New papers on a monograph about Neolithic expansion

With enthusiasm, we present the monograph that we recently published in the journal Quaternary International. Under the title of The Neolithic expansion in the Western Mediterranean: Understanding a global phenomenon from regional perspectives.

Edited by Juan F. Gibaja, Juan J. Ibáñez, Niccolò Mazzucco and Xavier Terradas, several researchers of the project have collaborated in the edition and publication of some of the articles:

The beginning of the Neolithic in the Po Plain (northern Italy): Problems and perspectives Original Research Article
Pages 301-317
Elisabetta Starnini, Paolo Biagi, Niccolò Mazzucco

Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the northeast of Iberia: Chronology and socioeconomic dynamics Original Research Article
Pages 383-397
F. Xavier Oms, Xavier Terradas, Berta Morell, Juan F. Gibaja

When the Mediterranean met the Atlantic. A socio-economic view on Early Neolithic communities in central-southern Portugal Original Research Article
Pages 472-484
António Faustino Carvalho

Harvesting tools and the spread of the Neolithic into the Central-Western Mediterranean area Original Research Article
Pages 511-528
Niccolò Mazzucco, Giacomo Capuzzo, Cristiana Petrinelli Pannocchia, Juan José Ibáñez, Juan Francisco Gibaja

From this blog we offer our greatest congratulations to all the authors who have collaborated.

New Paper in Arkeogazte

We are happy to present a new paper that has been published in Arkeogazte journal. It is a final revision of the data we currently have on the Neolithic sickles from Italy to Portugal.

Authors: Juan F. Gibaja, Niccolo Mazzucco, Juan José Ibáñez, Mario Mineo, Amelia Rodríguez, Bernard Gassin, Unai Perales, Ignacio Martín-Lerma and Cristina López-Rodríguez

Title: Reconociendo el camino seguido por las primeras comunidades neolíticas asentadas en el Mediterráneo centro-occidental a través del análisis de sus hoces.

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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.

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New Article on Neolithic Harvesting technologies!

We are proud to present a new article on the Neolithic harvesting technologies:

This article, authored by Ibáñez, J.J., Gibaja, J.F., Gassin, B. and Mazzucco, N., is part of a recently published book: "Times of Neolithic Transition along the Western Mediterranean" edited by Oreto García-Puchol and Domingo C. Salazar-García. 

Thanks to everybody that made this study possible!

New Article: Harvesting Tools and the Spread of the Neolithic into the Central-Western Mediterranean Area

A new article has been recently published!

Mazzucco, N.,  Capuzzo G., Petrinelli Pannocchia C., Ibáñez J.J., Gibaja, J.F. Harvesting tools and the spread of the Neolithic into the Central-Western Mediterranean area, Quaternary International (2017), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2017.04.018

This paper discusses the current state of research on harvesting technologies of the first farming communities of the central and western Mediterranean area between ca. 6000-5900 cal BC and 4800-4700 cal BC. New data obtained from the analysis of almost 40 sites from the Italian Peninsula is compared with data previously collected from the Iberian Peninsula and southern France. Results indicate the existence of at least two different harvesting traditions, one characterized by curved sickles used for harvesting at a low or middle height; the other characterized by reaping knives with parallel hafted blades, probably mainly used for ear harvesting. Processes of innovation and change have been highlighted, suggesting that harvesting techniques changed and evolved through time. Besides, the mechanism and pace of diffusion of curved sickles have been explored, too.

We would like to express our gratitude to those colleagues who are participating in this project, allowing and helping us to analyze the sickle elements which are the basis of this study: D. Arobba, L. Baglioni, M. Baioni, P. Biagi, P. Boccuccia, F. Briois, F. Cavulli, M. Colombo, C. Conati Barbaro, A.M. De Angelis, S. Forenbaher, J. Guilaine, S. Grimaldi, S. Kacar, C. Lemorini, C. Longhi, V. Leonini, D. Lo Vetro, F. Martini, D. Mengoli, A. Moroni,I.M. Muntoni, A. Pedrotti, C. Perlés, A. Pessina, G. Radi, A.M. Ronchitelli, M. Serradimigni, F. Santaniello, P. Schirolli, E. Starnini, L. Sarti, G. Steffé, U. Tecchiati, I. Tirabassi, C. Tozzi, A.M. Tunzi, P. Visentini, M. Venturino Gambari and B. Voytek. This research is the result of three integrated projects: “The Diffusion of the Neolithic: Agricultural Technologies and Innovations in the Central Mediterranean Area” funded by a post-doctoral grant by the Fyssen Fondation and the collective projects “Le temps des moissons: l'arrivée des premiéres communautés d'agriculteurs en méditerranée centrale” funded by the Maison Archéologie & Ethnologie, René-Ginouvés and “La difusión del neolítico en el Mediterráneo centro-occidental: agricultura, innovaciones tecnológicas y carbono 14 - HAR2016-75201-P” funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Additional financial aid has been provided by the UMR 7055 «Préhistoire et Technologie»; a special thanks goes to them, for their help and support in this project. Special thanks also go to Giacomo Gonella for the revision of the manuscript.

New publication: Harvest time: crop-reaping technologies and the Neolithisation of the Central Mediterranean

We are pleased to present a new publication recently appeared in Antiquity.

Mazzucco, N., Guilbeau, D., Petrinelli-Pannocchia, C., Gassin, B., Ibáñez, J., & Gibaja, J. (2017). Harvest time: Crop-reaping technologies and the Neolithisation of the Central Mediterranean. Antiquity, 91(356). doi:10.15184/aqy.2016.273 

Thanks to all the authors and to the various funding institutions that are making this project possible (Fondation Fyssen, Maison de l'Archéologie et l'Ethnologie René-Ginouvès, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad)!

New Paper: The Sickles of Egolzwil 3 (Switzerland)

We present a new paper published in Quaternary International.

Thank you all authors!!!!


The Neolithic reaping knives from Egolzwil 3: A Mediterranean technical tradition in the late 5th millennium Swiss Neolithic.