ANTHRACOLOGY OF PREHISTORIC HEARTHS FROM ITALY - NEW DATA TO RECONSTRUCT ENVIRONMENT DURING WURM

In the present anthracological work, 10 palaeolithic sites in Northern Italy and 2 In Southern Italy are considered. They are belonging to m iddle and upper Worm and to Late glacial. We suggest, as reconstructio n of ancient vegetation and landscape : a) In the subalpine area, duri ng the pleniglacial phase, some microthermic species are in progress, the most important of which was Larix; b) In Southern Italy (Campania) , there was a greater range of species during the Wurm, but mediterran ean taxa were not present ; perhaps, they were restricted to a narrow belt near the Tirrenian cost