Paolo Biagi
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 832490 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Paolo Biagi |
| PRENOMES | Paolo |
| SOBRENOME | Biagi |
| ASSINATURA | BIAGI P |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Ca' Foscari University of Venice |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5948-296X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 47 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 150 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 47 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1980 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
The Middle Palaeolithic of the Pindos Range and its Neighbouring Areas
The Middle Palaeolithic record of the southern Balkans is largely known from open-air surface scatters that are often difficult or impossible to date and lack a clear stratigraphic context. In the area close to the Pindos range, only two sites—Theopetra cave and Asprochaliko rockshelter—yielded stratified Middle Palaeolithic deposits, while Kokkinopilos presents partial stratification, although artefacts from older excavations remain difficult to…
An Aurignacian Assemblage from the Island of Lemnos (Greece)
The discovery of an Aurignacian lithic assemblage along the northern coast of the Island of Lemnos in the northeastern Aegean Sea has opened new perspectives on the study of the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic in this region. The site is located some 93 m from the present seashore. It was discovered in the summer of 2020, ca. 2 km west of the Pournias Bay. The lithics were exposed in a well-defined oval concentration, ca. 25 × 10 m wide, burie…
Pottery as an Indicator of Mountain Landscape Exploitation
Surveys and excavations carried out between 2004 and 2019 around the Vlach town of Samarina, in the Pindos Mountains of Western Macedonia (Greece), have yielded potsherds that can be attributed to different historical periods. The data collected so far suggest a long human presence in this region of the northern Pindos spanning from the Middle Pleistocene to the late Middle Ages. The ceramic fragments from the Historical Camp (HC), Kirkouri (KRK)…
The Late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Settlement of Northern Italy
This paper considers some problems of the Late Palaeolithic and the Mesolithic periods in Northern Italy. More precisely, it deals with chronology, settlement pattern, techno-typological characteristics of knapped stone assemblages, and climatic changes that have taken place in the region from the discovery of the first sites in the 1960s and the excavations that soon followed to the present state of research. The Italian Alps, the Piedmont, and …
Exploitation, Transport, and Circulation of the Rohri Hills Chert (Sindh, Pakistan) during the Indus Period
During the third millennium cal BC, the Indus communities exploited great quantities of chert from the Rohri Hills mines in Upper Sindh for making different types of artifacts. This paper discusses the way chert was transported to the Indus Civilization centers and the problems related to the type, quantity, and quality of raw material and artifacts that were transported, including when, why, and where. This paper raises the question of land and …
Building the Lesser Caucasus Monumental Landscape during the Bronze Age
Surveys carried out in the Javakheti Plateau during the last decade have improved our knowledge of the Bronze Age archaeology of this highland zone of the Lesser Caucasus of Georgia. Surveys have been conducted all over the area surrounding the Mt. Chikiani volcano, along the southern terraces of the Tsalka Reservoir, and some of the north-western slopes of Mt. Paravani. All these territories have yielded impressive evidence of megalithic monumen…
Chalcolithic Remedello Culture of Northern Italy
Forgotten Islands of the Past
The Indus Delta plays an important role in the archaeology of the northern coast of the Arabian Sea. Little was known of this region until a few decades ago. The first surveys were carried out in the 1970s and were resumed by the present author in the 2010s. They have shown the great potential of the area for the interpretation of sea-level rise and its related human settlement between the beginning of the Holocene and the Hellenistic period. In …
The Amri Chalcolithic Phase in Sindh (Pakistan)
