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This article describes specific types of wooden tool characterized by having a curved shape simil... more This article describes specific types of wooden tool characterized by having a curved shape similar to that of a sickle. These tools had been found in the large Ancient Neolithic settlement of La Marmotta, in ancient times located on the shores of Lake Bracciano (Rome, Lazio) and its emisssary, the Arrone river
.The sickle-shaped wooden instruments were cataloged and divided into types and varieties; their different contexts of discovery were subsequently examined. These instruments were kept inside three Structures located – close and parallel to each other – in the same south-eastern area of the village.
For each of the three Structures where these tools were found the absolute chronological dates have been reported, both those at C14 and the anchored dendrochronological ones.
In each of the three Structures, in the vicinity of the sickle-shaped tools, one or more clay models of boats and various other tools that can be used to work ceramics were found.
As a working hypothesis, it is proposed to relate the class of sickle-shaped wooden instruments with the activity of potters and in particular
with those who, in addition to various ceramic vessels, also made the numerous clay boat models found in the village.
Since all the sickle-shaped wooden tools were found in three contiguous Structures located in an internal area of the settlement, it was assumed that in the village there could be specific areas dedicated to craftsmanship, in particular as regards the processing of wooden
tools and of ceramics.
The hypothesis has also been advanced that there may have been “groups” in which some members were traditionally involved in
the processing of ceramics. In this regard it was noted that also in the settlement of La Draga – where the fragments of wooden artefacts
partly comparable with the sickle-shaped instruments of La Marmotta were found – these fragments were all concentrated in the same
area of the settlement.
It has been assumed that the use of sickle-shaped wooden tools was introduced in the village of La Marmotta after 5400 BC, during one of its most recent phases of frequentation. In fact, wooden instruments of that shape haven ever been found in the most ancient archaeological level (Level II) of the three Structures.
The presence in the village of these particular wooden tools seems to almost coincide with the appearance in the village of the first vases decorated in the so-called “Sasso style” (a “Linear Pottery” cultural facies in northern Lazio).
It was also proposed to link to the work of ceramists the presence in the village of large wooden artefacts that could have been used – as well as normal containers of food or other substances of various kinds – as a “base” to support the stillfresh clay mass and therefore being able to shape the slightly curved bottoms of some classes of clay vessels.
Finally, two examples of traditional ceramic production methods common in the Niger valley (Bobo, Peul and Somono populations) were mentioned.

Sono presentati particolari attrezzi lignei a forma di falcetto rinvenuti nel grande insediamento del Neolitico Antico de La Marmotta, anticamente ubicato sulle sponde del lago di Bracciano (Roma) e del fiume Arrone, il suo emissario.
I sei strumenti, catalogati e suddivisi in tipi e varietà, sono esaminati nei diversi contesti di rinvenimento. Erano conservati all’interno di tre Strutture ubicate - vicine e parallele l’una all’altra - nella medesima zona sud-orientale dell’abitato e giacevano o sulla superficie o all’interno di diversi sottolivelli formatisi nel corso di fasi successive al primo impianto del villaggio. Per ognuna delle Strutture di rinvenimento sono riportate le datazioni di cronologia assoluta, sia quelle al C14 sia quelle dendrocronologiche ancorate.
Nelle vicinanze degli attrezzi falciformi sono stati trovati uno o più modellini fittili di imbarcazioni e vari altri strumenti utilizzabili per lavorare la ceramica. Come ipotesi di lavoro viene proposto di mettere in relazione gli strumenti falciformi con l’attività dei vasai (e in particolare con coloro che realizzarono i numerosi modellini fittili rinvenuti), supponendo inoltre che nel villaggio potessero esistere specifiche aree deputate a lavorazioni artigianali, in particolare per quanto riguarda la lavorazione degli strumenti lignei e delle ceramiche, e che potessero esserci stati dei “gruppi” in cui alcuni membri erano per tradizione addetti alla lavorazione della ceramica. Notando che in campo etnografico sono conosciuti svariati esempi di famiglie o di clan dediti per più generazioni a lavorazioni specifiche, è stato ricordato che anche nell’insediamento perilacustre di La Draga i manufatti lignei in parte confrontabili con gli strumenti falciformi de La Marmotta erano concentrati nella medesima zona dell’abitato.
L’uso degli attrezzi lignei falciformi sembra essere stato introdotto a La Marmotta in momenti successivi al 5400 BC, nel corso di una delle sue fasi di frequentazione più recenti. Strumenti lignei di quella forma infatti non sono mai stati trovati nel livello archeologico più antico (Livello II). La presenza di questi particolari attrezzi sembra quasi coincidere con l’apparire nel villaggio dei primi vasi decorati nel cosiddetto “stile del Sasso”.
Al lavoro di ceramisti è stato proposto di ricollegare anche la presenza di scodelloni lignei che potrebbero essere stati utilizzati - oltre che come normali contenitori di alimenti o di altre sostanze di vario genere - come “base” per appoggiarvi la massa di argilla ancora fresca e sagomare i fondi leggermente ricurvi di alcune classi di recipienti fittili; a questo proposito sono stati infine
menzionati esempi di metodi tradizionali di produzione della ceramica diffusi nella vallata del Niger.

In viaggio sulla stessa strada. Scritti per Giuliano Cremonesi (a cura di G. Radi, L. Sarti, F. Martini), Millenni. Studi di Archeologia Preistorica , 2022

