Abstract
Abstract The paper presents the results obtained by techno-typological analysis of a lithic assemblage from the Neolithic layers of Grotta San Michele Arcangelo di Saracena (Cosenza) together with the results of micro-wear analysis obtained from a preliminary selection of obsidian artifacts with different provenances distinguished by pXRF analysis. The site provides one of the best preserved Neolithic sequences in the area, from the earliest Impressed Wares (or Impresse Arcaiche) (early sixth millennium BC) to the Spatarella pottery style (end fifth – early fourth millennium BC). Along the Neolithic sequence, it is possible to observe some major changes within lithic resources management. In particular, it is possible to notice some techno-typological breakages between the Early Neolithic and the further stages, until the second phase of the Late Neolithic, when another rupture, corresponding to the Spatarella facies, is evident.
Highlights
Lithic studies from Sicily and Calabria (Ammerman & Andrefsky, 1982; Collina, 2015; Freund, Tykot, & Vianello, 2015) have shown how techno-typological and provenance analysis can deal with major questions involving early specialized craftsmanship, modalities of early maritime/terrestrial transports, and exchange networks that emerge from the presence and circulation of a particular kind of lithic raw material such as obsidian
We present a multiscale analysis of a lithic assemblage from Grotta di San Michele at Saracena (Calabria, Italy)
The lithic industry of Grotta San Michele di Saracena is comprised of two different types of raw materials: flint, present in different varieties and colors, whose supply areas are still to be determined, and obsidian
Summary
Lithic studies from Sicily and Calabria (Ammerman & Andrefsky, 1982; Collina, 2015; Freund, Tykot, & Vianello, 2015) have shown how techno-typological and provenance analysis can deal with major questions involving early specialized craftsmanship, modalities of early maritime/terrestrial transports, and exchange networks that emerge from the presence and circulation of a particular kind of lithic raw material such as obsidian. The earliest traces of human presence in the cave during the Neolithic Age go back to the archaic impressed ware horizon This is the time when Neolithic communities from south-eastern Italy (Puglia, Basilicata) settled in the Sibari plain (Natali & Forgia, 2018; Tinè, 2009). Stratigraphic units Sample Method Conventional radiocarbon age LTL210A Bande Rosse LTL2152A Bande Rosse LTL208A Serra d’Alto
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