Migration, adaptation, innovation: The spread of Neolithic harvesting technologies in the Mediterranean

A new article with data from our projects has been published in PloS One:

Migration, adaptation, innovation: The spread of Neolithic harvesting technologies in the Mediterranean

The article is OpenAccess at the following page:

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0232455

Thanks to our colleagues all across the Mediterranean that made this study possible.

New Book: Use-wear Analyses of Polished and Bevelled Stone Artefacts during the Sepulcres de Fossa/ Pit Burials Horizon (NE Iberia, c. 4000–3400 cal B.C.)

We are very pleased to announce that our colleague Alba Masclans has published her book Use-wear Analyses of Polished and Bevelled Stone Artefacts during the Sepulcres de Fossa/ Pit Burials Horizon (NE Iberia, c. 4000–3400 cal B.C.) (BAR International Series, S2972), which is now available to order at https://www.barpublishing.com/use-wear-analyses-of-polished-and-bevelled-stone-artefacts-during-the-sepulcres-de-fossa-pit-burials-horizon-ne-iberia-c.-40003400-cal-b.c..html

Workshop: "The Neolithic Settlement of “La Marmotta”: A View on the Neolithic Expansion

On December 10 and 11 we organized the workshop: "The Neolithic Settlement of “La Marmotta”: A View on the Neolithic Expansion"

It was a fantastic meeting to know the first results obtained in La Marmotta neolithic site within the project “Expansión y desarrollo del neolítico en el Mediterráneo central: tecnología y producción de alimentos en el asentamiento lacustre de La Marmotta (Roma, Italia)” Proyectos Intramurales para Arqueología en el Exterior (201818008). Ministerio de Ciencia Innovación y Universidad / CSIC.

It was also incredible to know the new lines of work that will begin in the coming months and the possibilities of requesting projects with the participants.

Thanks to all the participants, the Pigorini Museum (especially his director Filippo Maria Gambari), La Escuela Española de Historia y Arqueología en Roma (EEHAR-CSIC) (especially their Directors José Ramón Urquijo and Antonio Pizzo), La Institución Milá y Fontanals (IMF-CSIC) (especially his director Luis Calvo) and all the people who attended the workshop.

                                                                                                             

Mario Mineo, Niccolò Mazzucco and Juan F. Gibaja

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

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/

Presentation of "La Marmotta" site in the University of York

Today we have presented the neolithic settlement of La Marmotta in BioArCh -University of York, United Kingdom.

https://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/centres-facilities/bioarch/

Conference: The complexity of Neolithic societies in the Mediterranean area: ‘La Marmotta’, a village on the shore of Lake Bracciano (Rome, Italy). Juan F. Gibaja, Mario Mineo and Niccolò Mazzucco

It has been fantastic to show the site, the archaeological material the team and the project.

This presentation has been possible thanks to the invitation of Oliver Craig.

https://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/academic-staff/oliver-craig/

We hope to collaborate in the future with researchers of Bioarch specialized in different molecular analyzes!!!
Also...Thanks to Maria Fontanals with the presentation and traslation

Presentation of La Marmotta site in the Seminar: Nuevas perspectivas de investigación y gestión del patrimonio cultural subacuático

Recently our colleague Mario Mineo has presented the Neolithic settlement of La Marmotta and the project between the Museo delle Civilta and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in the seminar "Nuevas perspectivas de investigación y gestión del patrimonio cultural subacuático".

https://www.eehar.csic.es/nuevas-perspectivas-de-investigacion-y-gestion-del-patrimonio-cultural-subacuatico-11-septiembre-2019/

Thanks to Mario, Arturo Rey for the invitation to participate in this seminar and to the director and co-director (José Ramón Urquijo and Antonio Pizzo) of the Escuela Española de Historia y Arqueología in Rome (EEHAR-CSIC) for the excellent reception and organization.

The Marmotta site in the spanish newspaper "La Razón"

This Monday a news about La Marmotta was published in the spanish newspaper "La Razón".

This work is possible thanks to the collaboration between Museo delle Civiltà - Museo preistorico etnografico «Luigi Pigorini and the CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) 

This work is supported by Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades and CSIC with the projects: 

- "La difusión del neolítico en el Mediterráneo centro-occidental: agricultura, innovaciones tecnológicas y carbono 14". Programa I+D (HAR2016-75201-P)

- "Expansión y desarrollo del neolítico en el Mediterráneo central: tecnología y producción de alimentos en el asentamiento lacustre de La Marmotta (Roma, Italia)". Proyectos Intramurales para Arqueología en el Exterior (201818008). 

https://www.larazon.es/cultura/la-marmotta-asi-era-la-tecnologia-hace-6000-anos-DG24550254

We want to thank the work of the journalist Javier Ors

Mario Mineo

Niccolo Mazzucco

Juan F. Gibaja

Marmotta Neolithic site. New analysis about lithic tools

These days we returned to the Pigoniri Museum to continue our work with the materials of the Marmotta site. In this case, the team members were Niccolo Mazzucco (use-wear analysis), Denis Guibaud (lithic knapping technology), Caroline Hamon (morphology, technology and use-wear of macro-tools related to grinding, and elaboration of polished instruments), Marta Portillo (phytoliths analysis), Alba Masclans (morphology, technology and use-wear of polished axes and adzes) and Gerard Remolins (GIS and recovery of graphical information). All under the direction and supervision of Mario Mineo.
We also had the opportunity to visit Lake Bracciano -where the site is located- and to celebrate the super-team that we have in the Marmotta, which is getting bigger every day!

In recent months we have incorporated the aforementioned Denis Guibaud, as well as Eva Birgitta Andersson Strand and Christina Margariti (Copenhaguen University) to work with the tools and remains linked to the textile production

Strontium isotopic analyses to characterise mobility at "La Marmotta"

We started sampling for strontium isotopic analyses to characterise mobility at La Marmotta. We did a pilot study on the first excavated materials – chemically consolidated – and the more recent ones (not chemically consolidated) to check if consolidated tooth enamel preserved the original strontium signature. These studies will be key to assess the use of chemically consolidated teeth in strontium isotopic studies and, in a second stage, to provide insights in the Neolitisation process in the Mediterranean (Silvia Valenzuela and Ariadna Nieto)