The fauna remains of the Angera Cave. From scientific data to museum significance

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https://doi.org/10.54103/2035-4797/30378

Keywords:

Angera; cave; excavations; remains; fauna; archaeozoology

Abstract

The Angera Cave (Lake Maggiore, Italy) is a karstic cavity set at the foot of a dolomitic rocky outcrop crowned by the Rocca di Angera. The cave has yielded, during excavations conducted on several occasions during the 20th century, a fair amount of material of various kinds, including numerous faunal remains. This contribution deals with the archaeozoological contents of the site with the aim of reviewing the data acquired through the research of the last century, arriving at a reconstruction of the environmental and cultural context of the faunal remains documented in the Grotta. Finally, a possible use of the studied remains within the framework of the Museum's classical functions is proposed.

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Erika Bersani, University of Milan

Erika Bersani holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Cultural Heritage Sciences from the University of Milan. She is currently a collaborator at the PrEcLab, Laboratory of Prehistory and Prehistoric Ecology of the University of Milan and deals in particular with Archaeozoology.

Umberto Tecchiati, University of Milan

Umberto Tecchiati is Associate Professor of Prehistory and Prehistoric Ecology and President of the three-year degree course in Cultural Heritage Sciences at the Department of Cultural and Environmental Heritage of the University of Milan. In the past he taught Prehistory and Archaeozoology at the Universities of Parma, Trento, Padua and Innsbruck (A). Former curator of the Civic Museum of Rovereto and the Archaeological Museum of Alto Adige, for almost twenty years he was an official and deputy director of the Archaeological Heritage Office of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – Alto Adige, where he directed numerous excavations. Member since 1996 of the Italian Institute of Prehistory and Protohistory (IIPP), president (2018-2025) of the Italian Association of Archaeozoology (AIAZ), he is a member of the scientific board of the ArchaeoBioCenter of the University of Munich (D), of the Fondazione Giovanni Angelini - Centro studi sulla montagna (Belluno) and visiting researcher of the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (A). Specialist in Alpine Archaeology and Archaeozoology, he is the author of numerous contributions especially focused on the economic and social structures of the prehistoric and protohistoric communities of northern Italy. He directs the excavations in the prehistoric sites of Colombare di Villa (Negrar di Valpolicella, VR) and in the Riserva delle Grotte preistoriche di Aisone (Valle Stura di Demonte, CN).

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Published

2025-12-17

How to Cite

Bersani, E., & Tecchiati, U. (2025). The fauna remains of the Angera Cave. From scientific data to museum significance. LANX. Journal of the Scuola Di Specializzazione in Beni Archeologici - Università Degli Studi Di Milano, (33), 138–166. https://doi.org/10.54103/2035-4797/30378

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No. 33 (2025)

Section

Introduction to the Proceedings of the Congress “Accompagnare il passato verso il futuro. 50 anni di Civico Museo Archeologico di Angera”

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