Many objects that we can consider "cultic" have been found in the settlement of La Marmotta (... more Many objects that we can consider "cultic" have been found in the settlement of La Marmotta (built during the Ancient Neolithic on the shores of Lake Bracciano, in northern Lazio). These discoveries allow us to guess a small part of the symbolic and religious world, and of the related ritual activities, of the men who populated the village.
A significant example of a ritual action linked to the foundation, or restructuring or reconstruction of the structures of the large "central" settlement of La Marmotta could be seen in the insertion of a large clay fragment - characterized by an accurate, complex and rare decoration - in the foundation cavity of one supporting pole of a Structure. Also in the foundation of the poles of various other structures objects that it seems possible to connect to a symbolic sphere had sometimes been deposited.
The fragment with the unusual decoration could have been either part of the straight side of a model boat of a particular type, unique in the village, or part of particularly large vessels, or even of different objects that have not yet been found in the panorama of the Italian Neolithic (such as models of houses, or boxes, or tables for offers, etc.).
The fragment can be compared in particular with rare finds found in coastal and peri-coastal sites in the central-northern Tyrrhenian area: in the two open-air settlements of Renaghju and Basi (in south-western Corsica), in the islands of the Tuscan archipelago (La Scola and Pianosa) and in western Liguria in the Arene Candide cave. In all those sites, such as in La Marmotta, there are many elements certainly imported (and among these, except in the two Corsican settlements, also obsidian of Palmarola).
The presence of these few ceramic fragments decorated with unusual motifs and with composite techniques on one side reaffirms the existence of various "maritime itineraries" which during the early stages of the Ancient Neolithic connected the central Tyrrhenian area of the Italian peninsula with the south-western coast of Corsica and - through the islands of the Tuscan archipelago - with the coastal areas of western Liguria, from another part testifies to the particular social and symbolic value attributed to certain ceramics and to some of the motifs used to decorate them.
Thanks to the presence of these vascular fragments, it is possible to assume that there was a "coded" communication system composed of a kind of "ideograms" understood by various Neolithic communities of the Mediterranean area.
Il rinvenimento nel villaggio de La Marmotta (edificato durante il Neolitico Antico sulle sponde del lago di Bracciano, nel Lazio settentrionale) di oggetti che possiamo considerare “cultuali” permette di intuire una minima parte del mondo simbolico e religioso, e delle connesse attività rituali, degli uomini che popolarono il villaggio. Le testimonianze relative a tali oggetti “cultuali” sembrano rimandare all’esistenza di un substrato ideologico comune a molte delle popolazioni del mondo neolitico mediterraneo.Un esempio significativo di un’azione rituale legata alla fondazione, o ristrutturazione o ricostruzione delle Strutture del grande abitato de La Marmotta, che per molte ragioni può essere considerato “centrale”, potrebbe essere visto nell’inserzione di un grande frammento fittile - caratterizzato sulla superficie esterna della parete da un’accurata, complessa e rara decorazione - nel cavo di fondazione di uno dei pali portanti infitti all’interno di una delle Strutture; anche nelle cavità dei pali di varie altre Strutture a volte erano stati deposti oggetti che sembra possibile collegare ad una sfera simbolica.
Il frammento fittile dall’inusuale decorazione esterna potrebbe essere stato o parte della fiancata rettilinea di un modellino di imbarcazione di tipo particolare, un unicum nel villaggio, oppure parte di altri recipienti particolarmente grandi, o anche di oggetti diversi che nel panorama del Neolitico italiano ancora non stati trovati (quali ad esempio modellini di abitazioni, o cassette, o tavole per offerte ecc.).
Il frammento è confrontabile in particolare con rari reperti rinvenuti in siti costieri e peri-costieri dell’area tirrenica centro-settentrionale: nei due insediamenti all’aperto di Renaghju e di Basi (nella Corsica sud-occidentale), nelle isole dell’arcipelago toscano a La Scola e a Pianosa e nella Liguria di Ponente nella caverna delle Arene Candide. In tutti quei siti, come a La Marmotta, sono presenti molti elementi sicuramente importati (e tra questi, tranne che nei due insediamenti corsi, anche ossidiana di Palmarola).La presenza di questi pochi frammenti vascolari decorati con motivi inusuali e con tecniche composite se da una parte ribadisce l’esistenza di vari “itinerari marittimi” che nel corso delle prime fasi del Neolitico Antico collegavano l’area centro-tirrenica della penisola italiana con il litorale sud-occidentale della Corsica e - tramite le isole dell’arcipelago toscano - con le zone costiere della Liguria occidentale dall’altra testimonia del particolare valore sociale e simbolico attribuito a determinate ceramiche e ad alcuni dei motivi utilizzati per decorarle. Grazie alla presenza di tali frammenti vascolari è possibile ipotizzare che esistesse un sistema “codificato” di comunicazioni composto da una sorta di “ideogrammi” compresi da varie comunità neolitiche dell’areale mediterraneo.

LA LEZIONE DELLA CULTURA E DEL RIGORE Studi di preistoria e protostoria dedicati a Renata Grifoni Cremonesi. Notizie Archeologiche Bergomensi n.28, 2020

A silex blade with two opposed notches that create a tang, which shows an exceptional similarit... more A silex blade with two opposed notches that create a tang, which shows an exceptional similarity to the so-called Nahal Hemar knife type, came to light in the neolithic village of La Marmotta, edified on the Bracciano Lake banks, not far from the Tirreno Sea coast. The Nahal Hemar knives are documented in the Levant, particularly during the Middle/Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). They are rare and thought to have a ritual value, hypothetically made to be used during ritual activities.
The blade found at La Marmotta village was inside the foundation hole of two new posts for a hut, Structure nr. 3, which was characterized by many elements connected to the sacred sphere. So it is possible that also the blade found at La Marmotta village could have had a symbolic and propitiatory value, being deposited inside the hole to fulfill a specific ritual of foundation or renovation of the hut.
The chronological range between the presence of this type of instrument in the Levant and its appearance in the Tirrenic region could cover more than a millennium. In fact most of the Nahal Hemar type knives found in the eponymous cave lied inside a level whose most recent date is 8100+100 BP, while the earliest C14 date of the posts of La Marmotta is 6874+37 BP, which coincides with the first inhabitation of the site.
If the silex of La Marmotta blade was not of italic origin, then we are allowed to presume that this rare object arrived to the Central Tirrenic region after being conserved for a long time somewhere in the Levant or in North-Eastern African coast; it could have been brought, after a long journey, as a gift exchange or for trade activities during the arrival of the first group of “explorers” or of Neolithic settlers.
Another big silex pointed blade with a pair of opposed notches in its proximal part is quite similar to some instruments documented in level of the Yarmukian culture of some Levantine sites. It lied inside a large pit near Structure nr. 3, that seems to have been prepared for sacred purposes, at least at the beginning. Like the previous one, this object could have had not only a functional, but also a symbolic value.

