Addendum: volume 24 (30): 621-646, December 19, 2025. AMS radiocarbon dating of Cervus elaphus from layers M3, Trench M, San Teodoro Cave Acquedolci, Messina, Sicily
We report a new AMS radiocarbon date from layer M3 of Trench M, San Teodoro Cave. After three unsuccessful attempts due to poor collagen preservation (Vita et al. 2025), a Cervus elaphus bone yielded well-preserved collagen meeting established quality criteria. The sample (UBA-56409, 11,512 ± 66 BP) calibrates with IntCal20 to 11.55–11.29 ka cal BP (95.4%), providing a direct chronological constraint for the Epigravettian occupation of Trench M. The determination places the M3 assemblage in the early Holocene transition, immediately after the Younger Dryas, and provides the first direct absolute chronology for this stratigraphic sequence. This article is an addendum of: https://doi.org/10.5852/cr-palevol2025v24a30
Authors
- Gerlando Vita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9325-1890)
- Nunziatina Calabrese
- Mirko Andrea Vizzini
- Ursula Thun Hohenstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2835-3679)
- Luca Sìneo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8634-2295)
- Ilham Bentaleb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6023-7929)
- Arianna Romano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5198-2379)
- Massimiliana PINTO VRACA
- Francesco LA PASTINA
Institutions
- University of Messina (IT)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- École Pratique des Hautes Études (FR)
- Université de Montpellier (FR)
- University of Ferrara (IT)
- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (FR)
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (FR)
- University of Palermo (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Comptes Rendus Palevol
- Published
- 2026-10-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5852/cr-palevol2026v25a24
- Primary Topic
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00