Radiocarbon dates from prehistoric sites in the Badisco area (Otranto –Le)

Aprile Giorgia, Ingravallo Elettra, Tiberi Ida, Quarta Gianluca, Calcagnile Lucio

Abstract

We presents the results of a radiocarbon dating campaign performed on organic samples from three important prehistoric sites of the Porto Badisco territory (Apulia-Southern Italy): Grotta dei Cervi, Cunicolo dei Diavoli and the village of Portorusso. The dating of a human jaw from Cunicolo dei Diavoli has confirmed the funeral use of the cavity during the Copper Age. On the other hand, AMS radiocarbon dating of a fragment of charcoal extracted from a jug in Macchia a Mare/Zinzulusa style from the Grotta dei Cervi, made it possible to clarify the long debated chronology of this facies. Radiocarbon results are also presented from the fortified village of Portorusso, dated to the Middle Bronze age (XV-XIV centuries BC).

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