Una lama peduncolata che mostra un’eccezionale suggestiva somiglianza con i cosiddetti coltelli tipo Nahal Hemar, documentati nel Levante, in particolare nel corso del Middle/Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), è stata trovata nel villaggio neolitico de La Marmotta (edificato sulle antiche rive del lago di Bracciano, nel Lazio, a non grande distanza dal litorale tirrenico). I rari “coltelli tipo Nahal Hemar” – considerati strumenti portatori di una forte valenza simbolica – ipoteticamente furono realizzati per svolgere attività rituali.
È plausibile ipotizzare che anche la lama rinvenuta nel villaggio de La Marmotta – deposta all’interno del cavo di fondazione di due nuovi pali di una capanna, la Struttura 3, caratterizzata da diversi elementi correlabili alla sfera del sacro – abbia avuto un valore simbolico e propiziatorio e che la sua inserzione nel cavo di fondazione dei due nuovi pali sia dovuta a un preciso rituale di rifondazione/ristrutturazione della capanna.
L’intervallo cronologico esistente tra la presenza nel Levante di questo tipo di strumento e la sua comparsa nell’areale tirrenico centrale potrebbe essere calcolato in più di un millennio, dato che la maggior parte dei coltelli tipo Nahal Hemar trovati nell’omonima grotta giacevano in uno strato la cui datazione più recente risale al 8100+100 BP e che la più antica datazione al C14 dei pali del villaggio de La Marmotta, riferibile alle prime frequentazioni del sito, risale al 6874+37 BP. Qualora risultasse che la selce con cui è stata realizzata la lama de La Marmotta non è di provenienza italica, si potrebbe supporre che questo strumento – un elemento rituale a lungo conservato in qualche sito del Levante o della costa africana nord-orientale – sia arrivato nell’area del Tirreno centrale, dopo aver percorso un lungo itinerario, attraverso attività di scambio di beni di prestigio o nel corso dell’arrivo di uno dei primi gruppi di explorer o di “coloni” neolitici.
Un’altra grande lama con incavi laterali opposti ricavati in zona prossimale mostra una certa assonanza con un tipo di strumento documentato in livelli di cultura Yarmukiana di alcuni siti neolitici del Levante. È stata trovata in una grande fossa, adiacente alla Struttura 3, che sembrerebbe essere stata preparata e utilizzata, almeno in un primo momento, a fini cultuali. Anche per questo grande strumento si potrebbe supporre una valenza simbolica, oltre che funzionale.

Navis, Atti del III Convegno Nazionale dell’Istituto Italiano di Archeologia e Etnologia Navale (Cesenatico –Museo della Marineria, 15-16 aprile 2016), a cura di A.Asta, G.Caniato, D.Gnola, S.Medas, Padova, 2019

The Autor describes many ceramic boat models which were discovered in the Early Neolithic settlem... more The Autor describes many ceramic boat models which were discovered in the Early Neolithic settlement of La Marmotta, built on the shores of Lake Bracciano (not far from the Tyrrhenian sea).
A typology about these findings has been developed and some suggestions have been made on dating, both relative and absolute.
Some hypoteses have also been made regarding the use of the ceramic boat models as lanterns and their symbolic function.
My full publication of the 38 ceramic boats models found in the village unfortunately is still in press, since many years, in Bullettino di Paletnologia Italiana n.100.

In questo articolo ho presentato in via preliminare soltanto alcuni dei numerosi modellini fittili di imbarcazioni recuperati nell'abitato perilacustre del Neolitico Antico de "La Marmotta" (Lago di Bracciano,Lazio), con le relative attribuzioni tipologiche e cronologiche (sia relative che assolute).
Dopo aver paragonato le fogge dei modellini di natanti presentati a quelle di imbarcazioni reali, ne ho ipotizzato un utilizzo come lucerne ed una funzione anche simbolica, aggiungendo considerazioni su possibili forme di ritualità in uso nel villaggio.
Il mio articolo dedicato all’edizione completa dei 38 modellini fittili di imbarcazioni rinvenuti nel villaggio purtroppo è da molti anni ancora in corso di stampa nel Bullettino di Paletnologia Italiana n.100.

From Invisible to Visible. New Methods and Data for the Archaeology of Infant and Child Burials in Pre-Roman Italy and Beyond (a cura di J.Tabolli ), Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology (SIMA), CXLIX (International Conference, Trinity College Dublin, 24-25 April 2017), Nicosia., 2018

The necropolis of Rocca Pia in Tivoli, near Rome, was in constant use from the end of the 9th cen... more The necropolis of Rocca Pia in Tivoli, near Rome, was in constant use from the end of the 9th century BC to the third quarter of the 8th century BC. After almost 50 years of disuse, new tombs were opened during the so-called Middle and Late Orientalising periods (660/650-600/580 BC).
Out of the 76 burials found in this cemetery, 15 belonged to infants and children. Many of them were found in close proximity to other burials, suggesting the existence of family groups.
These tombs contained different types of funerary grave goods. Five infant and child burials can be attributed to younger members of high-ranking families; a few other graves belonged to infants and children of lower social status, perhaps young servants or “foreign” slaves captured during local war raids.
Five of the infant/child graves were placed inside Circles marked by stones or travertine slabs. These Circles probably served to highlight the particular status of children and/or to segregate them.
This paper presents a possible interpretation of the evidence and suggests unusual burial rituals with rites of defensive magic and/or blood sacrifices offered in honour of the gods and of individual of higher status buried in graves under the tombs of children.

From Invisible to Visible. New Methods and Data for the Archaeology of Infant and Child Burials in Pre-Roman Italy and Beyond (edited by Jacopo Tabolli), SIMA CXLIX, 2018

The necropolis of Rocca Pia in Tivoli, near Rome, was in constant use from the end of the 9th... more The necropolis of Rocca Pia in Tivoli, near Rome, was in constant use from the end of the 9th century BC to the third quarter of the 8th century BC. After almost 50 years of disuse, new tombs were opened during the so-called Middle and Late Orientalising periods (660/650-600/580 BC).
Out of the 76 burials found in this cemetery, 15 belonged to infants and children. Many of them were found in close proximity to other burials, suggesting the existence of family groups.
These tombs contained different types of funerary grave goods. Five infant and child burials can be attributed to younger members of high-ranking families; a few other graves belonged to infants and children of lower social status, perhaps young servants or “foreign” slaves captured during local war raids.
Five of the infant/child graves were placed inside Circles marked by stones or travertine slabs. These Circles probably served to highlight the particular status of children and/or to segregate them.
This paper presents a possible interpretation of the evidence and suggests unusual burial rituals with rites of defensive magic and/or blood sacrifices offered in honour of the gods and of individual of higher status buried in graves under the tombs of children.

Navis, Archeologia, Storia, Etnologia Navale (a cura di A.Asta, G.Caniato, D.Gnola, S.Medas), Atti del II Convegno nazionale (Cesenatico, 13-14 Aprile 2012), Borgoricco (PD), 2014

The dugout canoes discovered in the neolithic site of La Marmotta (in the waters of Lake Braccian... more The dugout canoes discovered in the neolithic site of La Marmotta (in the waters of Lake Bracciano) are among the oldest in Europe. This article discusses the second dugout –
named La Marmotta 2 – recovered in 1998.
After analysis of the excavational data regarding its resting condition on the bottom of the lake, this article describes the recovery, conservation and restoration techniques as well as the specifications of the dugout itself. It is hypothesized that fire, lithic axes, and chisels were used to dig and shape the dugout.
In conclusion, suggestions are made as to the possible uses of the vessel.

in Miscellanea in ricordo di Francesco Nicosia, Studia Erudita, Fabrizio Serra Editore (2010), in cds., 2010

