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.

Sunday, 24 June 2018

The Time is Ripe for a Change - New Publication



In frame of the Neo-Innova project a new research article has been published in the last issue of the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology: "The time is ripe for a change. The evolution of harvesting technologies in Central Dalmatia during the Neolithic period (6th millennium cal BC)" by Mazzucco, N., Guilbeau, D., Kačarc, S., Podrug, E., Forenbaher, S., Radić, D., Moor, A. 





The paper investigates changes in the harvesting toolkit during the Neolithic in Central Dalmatia. Get free access to our paper following this link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1XF13-JVbh49I





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Tuesday, 12 June 2018

Awarana Congress - Use Wear Analysis

On May 30 we participated in the "Awrana-Nice 2018" congress with two works related to the theme of our project:

1. Mineo, M., Mazzucco, N., Gibaja, J.F., Gassin B., Mozota, M.: "‘Sabres’ from the Neolithic. The Sickles from La Marmotta"


2. Mazzucco, N., Gibaja, J.F., Ibáñez, J.J.: "A Long-term Perspective on Agricultural Technologies: design, evolution and diffusion of Neolithic harvesting tools in the central west Mediterranean (7th-3 mill. cal BC)"


We want to use this post to thank all the colleagues who have worked with us. We aim to publish the results soon.


Poster:  "‘Sabres’ from the Neolithic. The Sickles from La Marmotta"

Three generations of specialists: María Estela Mansur, Juan F. Gibaja and Niccolò Mazzucco
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