Dipartimento di Beni Culturali e Ambientali, PrEcLab - Laboratorio di Preistoria, Protostoria ed Ecologia Preistorica.

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Rapi M., Quirino T., Castellano L., Hirose M., Amato A., Barbieri E., Busnelli S., "Per scaldare, per cuocere e per produrre. Le strutture da fuoco dell'abitato etrusco del Forcello di Bagnolo S. Vito: aspetti tipologici e funzionali", in Peinetti A., Cattani M., Debandi F., a cura di, "Sesto Incontro Annuale di Preistoria e Protostoria. Focolari, forni e fornaci tra Neolitico ed età del Ferro", Bologna, 29 marzo 2019, 2019, pp. 107-109

Rapi M., Quirino T., Castellano L., Hirose M., Amato A., Barbieri E., Busnelli S., "To warm, to cook, to produce. The fire structures of the Etruscan settlement of Forcello di Bagnolo S. Vito: typological and functional aspects", in Peinetti A., Cattani M., Debandi F., eds., "Sixth Annual Meeting of Prehistory and Protohistory. Hearths, ovens and kilns from the Neolithic to the Iron Age", Bologna, march 29th 2019, 2019, pp. 107-109

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RIASSUNTO Il Forcello di Bagnolo S.Vito (MN) è il principale abitato dell'area di espansione etrusca a nord del Po nel VI e V secolo a.C. Si tratta di un insediamento esteso circa 12 ettari dalla struttura pienamente urbana: un impianto ortogonale caratterizzato da assi viari principali e strade minori che si intersecano ortogonalmente e individuano quartieri, occupati da edifici sia di tipo residenziale che produttivo. Le indagini archeologiche, estese su un'area di circa 900 m 2 nel nucleo centrale dell'insediamento, si susseguono da oltre trent'anni e hanno permesso di riconoscere nove fasi insediative, definite dallo stratificarsi di attività domestiche, attività artigianali ed eventi catastrofici. L'estensione e la lunga durata delle ricerche hanno permesso di riportare alla luce decine di strutture da fuoco: focolari, forni a fossa per attività pirotecnologiche, resti di fornaci per la cottura della ceramica. L'ampia varietà tipologica delle strutture da fuoco rinvenute è così associata alla funzione degli ambienti in cui esse si trovano, interpretata a sua volta grazie allo studio parallelo dei reperti associati e delle tecniche edilizie.

ABSTRACT The Forcello site (Bagnolo S. Vito, Mantua) is the main Etruscan settlement north of the Po in the 6th and 5th centuries BC. It is approximately 12-hectare wide, with a fully urban pattern. It's characterized by an orthogonal plan, defined by main and secondary roads that intersect each other orthogonally and outline blocks, occupied by both residential and productive buildings. The archaeological investigations are carried out in the settlement's core area, over about 900 m2. After more than thirty years of excavations, nine archaeological phases have been recognized, resulting by the stratification of domestic activities, craft activities and catastrophic events. The extension and the long duration of the researches have brought to light dozens of fire structures: hearths, pit furnaces to cast bronze or to forge iron objects, remains of kilns. The wide typological variety of the fire structures can be evaluated according to the function of the buildings in which they are located, detected by study of archaeological findings and building techniques.

Marta Rapi, Alfonsina Amato, Elena Barbieri, Selene Busnelli, Elisa Ginoli, Mari Hirose, Marco Musci, Giorgio Piazzalunga, "Lavagnone (Desenzano del Garda – Lonato, BS)", in Notiziario di Preistoria e Protostoria, 6.1 (2019), pp. 6-9

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KEY WORDS: Lavagnone, Pile dwellings, Bronze Age, Middle Bronze Age, Logboat, Yoke, Polada culture, Palafitte and Terramare culture

Scholars who will study the historiography of the European Neolithic, more particularly with regards to the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, will observe a progressive change in the core understanding of this period. For several decades the concept of “culture” has been privileged and the adopted approach aimed to highlight the most significant markers likely to emphasise the character of a given culture and to stress its specificities, the foundations of its identity. In short, earlier research aimed primarily to highlight the differences between cultures by stressing the most distinctive features of each of them. The tendency was to differentiate, single out, and identify cultural boundaries. However, over the last few years this perspective has been universally challenged. Although regional originality and particularisms are still a focus of study, the research community is now interested in widely diffused markers, in medium-scale or large-scale circulation, and in interactions that make it possible to go beyond the traditional notion of “archaeological culture”. The networks related to raw materials or finished products are currently leading us to re-think the history of Neolithic populations on a more general and more global scale. The aim is no longer to stress differences, but on the contrary to identify what links cultures together, what reaches beyond regionalism in order to try to uncover the underlying transcultural phenomena. From culturalism, we have moved on to its deconstruction. This is indeed a complete change in perspective. This new approach certainly owes a great deal to all kinds of methods, petrographic, metal, chemical and other analyses, combined with effective tools such as the GIS systems that provide a more accurate picture of the sources, exchanges or relays used by these groups. It is also true that behind the facts observed there are social organisations involving prospectors, extractors, craftsmen, distributors, sponsors, users, and recyclers. We therefore found it appropriate to organise a session on the theme “Materials, productions, exchange networks and their impact on the societies of Neolithic Europe”.

How is it possible to identify the circulation of materials or of finished objects in Neolithic Europe, as well as the social networks involved? Several approaches exist for the researcher, and the present volume provides some examples.

This contribution aims to compare jewellery artefacts from some northern Italy archaeological sites, dated to different periods of the Copper age. Through a techno-typological and functional study that takes into account several morphometric, morphological and specific trace parameters (indicators of anthropic and/or wear activity), the methods, techniques and tools are reconstructed and compared. On the one hand, with the typological analysis, jewellery has been looked at as a cultural marker allowing to gather information (raw material, forms, and measures) on different aspects of past life, such as style, territories, and traditions. On the other hand, with the technological analysis, interpretative hypotheses are proposed based on the comparison between production traces and experimental data in order to reconstruct (in part or completely) manufacture procedures and fabrication techniques. Finally, a functional analysis enabled to distinguish wear traces from technological traces and to recognize if the object has been used or not.

This thesis aims to compare jewellery artefacts from some northern Italy archaeological sites, dated to different periods: the Copper age and Early Bronze age. Through a techno-typological and functional study that takes into account several morphometric, morphological and specific trace parameters (indicators of anthropic and/or wear activity), the methods, techniques and tools are reconstructed and compared. On the one hand, with the typological analysis, jewellery has been looked at as a cultural marker allowing to gather information (raw material, forms, and measures) on different aspects of past life, such as style, territories, and traditions. On the other hand, with the technological analysis, interpretative hypotheses are proposed based on the comparison between production traces and experimental data in order to reconstruct (in part or completely) manufacture procedures and fabrication techniques. Finally, a functional analysis enabled to distinguish wear traces from technological traces and to recognize if the object has been used or not.

The objective of our work is to conduct a techno-typological and functional study on the ornamental elements of the Boira Fusca Cave (Cuorgnè, loc. Salto-Turin, Italy). The Cave belongs to rocky spur in gneissic rocks strongly ssured on the left side of the Orco river valley (altitude 510 m). The site was investigated in the late ‘70 (Fedele excavations, 1977-1980) and consists of a chrono-cultural sequence that starts from the late Paleolithic and reaches the Modern era. Particularly during the rst periods of the Metals Age (Copper-Early Bronze Age) the cave has seen a collective sepulchral use according to a widely diused rite in the alpine area at the time.