During the last decades until 2006 sixteen campains of archaeological excavations were conduct... more During the last decades until 2006 sixteen campains of archaeological excavations were conducted on the bottom of lake Bracciano in Lazio, on a place originally settled by a Neolithic large village during the sixth millennium BC.
Researching an area on the lake floor at a depth of about ten meters the archaeologist has identified a well organized system of huts that seem to have formed a Neolithic village rationally organized, with a first set of structures that had been built and renovated through the existence of the village, lasting at least four centuries, till 5100 BC.
Datings according to the method of C14-made by different research institutes-show human presence at the settlement for more than 400 years, starting, in terms of absolute calibrated chronology, from the fist half of the sixth millennium BC.
From the dendrochronological analysis on more than 2.000 samples of pieces of old posts of oak and ash trees – used for various structures of the village – ShortMedia, stillfloating, and a Longcurve Media were obtained, anchored by the method of cross-dating (Wiggle-matching).
The study of the distribution of posts in the village – in particular on the already identified structures, togheter with their dendrochronological dating – allow us to propose a preliminary subdivision of the different phases of human presence in the Marmotta neolithic village.

Nelle acque del lago di Bracciano (Lazio, Italia), inun’area occupata da un abitato del Neolitico Antico, sono
state effettuate sedici campagne di ricerche e scavi subacquei sino al 2006 ed un breve intervento nel 2009.
Nella parte di fondale lacustre sinora indagato è stato possibile riconoscere un impianto insediativo preordinato, particolarmente organizzato e razionale, ed individuare una prima serie delle strutture che ivi nel corso degli anni erano state costruite e riparate. Le numerose datazioni al C14 effettuate presso diversi istituti di ricerca hanno indicato per la frequentazione dell’insediamento una durata complessiva di più di 400 anni, a partire – in termini di cronologia assoluta calibrata – da prima della metà del VI millennio a.C. Dalle analisi dendrocronologiche condotte su più di 2000 campioni di legno di quercia e di frassino (l’essenza arborea utilizzata per i pali delle diverse strutture del villaggio era essenzialmente la quercia ma furono utilizzati anche il frassino e l’alloro) sono state ricavate varie Curve Medie minori, ancora fluttuanti, ed una lunga Curva Media ancorata grazie al metodo della datazione incrociata (wiggle-matching).
Lo studio della distribuzione nell’area del villaggio, ed in particolare all’interno delle varie strutture sinora individuate, dei pali e della loro datazione dendrocronologica ha permesso di avanzare una preliminare proposta di suddivisione generale in fasi e sottofasi del lungo periodo di frequentazione del villaggio.

Catalogo della mostra "Orsi, Halbherr, Gerola", Rovereto 2009-2010, 2010

Bullettino di Paletnologia Italiana (Roma), 2009-2010 , 2010

Both "deposits" of Goluzzo and Santa Marinella, although repeatedly cited in chronological ser... more Both "deposits" of Goluzzo and Santa Marinella, although repeatedly cited in chronological seriation's bibliography and in various bronze artifacts' typological studies, were only partially known and without a proper graphic rendering.
The complete study of all these artifacts, including drawings and photographs, has led to the identification of some unfamiliar “objects' classes”, which, inter alia, allowed us to define a better articulation of the relationships' framework between the central Tyrrhenian Area and other cultural Areas.
A rilevant number of new elements for a better chronological understanding of these two complexes are also been acquired.

I due “ripostigli” di Goluzzo e di Santa Marinella, benché ripetutamente citati nella bibliografia specialistica relativa soprattutto alle seriazioni cronologiche e alle tipologie di varie classi di manufatti di bronzo, erano in realtà conosciuti soltanto in maniera parziale e senza un’adeguata resa grafica. Lo studio integrale di tutti i materiali pervenuti, corredato di disegni e immagini fotografiche, ha portato all’ individuazione di classi di oggetti poco noti - che hanno tra l'altro consentito di articolare meglio il quadro di relazioni esistenti tra l’area centrale tirrenica ed altre aree culturali nel corso del periodo preso in esame - ed all’ acquisizione di una consistente serie di nuovi elementi utili per l’inquadramento cronologico dei due complessi.

Les deux “depôts de Goluzzo et de Santa Marinella,même si à plusieurs reprises cités dans la bibliographie spécialisée principalement dans les sériations chronologiques et dans la typologie des différentes classes d'objets en bronze, étaint en fait connus seulement en partie et surtout dépourvue d'une appropriée restitution graphique. L'étude intégrale de tous les matériaux conservés, accompagnée de dessins et de photographies, a conduit à l'identification de classes d'objets peu connues - ce qui a permis notamment de mieux articuler le cadre des relations entre l'Italie centrale Tyrrhénienne et d'autres aires culturelles pendant la période examinée, et à l'acquisition d'un nombre important de nouveaux éléments utiles pour le cadre chronologique de ces deux complexes.

Rivista di Scienze Preistoriche, 2009

Comparing adriatic and thyrrenian regions: analysis of settlement strategies from final neolithic... more Comparing adriatic and thyrrenian regions: analysis of settlement strategies from final neolithic to copper Age in
some sample areas of central italy - This paper reports the results of a one-year IIPP project "Adriatico e Tirreno a confronto".
The project aimed to compare the settlement strategies during Final Neolithic and Copper Age in four sample areas of
Toscana, Latium and Marche. Sites known in literature were systematically filed on database and positioned on maps. The
acquired data (topography, geology, archaeology, radiocarbon dates) were collected and organized in a dedicated GIS.

Preistoria e Protostoria della Calabria, II, Atti delle Giornate di Studio ( a cura di A.Bartolo e V.Tinè), (Pellaro, ottobre 2006), Pellaro , 2007

Sono presentati in via preliminare i risultati delle due campagne di scavo condotte nei mesi di g... more Sono presentati in via preliminare i risultati delle due campagne di scavo condotte nei mesi di giugno e di settembre del 2004 all’interno della Grotta della Madonna (Praia a Mare, Cosenza).
Sono stati indagati i livelli di frequentazione successivi al livello US 288, attribuibile all’Eneolitico iniziale di facies Piano Conte, comprendenti altri livelli dell’Eneolitico iniziale, del Neolitico finale, del Neolitico recente di facies Diana e nello stile di Serra d’Alto, delle fasi avanzate del Neolitico Medio ( con ceramiche negli stili di Cassano e della Scaloria Bassa) fino ai livelli del Neolitico Medio iniziale caratterizzati dalla presenza di “ceramica dipinta a bande rosse”.

