Editing Abruzzo (section)

==== Paleolithic ====
Although an earlier presence cannot be ruled out, findings in the region related to [[archaic humans]] date from up to around 700,000 years ago ([[Acheulean Culture]]). Thousands of [[flint]] [[stone tool|tools]] and [[weapons]] have been collected on [[fluvial terrace]]s (e.g. Madonna del Freddo at [[Chieti]]) and near [[lake#Paleolakes|former lakes]] (e.g. Valle Giumentina at [[Caramanico Terme]] and [[Valle Peligna]] at [[Popoli]]). These testify to the presence of different [[Homo]] species over time, ranging from [[Homo erectus]] and [[Neanderthal]]s to modern humans. A site located at [[Popoli]] (Svolte di Popoli) also contained animal bones, which in that case was of a [[hippopotamus]]. The most important evidence of [[Neanderthals]] presence in the region was found in caves in [[Calascio]] and dates back to the [[Middle Paleolithic]].<ref name=museo>{{cite AV media|title=The People Of Abruzzo And Their Millennia Of History|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbDu_cBBCnc|access-date=29 September 2024|publisher=[[Museo delle Genti d'Abruzzo]]}}</ref>

Significant evidence of [[Upper Paleolithic]] [[human]] populations has been found in various places, including the [[Fucine Lake|Fucino]] [[depression (geology)|depression]] and [[Montebello di Bertona]], the latter giving its name to a distinctive [[stoneworking]] technique called "Bertonian".<ref>{{treccani|facies-bertoniana|Facies Bertoniana}}</ref><ref>{{cite conference|last1=Tozzi|first1=Carlo|date=September 2001|title=Preistoria e protostoria dell'Abruzzo|language=IT|trans-title=Prehistory and protohistory of Abruzzo|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284631974|location=Chieti|publisher=Istituto italiano di preistoria e protostoria|access-date=8 March 2024}}</ref><ref name=Sapere.it>{{cite web|url=http://www.sapere.it/enciclopedia/Abruzzo+o+Abruzzi.html|title=Abruzzo o Abruzzi|website=Sapere.it|date=5 June 2020|publisher=[[De Agostini]]|language=IT|access-date=March 3, 2024|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407053624/https://www.sapere.it/enciclopedia/Abruzzo+o+Abruzzi.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Treccani>{{treccani|abruzzo|Abruzzo}}</ref>