874677.
  41. ^ Peresani, Marco; Bertola, Stefano; Caricola, Isabella; Nunziante Cesaro, Stella; Duches, Rossella; Ferretti, Paolo; Margaritora, Davide; Marrocchino, Elena; Eftekhari, Negar; Vaccaro, Carmela; Zupancich, Andrea (2021-12-01). "A taste for the unusual. Green, flat pebbles used by late Neanderthals". Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 64: 101368. doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2021.101368. hdl:11392/2469720. ISSN 0278-4165. S2CID 244060807.
  42. ^ Peresani, Marco; Monegato, Giovanni; Ravazzi, Cesare; Bertola, Stefano; Margaritora, Davide; Breda, Marzia; Fontana, Alessandro; Fontana, Federica; Janković, Ivor; Karavanić, Ivor; Komšo, Darko (2021-04-20). "Hunter-gatherers across the great Adriatic-Po region during the Last Glacial Maximum: Environmental and cultural dynamics". Quaternary International. The Last Glacial Maximum in Europe – State of the Art in Geoscience and Archaeology. 581–582: 128–163. Bibcode:2021QuInt.581..128P. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2020.10.007. hdl:11392/2425164. ISSN 1040-6182. S2CID 225110317.
  43. ^ Peresani, Marco; Vanhaeren, Marian; Quaggiotto, Ermanno; Queffelec, Alain; d’Errico, Francesco (2013-07-10). "An Ochered Fossil Marine Shell From the Mousterian of Fumane Cave, Italy". PLOS ONE. 8 (7): e68572. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...868572P. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068572. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3707824. PMID 23874677.
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