Mycological Research, 2006

Ten fragmenst of a wood-inhabiting polypore were found in the early neolithic village of La Marmo... more Ten fragmenst of a wood-inhabiting polypore were found in the early neolithic village of La Marmotta (Anguillara Sabazia, Rome), formerly located on the shore of the Bracciano Lake. Five of these were found in three different huts, and two outside near other structures. Some fragments of the partly degraded specimens were used for DNA sequencing in order to identity of the fungus, which proved to be Daedalopsis tricolor. Pharmacological aspects of this and other previously discovered prehistoric polypores are also noted.

Atti della XXXIX Riunione Scientifica dell’IIPP, “ Materie Prime e Scambi nella Preistoria Italiana“ (Firenze, 25-27 novembre 2004), Vol. II, Firenze , 2006

Underwater excavation of the early Neolithic site of "La Marmotta" yelded a number of pig/wild bo... more Underwater excavation of the early Neolithic site of "La Marmotta" yelded a number of pig/wild boar lower canines showing traces of modification. Analysis of the surface, morphological analysis and selective use of the distinct portion of the tusks allowed to differentiate various categories of ornaments and instruments.

Nel corso degli scavi condotti nel villaggio del Neolitico Antico oggi sommerso nelle acque del lago di Bracciano sono stati recuperati vari canini inferiori di suino con tracce di lavorazione. L'analisi morfologica delle superfici dei denti e lo studio delle diverse porzioni di dente selezionate hanno permesso di identificare varie categorie sia di ornamenti sia di strumenti.

La ricerca italiana in America Latina, Atti del Convegno, Roma, Istituto Italo-Latino Americano, 30 marzo 2006, Mar 2006

A brief preliminary summary of the results of the research carried out by the Italian Archaeologi... more A brief preliminary summary of the results of the research carried out by the Italian Archaeological Mission to Copàn (= MAIC) in the years 2003-2005.

Preistoria e Protostoria della Calabria, I, Atti delle giornate di studio (a cura di A.Bartolo e V.Tinè) (Pellaro, RC, 25-26 ottobre 2003), Pellaro, 2005

This short article presents the results of the excavations conducted during 2003 within the Grott... more This short article presents the results of the excavations conducted during 2003 within the Grotta della Madonna (Praia a Mare, Cosenza)
The new area was investigated from the historical levels up to the Eneolithic levels attributed to the facies of Piano Conte.

Preistoria e Protostoria della Calabria, Atti della XXXVII Riunione Scientifica dell’IIPP (Scalea, Papasidero, Praia a mare, Tortora, 29 settembre-4 ottobre 2002), Firenze 2004, 2004

Due to the enormous importance of the layered settlement in the Grotta della Madonna, the Soprint... more Due to the enormous importance of the layered settlement in the Grotta della Madonna, the Soprintendenza Speciale al Museo nazionale Preistorico Etnografico “Luigi Pigorini”, jointly with the Soprintendenza Archeologica della Calabria, has resumed the research on this site, which had begun in nthe 60’s by the Istituto di Paletnologia Umana.
The exploratory dig, extending over an area of 4x4,5 meters, was carved along the SE side of the trench originally due to L. Cardini, and recovered layers belonging to historical times as well the Middle Bronze Age (Appenninic and Protoappenninic Cultures).
The great complexity of the stratigraphy has resulted in a rich archaeological evidence, which covers the material culture and paleo-biologic aspects (especially botanic ones). Many hints point to the past existence of production and sheltering structures inside the cave, leading to formulate the hypothesis of a complex organization of the site during the Middle Bronze Age, which goes beyond the simple pastoral model which typifies similar caves in that period of time.

Bullettino di Paletnologia Italiana, 2004

In the early neolithic village of La Marmotta numerous examples of the mushroom Daedalopsis trico... more In the early neolithic village of La Marmotta numerous examples of the mushroom Daedalopsis tricolor have been located within the remains of wooden structures recovered from the site and from the surrounding area. This paper proposes a number of possible explanations for the use of the mushrooms by the inhabitants of the village. In addition, on the basis of dendrochronology and C14 analysis of the wooden remains, a broad chronology is proposed for the mushrooms. In two appendices the mycology and the neuropharmacology are discussed.

Civiltà dell’argilla. Le prime comunità del Neolitico ( a cura di M.A.Fugazzola Delpino, A. Pessina e V.Tinè), Catalogo della mostra (Roma, Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico Luigi Pigorini, 7 dicembre 2002-30 marzo 2003), Caserta, 2004

Con questa nota, scritta in occasione di un’esposizione dedicata alle prime comunità del Neolitic... more Con questa nota, scritta in occasione di un’esposizione dedicata alle prime comunità del Neolitico, è stata offerta al grande pubblico una breve presentazione del grande abitato neolitico de La Marmotta, oggi sommerso dalle acque del lago di Bracciano.

Atti del Convegno “Il mito e il culto della Grande Dea. Transiti, metamorfosi, permanenze” (Bologna 24-25 novembre 2000), Bologna., 2003

A series of so-called European "Venus" from the Upper Paleolithic is analyzed .In particular some... more A series of so-called European "Venus" from the Upper Paleolithic is analyzed .In particular some female statuettes that emphasize sexual characteristics and those related to reproduction and nourishment are examined, paying particular attention to the context and modalities of the finds.

E' analizzata una serie di cosiddette "Veneri" europee del Paleolitico Superiore e sono esaminate in particolare alcune statuine femminili che enfatizzano i caratteri sessuali e quelli legati alla riproduzione e al nutrimento, prestando particolare attenzione al contesto ed alle modalità dei rinvenimenti.

Rassegna di Archeologia , 2023

In viaggio sulla stessa strada. Scritti per Giuliano Cremonesi (a cura di G. Radi, L. Sarti, F. Martini), Millenni. Studi di Archeologia Preistorica , 2022

LA LEZIONE DELLA CULTURA E DEL RIGORE Studi di preistoria e protostoria dedicati a Renata Grifoni Cremonesi. Notizie Archeologiche Bergomensi n.28, 2020

From Invisible to Visible. New Methods and Data for the Archaeology of Infant and Child Burials in Pre-Roman Italy and Beyond (edited by Jacopo Tabolli), SIMA CXLIX, 2018

Navis, Archeologia, Storia, Etnologia Navale (a cura di A.Asta, G.Caniato, D.Gnola, S.Medas), Atti del II Convegno nazionale (Cesenatico, 13-14 Aprile 2012), Borgoricco (PD), 2014

in Miscellanea in ricordo di Francesco Nicosia, Studia Erudita, Fabrizio Serra Editore (2010), in cds., 2010

Catalogo della mostra "Orsi, Halbherr, Gerola", Rovereto 2009-2010, 2010

Bullettino di Paletnologia Italiana (Roma), 2009-2010 , 2010

Rivista di Scienze Preistoriche, 2009

Preistoria e Protostoria della Calabria, II, Atti delle Giornate di Studio ( a cura di A.Bartolo e V.Tinè), (Pellaro, ottobre 2006), Pellaro , 2007

