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Investigating the Early-to-Late Mesolithic Transition in Northeastern Italy

A Multifaceted Regional Perspective

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ID9367958
AuthorsFederica Fontana (0000-0002-8710-4421, University of Ferrara, corresponding author), Davide Visentin (0000-0003-3790-6677, Institución Milá y Fontanals de Investigación en Humanidades), Stefano Bertola (University of Ferrara), E Cristiani (0000-0002-2748-9171, Sapienza University of Rome), Noemi Dipino (Museo delle Scienze), Elisabetta Flor (0000-0002-1372-7538, Museo delle Scienze), Alex Fontana (Museo delle Scienze)
Year2023
Volume9
Issue1
Publication date2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOpen Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2300-6560 • E-ISSN: 2300-6560
PublisherDe Gruyter Open (PUBLISHER • PL)
DOI10.1515/opar-2022-0284
OpenAlexW4365790324
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited24

This article focuses on the Mesolithic record of northeastern Italy, one of the key European regions for studying the last prehistoric hunter-gatherer groups. Most specifically, it aims to compare the rich Early and Late Mesolithic evidence, trying to shed some light on the shift between these two periods. Such a topic is approached at a regional scale, that is to say, by comparing the overall record and trying to identify similarities and divergences concerning different aspects of past lifeways such as settlement strategies, technology, exploitation of faunal resources, ornamental traditions and burial rituals. Overall, by providing an updated regional synthesis, the presented data highlight aspects of continuity and discontinuity between these two periods and contribute significantly to the debate concerning the modalities in which this transition took place in Southern Europe

Archaeological record · Archaeology · Art · Geography · Mesolithic · Perspective (graphical · Prehistory · Settlement (finance · Visual arts · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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