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Riparo Gaban is a rockshelter located at about 270m a.s.l., near Trento, in a narrow lateral vall... more Riparo Gaban is a rockshelter located at about 270m a.s.l., near Trento, in a narrow lateral valley on the left bank of river Adige, Northern Italy. This site gives name to the so called �Gaban group� occupying Trento area during the spread of neolithisation, at the end of the VI millennium cal BC. Despite some gaps, the excavations by Bernardino Bagolini in sectors I to V from 1971 to 1979, revealed an impressive stratigraphic series attesting several occupations from late IX to mid-II millennium cal BC. The best known finds unearthed in Mesolithic (Sauveterrian and Castelnovian) and Neolithic layers are undoubtedly object of high artistic value, and realised on bone, antler, and stone. The analysed faunal assemblages derive from Castelnovian levels (IV Sector US E1-4) and are characterised by a high degree of fragmentation due to intentional bones fracturing for marrow extraction.The faunal remains belong mostly to ungulates: red deer, boar and roe deer are the most common species...

En Italie du Nord, on connait des sites lacustres et palustres dans le Piemont, en Lombardie, en ... more En Italie du Nord, on connait des sites lacustres et palustres dans le Piemont, en Lombardie, en Venetie, dans le Trentin et le Frioul. Malgre un nombre eleve de gisements, la structure des villages reste encore largement meconnue. Les donnees les plus significatives proviennent des fouilles systematiques menees a Fiave, ou la typologie a permis de distinguer plusieurs occupations. En Italie, on connait de nombreux sites palafittiques des le milieu du 6 e millenaire av. J.-C. (Marmotta, Roma, Pizzo di Bodio, VA). Les nouvelles datations 1 4 C de Ledro permettent de concevoir l'existence d'un premier noyau de village au Neolithique recent (Bocca Quadrata III). Les datations realisees a Palu di Livenza montrent une continuite de l'habitat du milieu du 5 e s. av. J.-C. jusqu'au debut du 3 e millenaire. Le pieu decouvert a Mulini di Bioggio (commune de Muzzano, non loin de Lugano), a une profondeur de 12 a 13 m, s'est avere remonter a 2310-1950 av. J. -C. Il atteste pour la premiere fois au Tessin la presence de «lacustres», et ce sur les rives du lac de Lugano.

IpoTESI di Preistoria, 2020

Lithic technology is an uncommon research tool for investigating the Neolithic lithic industries ... more Lithic technology is an uncommon research tool for investigating the Neolithic lithic industries of northern Italy. In fact, our knowledge about the lithic industries of this period is mainly related to typological descriptions. The technological study of these fittings found in the Lugo di Grezzana (VR) site highlights the usefulness of this approach and provides evidence to detect technical skills and socio-economic relationships among the early Neolithic groups.

Several firing structures, fireplaces, ovens/kilns and firing pits, were found at the Early Neoli... more Several firing structures, fireplaces, ovens/kilns and firing pits, were found at the Early Neolithic site of Lugo di Grezzana (VR) in Valpantena (Italy), which relates to the Fiorano culture (5300-4900 a.C cal.). Hearths are heat alteration of substrate, which can be prepared or delimited; plastered surfaces hardened by fire are part of fireplaces or ovens/kilns; the latter recognised in vault remains and abundance of daub fragments; firing pits are all characterised by deep rubefaction of the walls, a slightly-fired bottom (or not fired at all) and large carbonized beams just few centimetres above the bottom. There are also all those identifying elements of activities related to the use of fire: ash, charcoal, fired clay, burnt ecofacts and artefacts. The filling over the carbonized beams consists of mixed sediment and chaotic lying artefacts. The morphological peculiarities, the characterisation of the fills and the dimensional differences between the combustion structures sugges...

Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2020

Abstract The heat treatment of siliceous raw materials is one of the most ancient evidence of pyr... more Abstract The heat treatment of siliceous raw materials is one of the most ancient evidence of pyrotechnology in human history. In fact, the controlled heating of rocks to facilitate the production of lithic artefact has been proved in several contexts, even back to the Palaeolithic. The use of the heat treatment can be preliminarily assessed by eye inspection of the stone tools. However, the rock variability and possible surface alterations make uncertain the result of this simple macroscopic approach. Therefore, more reliable methods, based on archaeometric techniques, have been developed, in order to characterize structural modifications of rocks due to the heating process. These techniques may involve some limitations, as concerns the size of the sample and/or its preparation. In this paper, we show how density measurement, using the Archimedes balance, may provide a clear indication on the presence of heat-treated archaeological lithic artifacts. The method involves the construction of a reference master curve: density vs heat treatment temperature, of geological chert samples with the same provenance of the archaeological artifacts under investigation. The novel procedure has successfully been tested with some stone tools from La Vela Neolithic site (Trento - Italy), which had been previously proved to be heat-treated by means of infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. In this regard, the “density method” turns out to be a cost-effective and fast non-destructive approach, particularly suited for a preliminary assessment of the heat treatment of large lithic assemblages.

