This is the blog of the project "Neo-Innova: The diffusion of Neolithic in the Central-Western Mediterranean: agriculture, technological innovations and radiocarbon dating" (HAR2016-75201-P). This research project focuses on one of the main turning points of human history: the diffusion of Neolithic. Even if it is well established that the Near East was the first focus of the invention of farming, around X-IX milenium BC, the mechanisms and the paths of its spreading in the rest of the Mediterranean are yet to be unfolded. During the last decades, the origin of European Neolithic has been explained as result of a diffusion process through two main axes: a Northern one, crossing central Europe, and a Southern one along the Mediterranean coasts. The current project is aimed to analyse the process of Neolithic diffusion through the Central-Western Mediterranean through analysis of the techniques and tools associated with the crop-harvesting and -processing tools. Analysis of those tools has to be supported by an extensive program of radiocarbon dating and a cross-analysis of the crop-harvesting/14C with the information proceeding from the environmental/ecological, the technological and the cereals consumed.

Thursday 1 February 2018

The Neolithic Sickles in the Republic of Macedonia

These days we had the opportunity to study the sickles of several Neolithic sites in the Republic of Macedonia.

The results are enormously interesting because of the links with other Neolithic manifestations of neighbouring areas.
This work is only a first step for new jobs that will start soon.
All this has been thanks to the collaboration of Goce Neumov, Fidanoski Ljubo, Aleksandar Mitkoski and other colleagues from City Museum of Skopje, Archaological Museum of Prilep and Archaeological Museum of Stip. 

From this post we thank you. It has been fantastic to share with great professionals and now friends this unforgettable experience.

Sickles f Govrlevo site 

 Niccolo Mazzucco and Juan Gibaja

Niccolo Mazzucco presenting our project at the Museum of Skopje 

 Fidanoski Ljubo presenting Niccolo Mazzuco

Goce Neumov presenting our project and collaboration

Archaeological Museum of Stip

Niccolo Mazzucco working in the Museum of Skopje

Museum of Macedonia

Goce Naumov and Niccolo Mazzucco in the Archaeological Museum of Prilep

Niccolo Mazzucco working in he Archaeological Museum of Prilep 

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