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The beginning of the Neolithic in Southern Italy and Sicily

2018

Abstract The process of Neolithization of Southern Italy and Sicily covers about 500 years (6200–5700 cal BC) and involves two cultural horizons: Archaic Impressed Ware or “Impresse Arcaiche” and Advanced Impressed Ware or “Impresse Evolute”. In Southern Italy the Neolithic peopling from the East is characterized by a “package” of plenty domesticated plants and livestock; in Sicily the adoption of the new economical system is apparently more slow and with no evidences of ruptures between the Mesolithic groups and first farmers. In this paper we present the chronological and cultural framework of the sixth millennium BC within the area of investigation, with an up-to-date bibliography about …

Settore L-ANT/01 - Preistoria E Protostoria010506 paleontologyClimate01 natural sciencesCave0601 history and archaeologyNeolithicDomesticationSicilyShort durationMesolithic0105 earth and related environmental sciencesEarth-Surface ProcessesOpen airShoregeographygeography.geographical_feature_category060102 archaeologybusiness.industrySettore L-ANT/09 - Topografia Anticasettlement strategie06 humanities and the artsArchaeologyLivestockSouthern ItalybusinessSettlement (litigation)MesolithicQuaternary International
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Early pastoral communities in the mountains of Sicily. Prehistoric evidence from Vallone Inferno (Scillato) in the palaeoenvironmental framework of t…

2021

Abstract This paper discusses the Middle Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age phases of the occupation of a rock shelter at Vallone Inferno (Scillato, Palermo) in Sicily. Vallone Inferno is a key site for studying the early establishment and development of pastoralism in the prehistoric mountainous environments of Sicily. Seasonal use of the site as a shelter is documented for the earliest pastoral communities that exploited the Madonie mountain range. The results of the analysis of pottery and lithic assemblages contribute to the definition of two chronocultural frameworks that were linked by the same economic subsistence base. The special role of obsidian emerges, while the mobility pattern…

Settore L-ANT/01 - Preistoria E ProtostoriaArcheologyHistorygeographygeography.geographical_feature_categoryCastelluccio Early Bronze Age Late Copper Age Neolithic Obsidian Pastoralism Settlement strategiesPastoralismSettore L-ANT/09 - Topografia AnticaHuman Factors and ErgonomicsChalcolithicArchaeologyPrehistoryAridificationBronze AgePotteryMountain rangeRock shelterJournal of Anthropological Archaeology
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