Journal of Animal Science and Research, 2018

trays containing eggshells and fecal residues were obtained, and paper pads with fecal droppings ... more trays containing eggshells and fecal residues were obtained, and paper pads with fecal droppings from both groups of poults, from inoculated and control hens, were also analyzed. Reproductive tract (RT) segments, including ovary and ovarian follicles, and upper level of the tract (from infundibulum to isthmus), of hens from both breeder flocks were analyzed at week 65. Semen and testes from toms were also analyzed. No evidence was obtained for vertical transmission of the marker strains through artificial insemination. However, Salmonella and Campylobacter were found in RT of hens and semen from toms, indicating a potential route of transmission of these foodborne pathogens to the progeny.

PloS one, 2018

The Tyrolean Iceman, a 5,300-year-old glacier mummy recovered at the Tisenjoch (South Tyrol, Ital... more The Tyrolean Iceman, a 5,300-year-old glacier mummy recovered at the Tisenjoch (South Tyrol, Italy) together with his clothes and personal equipment, represents a unique opportunity for prehistoric research. The present work examines the Iceman's tools which are made from chert or are related to chert working - dagger, two arrowheads, endscraper, borer, small flake and antler retoucher - and considers also the arrowhead still embedded in the shoulder of the mummy. The interdisciplinary results achieved by study of the lithic raw material, technology, use-wear analysis, CT analysis and typology all add new information to Ötzi's individual history and his last days, and allow insights into the way of life of Alpine Copper Age communities. The chert raw material of the small assemblage originates from at least three different areas of provenance in the Southalpine region. One, or possibly two, sources derive from outcrops in the Trentino, specifically the Non Valley. Such varia...

Arqueologia Paseos Virtuales Por Civilizaciones Desaparecidas 1996 Isbn 84 253 2959 0 Pags 114 119, 1996

Riparo Gaban is a rockshelter located at about 270m a.s.l., near Trento, in a narrow lateral vall... more Riparo Gaban is a rockshelter located at about 270m a.s.l., near Trento, in a narrow lateral valley on the left bank of river Adige, Northern Italy. This site gives name to the so called �Gaban group� occupying Trento area during the spread of neolithisation, at the end of the VI millennium cal BC. Despite some gaps, the excavations by Bernardino Bagolini in sectors I to V from 1971 to 1979, revealed an impressive stratigraphic series attesting several occupations from late IX to mid-II millennium cal BC. The best known finds unearthed in Mesolithic (Sauveterrian and Castelnovian) and Neolithic layers are undoubtedly object of high artistic value, and realised on bone, antler, and stone. The analysed faunal assemblages derive from Castelnovian levels (IV Sector US E1-4) and are characterised by a high degree of fragmentation due to intentional bones fracturing for marrow extraction.The faunal remains belong mostly to ungulates: red deer, boar and roe deer are the most common species...

En Italie du Nord, on connait des sites lacustres et palustres dans le Piemont, en Lombardie, en ... more En Italie du Nord, on connait des sites lacustres et palustres dans le Piemont, en Lombardie, en Venetie, dans le Trentin et le Frioul. Malgre un nombre eleve de gisements, la structure des villages reste encore largement meconnue. Les donnees les plus significatives proviennent des fouilles systematiques menees a Fiave, ou la typologie a permis de distinguer plusieurs occupations. En Italie, on connait de nombreux sites palafittiques des le milieu du 6 e millenaire av. J.-C. (Marmotta, Roma, Pizzo di Bodio, VA). Les nouvelles datations 1 4 C de Ledro permettent de concevoir l'existence d'un premier noyau de village au Neolithique recent (Bocca Quadrata III). Les datations realisees a Palu di Livenza montrent une continuite de l'habitat du milieu du 5 e s. av. J.-C. jusqu'au debut du 3 e millenaire. Le pieu decouvert a Mulini di Bioggio (commune de Muzzano, non loin de Lugano), a une profondeur de 12 a 13 m, s'est avere remonter a 2310-1950 av. J. -C. Il atteste pour la premiere fois au Tessin la presence de «lacustres», et ce sur les rives du lac de Lugano.