Mycological Research, 2006

Atti della XXXIX Riunione Scientifica dell’IIPP, “ Materie Prime e Scambi nella Preistoria Italiana“ (Firenze, 25-27 novembre 2004), Vol. II, Firenze , 2006

La ricerca italiana in America Latina, Atti del Convegno, Roma, Istituto Italo-Latino Americano, 30 marzo 2006, Mar 2006

Preistoria e Protostoria della Calabria, I, Atti delle giornate di studio (a cura di A.Bartolo e V.Tinè) (Pellaro, RC, 25-26 ottobre 2003), Pellaro, 2005

Preistoria e Protostoria della Calabria, Atti della XXXVII Riunione Scientifica dell’IIPP (Scalea, Papasidero, Praia a mare, Tortora, 29 settembre-4 ottobre 2002), Firenze 2004, 2004

Bullettino di Paletnologia Italiana, 2004

Atti del Convegno “Il mito e il culto della Grande Dea. Transiti, metamorfosi, permanenze” (Bologna 24-25 novembre 2000), Bologna., 2003

Studi di Paletnologia IV - Collana del Bullettino di Paletnologia Italiana (cds), 2010

Origines, Progetti 2, Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria e Soprintendenza Speciale al Museo Preistorico Etnografico “Luigi Pigorini”, Roma , 2004

Origines, Progetti 2, Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria e Soprintendenza Speciale al Museo Preistorico Etnografico “Luigi Pigorini”, 2004

Collana di Studi di Paletnologia Italiana , vol.I, Roma, 2002

BetaGamma Edizioni, Viterbo., 1995

In this preliminary presentation the Author shows the first results of the underwater excavation... more In this preliminary presentation the Author shows the first results of the underwater excavations she conducted in an ancient Neolithic village (called "La Marmotta") at present located on the seabed of Lake Bracciano, in northern Lazio.
The history of the discovery, the identification of a new Neolithic cultural facies (the facies of La Marmotta), the data of absolute and relative chronology, the structures and the economy of the village, the boats and the surrounding environment are briefly described.

In questo lavoro preliminare l'Autrice rende noti i primi risultati degli scavi subacquei da lei condotti in un villaggio del Neolitico Antico (denominato "La Marmotta") attualmente ubicato nei fondali del lago di Bracciano, nel Lazio settentrionale.
Sono brevemente descritti la storia del rinvenimento, la scoperta di una nuova facies culturale neolitica (la facies de La Marmotta), i dati di cronologia assoluta e relativa, le strutture e l'economia del villaggio, le imbarcazioni e l'ambiente circostante.

Edizioni dell'Ateneo, Roma, 1984

Ministero Beni Culturali e Ambientali (Centro Di), Firenze., 1980

Collana Origines (Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria), Sansoni Editore, Firenze, 1976

This work begins with a brief history of studies concerning the Apennine Culture. The review o... more This work begins with a brief history of studies concerning the Apennine Culture.
The review of the archaeological evidence begins with the sites where it has been possible to establish stratigraphical sequences: these facilitate not only the study of individual finds but also (and more particularly) the analysis of the associations and so of the chronological succession of the types involved. Then, a study of all the places in Lazio that have yielded Apennine or Subapennine material provides a picture of the diffusion of the types and of their differential concentrations in particular territories.
The catalogue contains mainly unpublished material of the Middle and Recent Bronze age, illustrated in figs.; it offers a virtually total panorama of the objects of Apennine or Subapennine type found on sites in Lazio.
The study of all the ceramic forms present in the territory examined has yielded a clear picture of the typological range proper to the different phases of the Apennine Culture; analysis of the types, and of the places where they occur, enables us in addition to recognize the distribution of the different types in both space and time.
The diagram which shows the frequency and the associations of the types on the various sites leads to an analysis of the Apennine and Subapennine objects in Lazio, and to a comparison of them with similar finds in other part of Italy. Naturally, such comparisons are particularly useful when they involve contexts that enable us to propose relative and absolute chronologies (tomb-groups; associations in layers with easily datable imports; significant stratigraphical sequences; non-Apennine cultural contexts).
The Apennine Culture in Lazio develops in three clearly defined periods: the first two - called Phase 1 A and Phase 1 B - are assigned to the Middle Bronze Age, and the last - called Phase 2 - to the Recent Bronze Age.
Phase 1 A - The most characteristic forms include vertical strap handles; vertical channelled or strap “elbow” handles (or with axe-shaped appendage); handles and grips with enlarged, flattened apex; decorative motifs consisting of net-pattern, spaced-out dots, small impressed circles; and lines of dotted or dashed incisions, and excised triangles, are already present. Various types of vase – bowls, cups, jars and saucers – are exclusive to this Phase 1 A, which may be defined as “Appenninico Antico” and assigned to a period between the beginning of the 16th and roughly the last quarter of the 15th century BC on the basis of associations with Mycenean I, II, III A 1 and with Capo Graziano pottery.
Phase 1 B (“Appenninico Recente”) - it may be assigned to a period between the last quarter of the 15th/beginning of the 14th centuries and the end of the 14th/ beginning of the 13th centuries on the basis of associations with Mycenean III A and III B pottery. In contrast with the shapes generally in use in Phase 1 A, those of Phase 1 B seem to favour open and comparatively low shapes such as the broad shallow carinated bowls; narrow-mouthed jars appear now, as do high saucers with inverted rims, situlas and sub-cylindrical situliform jars. The vertical strap handles now have the apex in relief, or one or two outer grips, or the highest part enlarged and curving. In general terms, decoration is now less finely executed and larger motifs are more common; incised strip of one or two lines of dots are very numerous, as are double rows of triangular excisions, las-cord ornament (for the first time), incisions running parallel with a line of dots, large cut-out motifs and rows of transverse dashes.
With the Recent Bronze Age, an almost complete change is apparent in the typological range proper to the Apennine Culture: the clearest stylistic change is the total absence of decorative motifs on the pottery. Handles, too, are essentially different-ending in a variety of horned protuberances; the most typical shapes still includes the carinated bowls. Some pottery items are early versions of forms destined to become extremely common in the Final Bronze Age: animal figurines, weights, loom-weights, spindle-whorls, some type of binocular handle, bell-shaped lids, footed cups, bases with oblique grips. Lazio Phase 2 may be assigned to a period between the beginning/first half of the 13th century and the end of the same century/beginning of the 12th (the imported Mycenean vases are by now III B end C 1)
The sites that are most representative of Appenninico Antico in Lazio seem to have grown up by preference on the coast, or not far away, in the northern part of the area: during Appenninico Recente, most such sites appear to have been abandoned, and numerous sites grow up in the interior. The period which sees the rise of Phase 1 B sites in Lazio also witnesses both the construction of Milazzo Culture villages on naturally defended sites in the interior of the Aeolian Islands and the abandonment of the coastal sites of Porto Perone in Apulia.
In the Recent Bronze Age life continues in the villages that emerged in the preceding phase, and the Tiber valley, the Ager Veientanus, the hinterland of the south coast and perhaps the Monti Cornicolani and the Frusinate are all populated. In the Aeolian Islands, the rise of the culture called Ausonian I, with characteristics similar to those of Subapennine, leads to the total abandonment of the older centres; in Apulia, proper defensive walls are erected around the settlements.
All the sites are placed near one or more permanent water-course. For the earliest period, there is unfortunately no evidence for built structures; it is only with the Appeninico Recente and rater with the Subappenninic that we have a clear picture both of the structures and of the techniques involved (“houses” on the acropolis of Luni sul Mignone, huts at Tre Erici, “building” and huts at Narce.
Ther is evidence for the use of caves, mostly for ritual and/or funerary purposes, in the second period of the Middle Bronze Age and in the Recent Bronze Age, from the Ager Faliscus, the Appennino Carseolano and the Fiora valley.
We still know very little about the funerary customs in use during the Middle and Recent Bronze Age in Lazio. Pian Sultano is an example of a monumental cemetery with megalithic tombs: the corridor-chambers are made out of travertine slabs and surrounded by a pile of stones covered with earth. Comparisons can be made with the funerary rites attested in other Apennine Culture areas in Midle (inhumation for example at Torre S.Sabina, Trinitapoli and Manaccora; cremation in the “Urnfield” at Canosa) and in the Recent Bronze Age (cremation at Canosa and on Lipari; probably inhumation in the Marches, in the Abruzzi and in Emila): it seems reasonable to suppose that the inhumation rite (collective in caves; single in megalithic monuments-dolmens and chamber tombs) was practiced during the first period of the Apennine Culture, and that from some point in the Middle Bronze Age the cremation rite began to spread and was received with varying degrees of alacrity in some of the Apennine Culture areas.
Various economic components of the earlier horizon of the Apennine Culture in Lazio suggest a mixed economy in which, however, pastoralism prevailed. By the later phase of the Middle Bronze Age the picture is more complex: stock-raising seems to have been very important, with agricultural practiced more intensely – this is indicated not only by the evidence for the raising of pigs and for the existence of stable settlements but also and above all by the presence of querns, large storage vessels and the palaeobotanical remains. It may be supposed that the same type of mixed economy continued in the Recent Bronze Age.

