Abstract
AbstractThis research project concerns the study, analysis and dating of obsidian flows on the island of Lipari, in relation to the population of the Aeolian Islands, during the Neolithic period.The collection, processing and diffusion of Lipari obsidian characterise the Neolithic population of Lipari and the entire Mediterranean. By improving the knowledge of supply methods in the territory, it will be possible to formulate hypotheses on the chronology of the sources, the ways of collecting the raw material and on the mobility of the Neolithic communities in the Aeolian Islands. The scientific research is divided into two main topics: the first concerns the analytical and methodological aspects of archaeological and geological studies of Lipari obsidian; the second, the formation of obsidian at Lipari, their sources and lithological characteristics. Throughout the duration of this study we will perform new age determinations of Neolithic obsidian artefacts and geological samples, directly with the method of fission track, and indirectly dating paleo soils using the radiocarbon method.
Highlights
The present work is part of the wider project, “Lipari obsidian and Neolithic human communities in the Aeolian islands” whose purpose is the study of the connection between obsidian flows from Lipari Island and the Neolithic populations of the Aeolian Archipelago (Italy)
We don’t, and can’t know if some of them occurred in the northern area of Lipari, where the identification of obsidian quarries or collection sites exploited during the Neolithic period is due to occasional findings, because the whole area has been covered by recent volcanic eruptions of Monte Pilato
The natural erosion of these pyroclastic deposits, due to rainwater, probably started by removing the pumice, much lighter and floating, leaving the obsidian blocks on the Fiume Bianco stream bed. It would explain the presence of the settlement Rinicedda on the island of sites Castellaro (Lipari) and Rinicedda (Salina), found in front of the coast of Lipari where the Fiume Bianco stream descends towards Timpone Ospedale and flows into the sea
Summary
The present work is part of the wider project, “Lipari obsidian and Neolithic human communities in the Aeolian islands” whose purpose is the study of the connection between obsidian flows from Lipari Island and the Neolithic populations of the Aeolian Archipelago (Italy) (fig. 1). The present work is part of the wider project, “Lipari obsidian and Neolithic human communities in the Aeolian islands” whose purpose is the study of the connection between obsidian flows from Lipari Island and the Neolithic populations of the Aeolian Archipelago (Italy) The study started in 2018 in collaboration with several research Italian institutes and is divided into four main areas: 1) History of archaeological studies on the Lipari obsidian; 2) Sampling and analysis of supply sources: chemical analysis through NAA (neutron activation analysis) and XRF (X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy) technique; dating with fission-track method; 3) Sampling and analysis of obsidian tools used by the Aeolian Neolithic settlements: chemical analysis through NAA and XRF techniques; dating with fission-track method; 4) Radiocarbon dating of charcoals remains in layers from Neolithic settlements. Advances in the Studies of Obsidian Sources and Artifacts of the Central Mediterranean Area’, edited by Franco Italiano, Franco Foresta Martin & Maria Clara Martinelli.
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