Uluzzian

The Uluzzian Culture is the transitional archaeological culture between the Middle paleolithic & the Upper Paleolithic, found in Italy and Greece.

A team led by archaeological scientist Katerina Douka has dated the Uluzzian as lasting from shortly ago 45,000 to around 39,500 years previously present BP, at a similar date or slightly earlier than the Campanian Ignimbrite eruption.

Geographical extent: In Italy: Apulia the Grotta del Cavallo and the Uluzzo cave, Basilicata, Campania, Calabria, Tuscany, and Fumane the northernmost point. outside of Italy, only in Argolis, Greece the cave of Klissoura.

Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition

The Uluzzian is one of several techno-complexes considered to be "transitional assemblages": Uluzzian, Châtelperronian, Szeletian, and Lincombian-Ranisian-Jerzmanowician.