Annali dell'Università di Ferrara, Ferrara, 1971

After a short critical survey of the problems connected with cultural definition and chronology, ... more After a short critical survey of the problems connected with cultural definition and chronology, both relative and absolute, this work deals with the cultures of the Alpine Territory of East Switzerland and South Austria from Urnfields age to the end of the La Tène age, which have been studied in relation to the cultures of Trentino and South Tirol.
The most interesting sites, from the point of wiew of a chronological and ecological definition of the Melaun-Fritzens Group have been critically examined. Such sites are, for example, Mottata, Montlinger Berg and Feldkirch-Altenstadt during the Urnfields age (the three of them of the greatest interest because of the absolutely certain stratigraphies and their typological associations); Bludenz Kleiner-Exerzierplatz during Hallstatt C-D (with its ceramical finds, typical of South Germany); Stans and Tarrenz. during Hallstatt D and La Tène A.
Starting from a thourough analisys of the archeological sources the material wich can be attributed to the so called "Group of Melaun-Fritzens" has been examined, catalogued and illustrated with drawings (when not yet published). From this catalogue work it has been possible to desume the typology of fundamental forms of ceramic and bronze and consequently it has been possible to study the various associations according to their cultural and chronological background.
Three cultural groups can be clearly recognized: the first can be divided into the two phases of Luco (Laugen: Hallstatt A2-B2) and Meluno (Melaun: Hallstatt B2-B3) and is characterised in its initial phase by frequent contacts with contemporary cultures of Bavaria and Urnfields of Tirol and of the Italic world, and in its final phase by a prevailing interest for the Italic culture. The second cultural group, of Bludenz (Hallstatt B3-D), in which an influence of the contemporary Hallstatt culture of Bavaria can be recognized. The third, of Fritzens (Hallstatt D-La Tène D), divided in four periods: initial, medium, advanced and final; during the first period elements belonging to cultures are noticeable. Later there are steady relations with the south-oriental alpine cultures and an influence of the Etruscan culture; in the course of time the Fritzens Group is subject to Celtic penetration.
With regard to the economical problem a detailed analysis of documents available has allowed the assumption that the Luco and Meluno periods were characterised by a mixed economy, based on permanent breeding (in Trentino, South Tirol and in the Rhine Valley), on agriculture (which is witnessed by the high percerchage of probably domestic Sus bones, found in Vorarlberg, and by grindstones for cereals found in the South Tirol valleys), on hunting (to be considered the main activity at Koblach Neuburg und Kadel and at Bludenz Montikel); the numerous findings thypical of several cultures from sites belonging to the Melaun-Fritzens Group, show an intense commercial activity.
Also during the Fritzens phase agriculture and not only permanent but also pastoral breeding coexisted, as proved by osteological and fictile findings in the sites belonging to this phase, as well as by literary sources; lively trade is also documented.
The populations that originated these cultures have also been examined under their various social aspects (costume, weapons, burial rites and social structures), under their ideological and linguistic aspects, and have finally been set in the framework of European protohistory.

