Sample name: Canale delle Acque Alte (Layer C2)

Sample aka: Canale Mussolini

Reference: S. Farina. 2011. Late Pleistocene-Holocene mammals from Canale delle Acque Alte (Canale Mussolini) (Agro Pontino, Latium). Bollettino della Societá Paleontologica Italiana 50(1):11-22 [ER 3770]

Lithology: sandstone

Archaeology: stone tools

Habitat comments: Eleven layers have been identified from the channel sequence. Layer C2 consists of "reddish cross-bedded sands with mammals and Mousterian industry".

Life forms: carnivores,ungulates

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 147 specimens

Sampled by: A. C. Blanc

Years: 1935

Sampling comments: "The Acque Alte Channel was excavated in 1935. The paleontological collection is now housed at the Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa. All specimens were categorized, level by level, using standard taphonomic parameters, which were used to calculate the relative frequency of the taxa".
"Blanc (1935; 1957) affirm that part of the fossils were recovered in situ, while others were found in the channel. Specifically, 159 bear a tag stating a generic provenance from “Canale Mussolini”, while other tags report the layer of find. Features in common with the specimens collected in situ (e.g., state of conservation, kind of fossilization, colour and concretions) allowed for tentative stratigraphical repositioning of the untagged specimens".

Sample number: 4044

Contributor: Benjamin Carter

Enterer: Benjamin Carter

Created: 2023-02-13 12:53:49

Modified: 2023-05-30 03:25:28