The problem of the origin of the Indus Civilisation has attracted attention of many colleagues working on the archaeology of the Indian Subcontinent and the Indus Valley in particular. What is the role played by the cultural processes preceding the origin and spread of one of the most important Bronze Age civilisations of the ancient world? This paper examines some aspects of the Amri Phase, which flourished in Sindh during the 4th millennium BC.…
Agia Marina and Peristereònas
The surveys carried out along the coasts of the island of Lemnos (Greece) have led to the discovery of new Late Epipalaeolithic sites at Agia Marina and Peristereònas. Peristereònas yielded a knapped stone assemblage that is strictly comparable with that from Ouriakos, a site located along the south-eastern coast of the same island, while the artefacts from Agia Marina are more problematic to interpret because they are probably to be attributed t…
Lakheen-Jo-Daro, an Indus Civilization Settlement at Sukkur in Upper Sindh (Pakistan)
The Bronze Age settlement of Lakheen-Jo-Daro is located in the northern outskirts of \nthe city of Sukkur, ca. 2.5 km north of the present course of the Indus, where the river \nnarrows to flow across the northernmost limestone fringes of the Rohri Hills. The site \nwas accidentally discovered in 1985, though the first trial trenches were opened in 1994. \nDuring the cleaning of the profile of one of the trenches excavated in 1996, one copper \na…
Early Metal Ages Burial Grounds Chronology and Cultural Transmission
The study of the Early Metal Age cultures of Europe has greatly improved during the last decades. New studies have been centered not only on aspects of the material culture and burial rites, but also on the chronology of the different complexes, their spread, eventually genetic evidence, and cultural transmission. Moreover, the study of the steppe zones of south-eastern Europe has improved thanks to the excavation and publication of new burial gr…
Some aspects of the Upper Palaeolithic period in Sindh, Pakistan
The Palaeolithic sequence of the Arma dell’Aquila (Finale Ligure, Savona, North-western Italy)
The excavations carried out in the rock-shelter of Arma dell’Aquila by C. Richard in 1938 and 1940 led to the discovery of a thick stratigraphy, the lowermost deposit of which yielded evidence of different periods of Upper Palaeolithic occupation. The recent re-examination of the knapped stone assemblages, and the radiocarbon dating of two Palaeolithic layers, have shown that the site was briefly occupied most probably during the beginning of the…
Indus Civilization
Shell Middens of the Arabian Sea
Short Report
This paper discusses the importance of the discovery of one déjeté Levallois tool from the surface of a dark grey and black patinated gravel terrace located ca. 500 m south-west of the Neolithic site of Sheri Khan Tarakai in the Bannu Basin (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan), and provides a detailed geomorphological description of the area where it was found. The Neolithic site rests on a large gravelly fan, at present terraced and dismembered by sma…
Early Neolithic Settlement of the Po Plain (Northern Italy)
Around the mid-19th century, several groups of archaeologists active in northern Italy discovered a few sites characterized by the presence of ‘hut-floors’ or ‘pit-dwellings’ (fondi di capanna), which they attributed to a well-defined period of their Stone Age sequence. Research in the central Po Plain of Lombardy was resumed in the 1970s, allowing one to attribute some of the older discoveries to the Early Neolithic Vhò cultural aspect. The scop…
Dating the funerary use of caves in Liguria (northwestern Italy) from the Neolithic to historic times
Before the Neolithic in the Aegean
The renewed Mesolithic research in the Greek mainland and the islands has been providing new insights into the lively maritime activity within the region; however, the southwest coast of Turkey has been virtually devoid of related investigations until the commencement of the Bozburun Prehistoric Survey project in 2017. The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the prehistoric sites discovered at the Bozburun Peninsula during the 2017–2019 f…
Archaeology at Ras Muari
This paper describes the results of the surveys carried out along Ras Muari (Cape Monze, Karachi, Sindh) by the Italian Archaeological Mission in Lower Sindh and Las Bela in 2013 and 2014. The surveyed area coincides with part of the mythical land of the Ichthyophagoi , mentioned by the classical chroniclers. Many archaeological sites, mainly scatters and spots of fragmented marine and mangrove shells, were discovered and AMS dated along the nort…