Towards integrated management of Alexandria’s coastal heritage. Coastal region and small island, International Workshop on Submarine Archaeology and Coastal Management (7-11 Aprile 1997), papers 14, UNESCO, 2003

by Jacopo Tabolli, Hazel Dodge, Sheira Cohen, Alessandra Piergrossi, Maureen Carroll, Sian Halcrow, Iefke van Kampen, David Stifter, Anthony Tuck, Marcello Mogetta, Adriano Orsingher, Francesca Fulminante, Michele Guirguis, maria antonietta fugazzola delpino, Rosana Pla Orquín, Marijke Gnade, Massimo Cultraro, and Suellen Gauld

The Department of Classics at Trinity College Dublin is pleased to announce the international con... more The Department of Classics at Trinity College Dublin is pleased to announce the international conference ‘From invisible to visible: new data and methods for the archaeology of infant and child burials in pre-Roman Italy’ to be held at Trinity College Dublin on 24-25 April 2017, with the support of the Trinity Long Room Hub, the School of Histories and Humanities, the Italian Cultural Institute in Dublin and Fàilte Ireland, and in collaboration with the Centre for Gender and Women's Studies and the Trinity Research in Childhood Centre. This conference is part of the research project “Childhood and the Deathly Hallows: Investigating Infant and Child Burials in Pre-Roman Italy (c. 1000-500BC)”, funded by the Irish Research Council and carried out by Dr. Jacopo Tabolli.
On the basis that an infant and child tomb is itself an archaeological entity, whose analysis cuts across disciplines - mainly archaeology, bio-archaeology and anthropology, but also philology, ancient literature, gender studies, pedagogy, medical humanities and digital humanities - and in order to promote an interdisciplinary approach, the conference at Trinity College Dublin involves scholars from international institutions, experienced in interdisciplinary methods, in order to create a network specifically focused on the analysis of childhood in ancient societies. The role of this network is to function as an interdisciplinary incubator, offering a platform for dialogue between disciplines around infant and child burials.
We have invited scholars working on the archaeology of Italy from the Early Iron Age through the Archaic Period (c. 1000–500 BC) to present the results of their recent researches on the topic of infant and child burials.
We envision that this platform can be a model for other archaeological studies in the future as well as ideal for developing a new methodological approach to the excavation of infant and child tombs, following best practices in archaeology.

Publication plan
The prestigious series of Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology (SIMA) has already agreed to publish the proceedings of the conference.

For further information please email Jacopo Tabolli (tabollij@tcd.ie) or Hazel Dodge (hdodge@tcd.ie).

Towards integrated management of Alexandria’s coastal heritage (a cura di Selim Morcos, Nils Tongring,Youssef Halim,,Mostafa El-Abbadi and Hassan Awad), Coastal region and small island papers n.14, 2003

The submerged settlement of ‘La Marmotta’ (Anguillara Sabazia, Roma) in Lake Bracciano is a biolo... more The submerged settlement of ‘La Marmotta’ (Anguillara Sabazia, Roma) in Lake Bracciano is a biological archive of exceptional importance. It
represents the oldest Neolithic lake settlement in all of Europe (sixth millennium BC) and has produced a considerable amount of data. The archaeologicalsurfaces of damp sites offer a rich source of paleo-environmental, biological and cultural data.
The excellent state of preservation of organic remains buried in submerged settlements permits detailed reconstruction of the way of life of ancient human communities, the surrounding natural habitat, and the relationship between man and the environment.
All organic and non-organic remains, such as wood, bone, horn, pottery, seeds, etc. when immersed in water for an extended period of time, undergo chemical, physical and biological degradation. This often results in profound structural changes depending on the nature of theartefact, the length of time the object has been in the water, the surrounding environmental conditions such as pH, pollution and the nature of the
sediment. It is particularly important for organic remains to undergo protective treatment immediately on removal from the water. The artefacts may be subjected to further treatment for disinfection,
restoration and conservation.
The treatment of a large, one-piece oak canoe, found in the village under 8 m of water, was described to illustrate the restoration procedures.

Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria e Soprintendenza Speciale al Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico”L.Pigorini”, Roma-Firenze., 2001

This catalogue presents some of the "artistic" artifacts found in Italy. Bone, stone, ceramic an... more This catalogue presents some of the "artistic" artifacts found in Italy.
Bone, stone, ceramic and metal objects have been selected with representations of women, men and animals.
Following a chronological criterion, an attempt was made to give a picture of the aesthetic taste of the communities that lived in Italy, from the Paleolithic to the Iron Age, and also wanted to mention their cultural manifestation

In questo catalogo sono presentati alcuni dei manufatti "artistici" mobiliari rinvenuti in Italia.
Sono stati selezionati oggetti in osso, in pietra, in ceramica ed in metallo con rappresentazioni di donne, uomini ed animali.
Seguendo un criterio cronologico, si è tentato di dare un quadro del gusto estetico delle comunità che vivevano in Italia, dal Paleolitico sino all'età del Ferro, e si è voluto accennare anche alle loro manifestazioni culturali

This catalog traces the stages of the great exhibition on ancient Neolithic communities in Italy ... more This catalog traces the stages of the great exhibition on ancient Neolithic communities in Italy realized from December 2002 to March 2003 in the Prehistoric Ethnographic Museum Luigi Pigorini in Rome.
The catalog includes short introductory chapters on the impressed ceramics in the Mediterranean and in Italy and on the production of ceramics and decorative techniques used during the Ancient Neolithic.
The chapters dedicated to the most southern sites follow, then to those gravitating on the Tyrrhenian and then to those gravitating on the Adriatic. Following are the sections dedicated to the chronology, the lithic industry, the ornaments and the bone industry, the environments, the settlements and the burials, the cults, the raw materials, the men, the animals and the plants and finally the large settlement perilacustre of La Marmotta, considered perhaps the most important Neolithic site discovered in recent years in Europe.

Questo catalogo ripercorre le tappe della grande esposizione sulle comunità del Neolitico Antico in Italia. realizzata dal dicembre 2002 al marzo 2003 nel Museo Preistorico Etnografico Luigi Pigorini a Roma. Il catalogo comprende dei brevi capitoli introduttivi sia sulle ceramiche impresse nel Mediterraneo ed in Italia sia sulla produzione della ceramica e delle tecniche decorative utilizzate nel corso del Neolitico Antico. Seguono i capitoli dedicati ai siti più meridionali, poi a quelli gravitanti sul Tirreno e poi a quelli gravitanti sull'Adriatico. Seguono le sezioni dedicate alla cronologia, all'industria litica, agli ornamenti e all'industria in osso, agli ambienti, agli abitati ed alle sepolture, ai culti, alle materie prime, agli uomini, agli animali ed alle piante ed infine al grande insediamento perilacustre de La Marmotta, considerato forse il più importante sito neolitico scoperto negli ultimi anni in Europa.

Mostra dedicata alle ricerche archeologiche subacquee in Italia (Alessandria d'Egitto, 7-11 aprile, e Il Cairo, 14-28 aprile), 1997

Preliminary presentation of the results of underwater research and excavations in the Neolithic ... more Preliminary presentation of the results of underwater research and excavations in the Neolithic village of La Marmotta, submerged in the Lake Bracciano (Lazio, Italy).
14 paragraphs with:
History of the discovery and the excavations,
The village and its surroundings
The cultural facies of La Marmotta
C14 dating
Dendrochronological dating
Agriculture and harvesting
Animal husbandry, hunting and fishing
Boats
Wood restoration
Computerization of excavation data
Interdisciplinary research relating to the findings and to the site

Soprintendenza Speciale al Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico "Luigi Pigorini", Roma, 1997