Early Neolithic potters of the Italian Middle Adriatic region

Chiara La Marca; Giacomo Eramo; Italo Maria Muntoni; Cecilia Conati Barbaro

doi:10.35686/AR.2017.14

Authors

Chiara La Marca Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichita`, Sapienza Universita` di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Roma
Giacomo Eramo Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geoambientali, Universita` degli Studi di Bari “A. Moro”, Via Orabona 4, I-70125 Bari
Italo Maria Muntoni Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per le Province di Barletta – Andria – Trani e Foggia, via Alberto Alvarez Valentini, 8, I-71121 Foggia
Cecilia Conati Barbaro Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichita`, Sapienza Universita` di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Roma

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35686/AR.2017.14

Keywords:

Early Neolithic, Italy, Impressed Ware culture, ceramic analysis, archaeometry, thin section petrography

Abstract

This paper presents the preliminary results of the study of the Early Neolithic pottery production in the Marche region, Italy (VI mill. BC). The main goal of this research is to expand the knowledge of pottery manufacturing processes associated to the typical Central Adriatic Impressed Ware, at present poorly understood. All sites under analysis are located in the piedmont hills of the Apennine Mountains, except one which is on the coast. This study aims to highlight synchronic and diachronic variability in pottery technology, to identify common traits and to investigate the raw materials selection and exploitation strategies. The pottery assemblages are examined by means of an integrated approach which include techno-typological and archaeometric analyses. The environmental factors, the distribution of resources, the technology solutions taken by these early Neolithic communities are considered.