Shell Middens of the Arabian Sea
High-Altitude Archaeology in Southeastern Europe
The re-discovery of Arma dell’Aquila (Finale Ligure, Italy)
Mahi Wala 1 (MW-1)
The prehistoric fisher-gatherers of the western coast of the Arabian Sea
The analysis of the settlement structures, material culture\nassemblages and handicraft activities ofthe aceramic, fifth millennium BP shell middens of the coast of Oman has shown that sedentarization had already taken place in this area among the Middle Holocene fisher/gatherers. These observations have been possible thanks to the study of four settlements and their habitation structures that indicate the relative permanence of their inhabitants…
Qurum
First evidence of prehistoric coastal adaptations along the Arabian shores of the Indian Ocean is being recovered at Qurum in the Sultanate of Oman. The cluster of shell‐middens currently excavated relates to a small population of fishermen of the 5th and 4th millennia B.C. having a strongly maritime‐oriented culture. The economy was based on local resource intensification, but stock‐breeding of goats and cattle was practised as well, suggesting …
A radiocarbon chronology for the aceramic shell‐middens of coastal Oman
Our knowledge of the prehistory of coastal Oman has greatly increased during the last ten years. This article considers the radiocarbon chronology of the aceramic shell‐middens scattered along the coast between Muscat, to the north, and Shuwayr, to the south. The appearance of these middens seems to correspond to the climatic deterioration that, according to more recent results, took place around the middle of the seventh millennium BP. The numbe…
The early Palaeolithic sites of the Rohri Hills (Sind, Pakistan) and their environmental significance
The preliminary investigations carried out on the Rohri Hills in January 1986 led to the discovery of several Palaeolithic sites, seven of which are to be attributed to the Early Palaeolithic Acheulian tradition. The laboratory analysis of the physical state of the artefacts as well as the study of the soils still preserved in some areas of the Hills allowed the Authors to formulate a preliminary assessment of the environmental changes which occu…
Prehistoric exploitation of Grevena highland zones
The surveys and excavations carried out in the highland zone of \nthe Grevena Pindus Mountains have revealed that the watershed that separates western Macedonia from Epirus was (seasonally) inhabited in different prehistoric times, from the Middle Palaeolithic to the Bronze Age. The highest concentration of 'sites' is known from the surroundings of the modern village of Samarina, which is rich in good-quality chert raw material outcrops. This ter…
Changing the prehistory of Sindh and Las Bela coast
The paper discusses the prehistory of Lowr Sindh and Las Bela Coast, and the role played by the Italian archaeologists since the 1980's. New date are presented regarding mainly the radiocarbon chronology the Indus Delta settlement on rocky outcrops and the shell middens of Las Bela
An Acheulian Workshop at Ziarat Pir Shaban on the Rohri Hills, Sindh, Pakistan
Description et etude de la repartition numerique, spatiale et typologique de l'assemblage de silex d'un atelier de debitage acheuleen decouvert sur le site de Ziarat Pir Shaban (Rohri Hills, district de Sukkur, Pakistan) a 750 m au sud-est d'une tombe homonyme
The shell middens of Las Bela coast and the Indus delta (Arabian Sea, Pakistan)
The surveys carried out along the coast of Las Bela (Balochistan) and the Indus delta (Sindh), have shown that these two regions were inhabited since the end of the eighth millennium BP. The discovery of shell middens along the shores of Daun Bay and Lake Siranda (Las Bela), have radically changed our view of the prehistory of this territory. The surveys conducted in the Indus delta have revealed that all the rocky outcrops rising from the alluvi…
An Early Palaeolithic site near Saiwan (Sultanate of Oman)
The Author describes a lithic assemblage attributable to the Early Palaeolithic, discovered in the winter of 1984–85 near Saiwan in central‐eastern Oman. The chert assemblage, characterized by large‐sized artefacts with plain, sloping, striking platform, various types of hand‐axes, side scrapers and cores, is probably to be attributed to a late phase of the Acheulian Culture
