Project description

Through the multidisciplinary study of the two sites of Riparo Tagliente (Bartolomei et al. 1982; Bortolini et al. 2021; Fontana et al. 2009, 2018) and Badanj (Borić et al. 2023; Basler 1976; Miracle & O’Brien 1998; Whallon 1999) AFTER THE ICE will provide important insights into the evolution of Epigravettian hunter-gatherers faced by dramatic climatic and environmental changes during the Late Pleistocene. 

The project will:

Excavations at Badanj at the start of the 1986 field seasons (photo: R. Whallon).

Riparo Tagliente (photo: F. Fontana)