ALLE PENDICI DEI COLLI ALBANI, DINAMICHE INSEDIATIVE E CULTURA MATERIALE AI CONFINI CON ROMA (ON THE SLOPES OF THE ALBAN HILLS, SETTLEMENT DYNAMICS AND MATERIAL CULTURE ON THE CONFINES OF ROME)

Human occupation of the Alban Hills began during the Pleistocene in conjunction with the last eruptive phases of this volcanic district. Anthropic traces from the Lower, Middle and Upper Paleolithic have been found both at the foot and inside the caldera of the ancient volcanic edifice, indicating discontinuous frequentation of the area, due partly to the eruptive activity and partly to specific behavioral and economic models followed by the different species of Homo.