MAY 14th 2019: "Knowing the complex Neolithic societies: ‘La Marmotta’ a village on the shores of Lake Bracciano (Roma, Italy)"

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MAY 14th 2019

Knowing the complex Neolithic societies: ‘La Marmotta’ a village on the shores of Lake Bracciano (Roma, Italy)

A lecture by:
Mario Mineo (Museo delle civiltà –MPE L. Pigorini)
Niccolò Mazzucco (Spanish National Research Council, IMF-CSIC)
Juan F. Gibaja (Spanish National Research Council, IMF-CSIC)

The lakeshore settlement of ‘La Marmotta’ represents some of the earliest evidence for seafaring farmers in Italy (ca. 5690-5250 cal BC) and one of the earliest wetland sites of the entire Central Mediterranean Basin. The site is unique for the richness and variety of organic materials preserved (i.e. fragments of textile and textile tools, foodstuff, wood and plant crafts, house remains, pirogues, etc.), especially if compared with the rest of Early Neolithic sites in the Italian Peninsula. Nevertheless, for a number of reasons, the site is still not integrated within the debate on the Neolithization process. We have currently started a research project to analyze the complex society of La Marmotta. This has been made possible thanks to the collaboration of many specialists from numerous international institutions.

Studying sickles in Thessaloniki

At the beginning of April, we travelled to Thessaloniki for a collaboration with Foteini Adaktylou and Maria Pappa to analyze the Neolithic tools of the settlements of Revenia and Makriyalos.

We have been able to study a small number of pieces from both sites since the archaeological record is enormously rich. The data obtained is excellent and helps us understand the Neolithic sickles of Northern Greece.

It has been great to be able to collaborate with Foteini and María, as well as with the curators and technicians of the Makriyelos Museum and Angeliki Kita, to whom we thank for their help.

In June we will return to Thessaloniki to continue working on new deposits. This will allow us to complete our knowledge about these Neolithic lithic tools.

Museum of Makriyalos. Wonderful to work! 

In front of Mount Olympus

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 

New Paper - Tribute to our friend Lydia Zapata

Our paper "The first agricultural tools: a view from both ends of the Mediterranean" has just been published.

This is a job we were expecting since it is part of a monograph in homage to our great friend Lydia Zapata who left us a short time ago.

It is certainly a way of recognizing the human and scientific quality of Lydia with which we shared beautiful moments.

You can see in: 

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