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.

Saturday 8 September 2018

Participation in the 24th EAA Annual Meeting held in Barcelona

This week we have participated with several presentations at the 24th EAA Annual Meeting (Barcelona)



The presentation were:

- THE SPREAD OF CROP HARVESTING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: A VIEW FROM THE SOUTHERN BALKANS
Mazzucco, Niccolo; Gibaja, Juan Francisco; Conolly, James; Naumov, Goce; Fidanoski, Ljubo

- THE DIFFUSION OF NEOLITHIC HARVESTING TOOLS INTO THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA, DEMIC DIFFUSION OR CULTURAL INNOVATION?
Capuzzo, Giacomo; Mazzucco, Niccolò; Ibañez, Juan José; Gibaja, Juan Francisco

- A SPARK IN THE DARK. ‘LA MARMOTTA’ LAKESHORE VILLAGE IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE IMPRESSED WARE NEOLITHIC
Mineo, Mario; Mazzucco, Niccolo; Gibaja, Juan F.; Mozota, M.; Gassin, B.






We show some pictures of the presentation A SPARK IN THE DARK. ‘LA MARMOTTA’ LAKESHORE VILLAGE IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE IMPRESSED WARE NEOLITHIC
Mario Mineo and Niccolo Mazzucco. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!