The Harappan flint quarries of the Rohri Hills (Sind-Pakistan)
Flint quarries in the Rohri hills supplied stone to the city of Mohenjo-Daro, out on the silty river-plain and lacking local supply. A new survey has identified workshop sites and an extraordinary scale of production
Some Aspects of the Prehistory of Northern Italy from the Final Palaeolithic to the Middle Neolithic
This article concerns the prehistory of Northern Italy from the end of the ninth to the beginning of the fourth millennium bc. The main aim in this work is to interpret the available archaeological evidence in an attempt to understand the cultural change which occurred through the period under study. The gap existing in our knowledge between the Late Epigravettian and the Early Mesolithic has been partially rilled by recent discoveries of Final E…
Before the Neolithic in the Aegean
The renewed Mesolithic research in the Greek mainland and the islands has been providing new insights into the lively maritime activity within the region; however, the southwest coast of Turkey has been virtually devoid of related investigations until the commencement of the Bozburun Prehistoric Survey project in 2017. The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the prehistoric sites discovered at the Bozburun Peninsula during the 2017–2019 f…
Mahi Wala 1 (MW-1)
Discovery of obsidian mines on Mount Chikiani in the Lesser Caucasus of Georgia
The volcanic Javaketi Range (Lesser Caucasus, Georgia) has recently aroused the interest of both geologists and archaeologists on account of its rich environmental and geological history, the prehistoric exploitation of its raw materials and the discovery of archaeological sites ranging from the Palaeolithic to the Historical Ages (Gogadze 1980; Kikodze 1983). In 2012 and 2014, two systematic surveys were conducted on Mount Chikiani (Koyundağ) wi…
The Mercurio Gunflints
The discovery of the wreck of the brig Mercurio, which sank in 1812 in the waters of the north Adriatic, is of major significance for the study of Italic Kingdom vessels from the Napoleonic era. The underwater excavations carried out in 2004–11 led to the recovery of many small finds, among which are several gunflints of different size and shape. The Mercurio gunflints were produced mainly from blades using a technique in use in Britain and Franc…
The Levallois Mousterian Assemblages of Sindh (Pakistan) and their Relations with the Middle Paleolithic of the Indian Subcontinent
The research carried out in the Indian Subcontinent, Central Asia, Iran, and the Arabian Peninsula has improved our knowledge of the Middle Paleolithic in the regions. However, the southeasternmost distribution of the Levallois Mousterian is still poorly defined. Although typical Levallois industries are known from Iran, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan, they are almost unknown in the Indian Subcontinent, except for Lower Sindh and the Indus Valley. T…
Soil exploitation and early agriculture in northern Italy
The current state of research on the environmental impact of early agriculture in northern Italy is reported with particular reference to the region between the Emilian Apennines and the Lombard Pre-Alps. Cultural and palaeoenvironmental evidence supports the view that the location of Neolithic settlements largely depended on the distribution of soils suitable for agriculture. This is particularly evident for the late-seventh millennium BP (Fiora…
The Radiocarbon Chronology of the Neolithic and Copper Age of Northern Italy
Until twenty years ago the chronology of the Neolithic and Copper Age settlement of Northern Italy was almost exclusively based on the stratigraphical sequence of the Arene Candide cave in Liguria. The research carried out since the sixties has strongly increased our knowledge of the earliest farming communities and the first copper using people who inhabited the country between the end of the seventh and the beginning of the fourth millennium BP…
An Aurignacian Assemblage from the Island of Lemnos (Greece)
The discovery of an Aurignacian lithic assemblage along the northern coast of the Island of Lemnos in the northeastern Aegean Sea has opened new perspectives on the study of the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic in this region. The site is located some 93 m from the present seashore. It was discovered in the summer of 2020, ca. 2 km west of the Pournias Bay. The lithics were exposed in a well-defined oval concentration, ca. 25 × 10 m wide, burie…
