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.

Tuesday 19 November 2019

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP: The Neolithic Settlement of “La Marmotta”. A View on the Neolithic Expansion

Dear Colleagues

On December 10 and 11 2019 we present the International Workshop:

The Neolithic Settlement of “La Marmotta”. A View on the Neolithic Expansion





We wait for you!

Organization:
Mario Mineo
Niccolò Mazzucco
Juan F. Gibaja

Monday 11 November 2019

Presenting our results at the Barcelona ENE2019 Conference on the Early Neolithic in Europe !


Proud to have been at Barcelona presenting results from our projects at the ENE2019 Conference on Early Neolithic in Europe. Three days of Neolithic in the beautiful Maritim Museum of Barcelona.






We have been presenting :

M. Mineo - Sea as a pathway of spread of Neolithic populations in the Mediterranean: La Marmotta (Italy), a village on the edge of the agricultural frontier (Welcome Seminar)

N. Mazzucco et al. - The Origins and Spread of Neolithic Harvesting Technologies from the Near East to Europe (Oral Communication)

J. F. Gibaja, L. Caruso et al. - Woodworking Technology and Navigation during the Early Neolithic: First Results of the Manoxiles Canoes and Objects Related to Navigation. Site of La Marmotta (Anguillara Sabazia, Roma) (Poster).

For more details see: https://ene2019.org/