Preistoria Alpina v. 34 (1998) The Frea IV rockshelter (Selva V al Gardena, BZ) DIEGO E. ANGELUCCI, MARISA ALESsro, GroRGIO BARTOLOMEI, PIER FRANcESco CASsou, SALVATORE IMPROTA, ALFIO MASPERO & ANTONIO TAGLIACOZZO ABSTRACT - The paper shortly illustrates the results of the fieldwork which was performed in 1994 at the Mesolithic mountain site of Frea IV, in the Dolomites (Italy). Interdisciplinary data, concerning the pedostratigraphy, radiocarbon dating, charcoal fragments, micro- and macrofaunal remains are presented and briefly discussed, in the context of the Southern Alpine Mesolithic record Key words: Mesolithic, Dolomites, Plan de Frea, Mountain environment Parole chiave: Mesolitico, Dolomiti, Plan de Frea, Ambiente montano Diego Angelucci - Centro de Investigac;:ao em Paleoecologia Humana e Arqueociencias, Av. da India, 136 P- 1300-300 Lisboa (Portugal). E-mail:
[email protected] Marisa Alessio & Salvatore Improta - Dip.to di Fisica, Universita deg1i Studi "La Sapienza", P.le A. Moro 2, I -00185 Roma Giorgio Bartolomei - Dip.to di Studi Storici, Universita di Venezia, calle del Piovan, San Marco 2546, 1-20124 Venezia Pier Francesco Cassoli & Antonio Tagliacozzo - Soprintendenza Speciale al Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico "L. Pigorini", Roma - Laboratorio di Paleontologia del Quaternario e Archeozoologia, Via1e Lincoln 3, 1-00144 Roma Alfio Maspero - Musei civici di Como, Lab. di Archeobiologia, P.le Medaglie d'Oro 1, 1-22100 Como 1. SETTING (D.E.A.) In summer 1994 new fieldwork was conducted with the intent of finishing the Frea IV study2• The investigation undertaken with the usual Plan de Frea is a dell situated in the upper part methods of archaeological research thoroughly of Gardena valley, near Gardena Pass.