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The Gravettian burial known as the Prince (“Il Principe”): new evidence for his age and diet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

P. B. Pettitt ,
M. Richards ,
R. Maggi  and
V. Formicola
P. B. Pettitt
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Keble College, Oxford OX1 3PG, UK. paul.pettitt@keble.ox.ac.uk
M. Richards
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK. M.P.Richards@Bradford.ac.uk
R. Maggi
Affiliation:
Soprintendenza Archeologica della Liguria, via Balbi 10, 16126 Genova, Italy. museoarchiavari@libero.it
V. Formicola
Affiliation:
Dpt. di Etologia Ecologia ed Evoluzione, via A. Volta 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy. vformi@discau.unipi.it
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Abstract

The famous upper Palaeolithic (Gravettian) burial with shell ornaments known as “Il Principe” was discovered in Italy sixty years ago. Here the authors present recent scientific research on his skeleton, leading to new assessments of the date of the burial and indications of diet.

Keywords

GravettianburialItaly
Type
Research
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Antiquity , Volume 77 , Issue 295 , March 2003 , pp. 15 - 19
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2003

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