Table 1 Stratigraphic data, techno-cultural attribution, chronological range, respective fieldwork directors, and published lithic datasets for the four Aurignacian sites in Italy, demonstrating the comprehensive nature of the data available for research.

Grotta della Cala (n = 420)

AU10 = Early Aurignacian

AU11 = Early Aurignacian

AU12 = Early Aurignacian

AU13 = Early Aurignacian

39.9–37.4 ky cal BP⁸²

A. Moroni

^2,112,136

Grotta di Castelcivita (n = 538)

ars = Early Aurignacian

gic = Early Aurignacian

rsa’ = Protoaurignacian

41.8–39.9 ky cal BP⁸²

A. Moroni

^1,95,137

Grotta di Fumane (n = 948)

D1d, D1f = Early Gravettian

D1, D1c = Aurignacian*

D3b = Aurignacian*

D3b alpha = Early Aurignacian

D3d = Aurignacian*

D3d base = Aurignacian*

D3 + D6 = Aurignacian*

D6 = Aurignacian*

A1 = Protoaurignacian

A2 = Protoaurignacian

41.2-33.2 ky cal BP^118,138,139

M. Peresani

^{4,31,109,110,140,141,142}

Riparo Bombrini (n = 110)

A0 = Early Aurignacian

A1 = Protoaurignacian

A2 = Protoaurignacian

41-2–35.9 ky cal BP¹¹⁹

F. Negrino & J. Riel-Salvatore

^3,105,143