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Protagonist of the period of fervor of studies and specialist publications of the second half of the nineteenth century, he was a promoter of the
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In the years between 1843 and 1847, he travelled to many
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Scarabelli personally acquired upon the death of the previous owner, near Senigallia. The first major work that Scarabelli had to carry out after the unification of Italy was the geological map of the province of
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Since 1857 he was one of the founders of the Imola "Cabinet of
Natural History", the first nucleus of the Museum which is now named after him. A member of the Accademia dei Lincei, Scarabelli was president of the Italian Geological Society in 1888.
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age of the bones of some large mammals that had inhabited the Imola
Apennines in prehistoric times. Another innovative line of research, which gave him a leading role in the affirmation of
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Between 1873 and 1883 he was engaged in archaeological excavations in the prehistoric village located on Mount
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in Italy, was represented by the study of the stone weapons collected there. In 1850 he published the results of his research in the study
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