IpoTESI di Preistoria, 2020

Lithic technology is an uncommon research tool for investigating the Neolithic lithic industries ... more Lithic technology is an uncommon research tool for investigating the Neolithic lithic industries of northern Italy. In fact, our knowledge about the lithic industries of this period is mainly related to typological descriptions. The technological study of these fittings found in the Lugo di Grezzana (VR) site highlights the usefulness of this approach and provides evidence to detect technical skills and socio-economic relationships among the early Neolithic groups.

Several firing structures, fireplaces, ovens/kilns and firing pits, were found at the Early Neoli... more Several firing structures, fireplaces, ovens/kilns and firing pits, were found at the Early Neolithic site of Lugo di Grezzana (VR) in Valpantena (Italy), which relates to the Fiorano culture (5300-4900 a.C cal.). Hearths are heat alteration of substrate, which can be prepared or delimited; plastered surfaces hardened by fire are part of fireplaces or ovens/kilns; the latter recognised in vault remains and abundance of daub fragments; firing pits are all characterised by deep rubefaction of the walls, a slightly-fired bottom (or not fired at all) and large carbonized beams just few centimetres above the bottom. There are also all those identifying elements of activities related to the use of fire: ash, charcoal, fired clay, burnt ecofacts and artefacts. The filling over the carbonized beams consists of mixed sediment and chaotic lying artefacts. The morphological peculiarities, the characterisation of the fills and the dimensional differences between the combustion structures sugges...

Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2020

Abstract The heat treatment of siliceous raw materials is one of the most ancient evidence of pyr... more Abstract The heat treatment of siliceous raw materials is one of the most ancient evidence of pyrotechnology in human history. In fact, the controlled heating of rocks to facilitate the production of lithic artefact has been proved in several contexts, even back to the Palaeolithic. The use of the heat treatment can be preliminarily assessed by eye inspection of the stone tools. However, the rock variability and possible surface alterations make uncertain the result of this simple macroscopic approach. Therefore, more reliable methods, based on archaeometric techniques, have been developed, in order to characterize structural modifications of rocks due to the heating process. These techniques may involve some limitations, as concerns the size of the sample and/or its preparation. In this paper, we show how density measurement, using the Archimedes balance, may provide a clear indication on the presence of heat-treated archaeological lithic artifacts. The method involves the construction of a reference master curve: density vs heat treatment temperature, of geological chert samples with the same provenance of the archaeological artifacts under investigation. The novel procedure has successfully been tested with some stone tools from La Vela Neolithic site (Trento - Italy), which had been previously proved to be heat-treated by means of infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. In this regard, the “density method” turns out to be a cost-effective and fast non-destructive approach, particularly suited for a preliminary assessment of the heat treatment of large lithic assemblages.

Journal of Animal Science and Research, 2018

trays containing eggshells and fecal residues were obtained, and paper pads with fecal droppings ... more trays containing eggshells and fecal residues were obtained, and paper pads with fecal droppings from both groups of poults, from inoculated and control hens, were also analyzed. Reproductive tract (RT) segments, including ovary and ovarian follicles, and upper level of the tract (from infundibulum to isthmus), of hens from both breeder flocks were analyzed at week 65. Semen and testes from toms were also analyzed. No evidence was obtained for vertical transmission of the marker strains through artificial insemination. However, Salmonella and Campylobacter were found in RT of hens and semen from toms, indicating a potential route of transmission of these foodborne pathogens to the progeny.

PloS one, 2018

The Tyrolean Iceman, a 5,300-year-old glacier mummy recovered at the Tisenjoch (South Tyrol, Ital... more The Tyrolean Iceman, a 5,300-year-old glacier mummy recovered at the Tisenjoch (South Tyrol, Italy) together with his clothes and personal equipment, represents a unique opportunity for prehistoric research. The present work examines the Iceman's tools which are made from chert or are related to chert working - dagger, two arrowheads, endscraper, borer, small flake and antler retoucher - and considers also the arrowhead still embedded in the shoulder of the mummy. The interdisciplinary results achieved by study of the lithic raw material, technology, use-wear analysis, CT analysis and typology all add new information to Ötzi's individual history and his last days, and allow insights into the way of life of Alpine Copper Age communities. The chert raw material of the small assemblage originates from at least three different areas of provenance in the Southalpine region. One, or possibly two, sources derive from outcrops in the Trentino, specifically the Non Valley. Such varia...

Arqueologia Paseos Virtuales Por Civilizaciones Desaparecidas 1996 Isbn 84 253 2959 0 Pags 114 119, 1996