Archaeology at Ras Muari
This paper describes the results of the surveys carried out along Ras Muari (Cape Monze, Karachi, Sindh) by the Italian Archaeological Mission in Lower Sindh and Las Bela in 2013 and 2014. The surveyed area coincides with part of the mythical land of the Ichthyophagoi , mentioned by the classical chroniclers. Many archaeological sites, mainly scatters and spots of fragmented marine and mangrove shells, were discovered and AMS dated along the nort…
Some Aspects of the Prehistory of Northern Italy from the Final Palaeolithic to the Middle Neolithic
This article concerns the prehistory of Northern Italy from the end of the ninth to the beginning of the fourth millennium bc. The main aim in this work is to interpret the available archaeological evidence in an attempt to understand the cultural change which occurred through the period under study. The gap existing in our knowledge between the Late Epigravettian and the Early Mesolithic has been partially rilled by recent discoveries of Final E…
Qurum
First evidence of prehistoric coastal adaptations along the Arabian shores of the Indian Ocean is being recovered at Qurum in the Sultanate of Oman. The cluster of shell‐middens currently excavated relates to a small population of fishermen of the 5th and 4th millennia B.C. having a strongly maritime‐oriented culture. The economy was based on local resource intensification, but stock‐breeding of goats and cattle was practised as well, suggesting …
The early Palaeolithic sites of the Rohri Hills (Sind, Pakistan) and their environmental significance
The preliminary investigations carried out on the Rohri Hills in January 1986 led to the discovery of several Palaeolithic sites, seven of which are to be attributed to the Early Palaeolithic Acheulian tradition. The laboratory analysis of the physical state of the artefacts as well as the study of the soils still preserved in some areas of the Hills allowed the Authors to formulate a preliminary assessment of the environmental changes which occu…
The Radiocarbon Chronology of the Neolithic and Copper Age of Northern Italy
Until twenty years ago the chronology of the Neolithic and Copper Age settlement of Northern Italy was almost exclusively based on the stratigraphical sequence of the Arene Candide cave in Liguria. The research carried out since the sixties has strongly increased our knowledge of the earliest farming communities and the first copper using people who inhabited the country between the end of the seventh and the beginning of the fourth millennium BP…
The Harappan flint quarries of the Rohri Hills (Sind-Pakistan)
Flint quarries in the Rohri hills supplied stone to the city of Mohenjo-Daro, out on the silty river-plain and lacking local supply. A new survey has identified workshop sites and an extraordinary scale of production
Soil exploitation and early agriculture in northern Italy
The current state of research on the environmental impact of early agriculture in northern Italy is reported with particular reference to the region between the Emilian Apennines and the Lombard Pre-Alps. Cultural and palaeoenvironmental evidence supports the view that the location of Neolithic settlements largely depended on the distribution of soils suitable for agriculture. This is particularly evident for the late-seventh millennium BP (Fiora…
A radiocarbon chronology for the aceramic shell‐middens of coastal Oman
Our knowledge of the prehistory of coastal Oman has greatly increased during the last ten years. This article considers the radiocarbon chronology of the aceramic shell‐middens scattered along the coast between Muscat, to the north, and Shuwayr, to the south. The appearance of these middens seems to correspond to the climatic deterioration that, according to more recent results, took place around the middle of the seventh millennium BP. The numbe…
An Early Palaeolithic site near Saiwan (Sultanate of Oman)
The Author describes a lithic assemblage attributable to the Early Palaeolithic, discovered in the winter of 1984–85 near Saiwan in central‐eastern Oman. The chert assemblage, characterized by large‐sized artefacts with plain, sloping, striking platform, various types of hand‐axes, side scrapers and cores, is probably to be attributed to a late phase of the Acheulian Culture
An Acheulian Workshop at Ziarat Pir Shaban on the Rohri Hills, Sindh, Pakistan
