Oggetto archeologico
Bos primigenius, fragmentary hornUp one level |
Civic Museum Paleontology and Palaeo-ethonology “Decio de Lorentiis”. Bos
primigenius, fragmentary horn. Riss-Würm interglacial period. 120-80,000 years.
The findings belong to the median and distal zone of a horn of Bos primigenius or Aurochs, a large extinct wild bovine, very common in Europe starting from the Gunz-Mindelm interglacial period, also represented in various cave drawings of the Palaeolithic period, for example in the paintings of Lascaux and Livernon, in France and in a graffito of Grotta Romanelli in Castro. The last specimen of Bos primigenius seen, a female, was killed in 1627 in the forest of Jaktoròw, in Poland.
Further information
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| Identificazione | ||
| Inventory number: | 85284; 85287, 85288 | |
| Precedenti localizzazioni | ||
| Provenance: | D. De Lorentiis collection | |
| Reperimento | ||
| Place of discovery: | Catampeli estate, Melpignano (Le) | |
| Oggetto | ||
| Class and ware: | fossil | |
| Cronologia | ||
| Period: | Riss-Würm interglacial period | |
| Datazione certa secolo: | 120-80,000 years | |
| Dati tecnici | ||
| Width: | 12,0 - 7,0 - 8,9 | |
| Length: | 29,4 - 25,1 - 25,8 | |
| Thickness: | 6,4 - 6,8 - 6,8 | |
| Varie: | Unit cm | |