Description et etude de la repartition numerique, spatiale et typologique de l'assemblage de silex d'un atelier de debitage acheuleen decouvert sur le site de Ziarat Pir Shaban (Rohri Hills, district de Sukkur, Pakistan) a 750 m au sud-est d'une tombe homonyme
Prehistoric exploitation of Grevena highland zones
The surveys and excavations carried out in the highland zone of \nthe Grevena Pindus Mountains have revealed that the watershed that separates western Macedonia from Epirus was (seasonally) inhabited in different prehistoric times, from the Middle Palaeolithic to the Bronze Age. The highest concentration of 'sites' is known from the surroundings of the modern village of Samarina, which is rich in good-quality chert raw material outcrops. This ter…
The prehistoric fisher-gatherers of the western coast of the Arabian Sea
The analysis of the settlement structures, material culture\nassemblages and handicraft activities ofthe aceramic, fifth millennium BP shell middens of the coast of Oman has shown that sedentarization had already taken place in this area among the Middle Holocene fisher/gatherers. These observations have been possible thanks to the study of four settlements and their habitation structures that indicate the relative permanence of their inhabitants…
Modeling the Past
Changing the prehistory of Sindh and Las Bela coast
The paper discusses the prehistory of Lowr Sindh and Las Bela Coast, and the role played by the Italian archaeologists since the 1980's. New date are presented regarding mainly the radiocarbon chronology the Indus Delta settlement on rocky outcrops and the shell middens of Las Bela
Modeling the Past
The shell middens of Las Bela coast and the Indus delta (Arabian Sea, Pakistan)
The surveys carried out along the coast of Las Bela (Balochistan) and the Indus delta (Sindh), have shown that these two regions were inhabited since the end of the eighth millennium BP. The discovery of shell middens along the shores of Daun Bay and Lake Siranda (Las Bela), have radically changed our view of the prehistory of this territory. The surveys conducted in the Indus delta have revealed that all the rocky outcrops rising from the alluvi…
The Levallois Mousterian Assemblages of Sindh (Pakistan) and their Relations with the Middle Paleolithic of the Indian Subcontinent
The research carried out in the Indian Subcontinent, Central Asia, Iran, and the Arabian Peninsula has improved our knowledge of the Middle Paleolithic in the regions. However, the southeasternmost distribution of the Levallois Mousterian is still poorly defined. Although typical Levallois industries are known from Iran, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan, they are almost unknown in the Indian Subcontinent, except for Lower Sindh and the Indus Valley. T…
Modeling the Past
The Mercurio Gunflints
The discovery of the wreck of the brig Mercurio, which sank in 1812 in the waters of the north Adriatic, is of major significance for the study of Italic Kingdom vessels from the Napoleonic era. The underwater excavations carried out in 2004–11 led to the recovery of many small finds, among which are several gunflints of different size and shape. The Mercurio gunflints were produced mainly from blades using a technique in use in Britain and Franc…
Discovery of obsidian mines on Mount Chikiani in the Lesser Caucasus of Georgia
The volcanic Javaketi Range (Lesser Caucasus, Georgia) has recently aroused the interest of both geologists and archaeologists on account of its rich environmental and geological history, the prehistoric exploitation of its raw materials and the discovery of archaeological sites ranging from the Palaeolithic to the Historical Ages (Gogadze 1980; Kikodze 1983). In 2012 and 2014, two systematic surveys were conducted on Mount Chikiani (Koyundağ) wi…
Neanderthals and Modern Humans in the Indus Valley? The Middle and Late (Upper) Palaeolithic Settlement of Sindh, a Forgotten Region of the Indian Subcontinent
The beginning of the Neolithic in the Po Plain (northern Italy)
The Georgian Caucasus and its resources
Recent surveys around Mount Chikiani in the Georgian Caucasus have revealed intensive prehistoric exploitation of high-altitude obsidian resources, far beyond the scale previously documented
Shell Middens of the Arabian Sea
High-Altitude Archaeology in Southeastern Europe
The re-discovery of Arma dell’Aquila (Finale Ligure, Italy)
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