Evidence of open-air late prehistoric occupation in the Trieste area (north-eastern Italy): dating, 3D clay plaster characterization and obsidian provenancing

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences - Tập 10 - Trang 1933-1943 - 2017
F. Bernardini1,2, E. Sibilia3, Zs. Kasztovszky4, F. Boscutti5, A. De Min6, D. Lenaz6, G. Turco7, R. Micheli8, C. Tuniz2,1,9, M. Montagnari Kokelj10
1Centro Fermi, Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro di Studi e Ricerche Enrico Fermi, Rome, Italy
2Multidisciplinary Laboratory, The ‘Abdus Salam’ International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
3INFN and Department of Materials Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
4Nuclear Analysis and Radiography Department, MTA Centre for Energy Research, Budapest, Hungary
5Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
6Department of Mathematics and Geosciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
7Department of Medical Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
8Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio del Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trieste, Italy
9Centre for Archaeological Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
10Department of Humanities, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Tóm tắt

Abundant clay burnt plaster remains and a few flaked tools, including an obsidian artefact, found on the ground surface not far from Trieste (north-eastern Italy) provide rare evidence of a possible prehistoric open-air occupation in the area. To confirm and detail their ancient origin, a plaster sample has been dated between 4000 and 2000 B.C. via thermoluminescence. Outer and inner structure of selected plaster samples has been characterized using several techniques, i.e. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray computed micro-tomography, obtaining information about their production technology. The last technique has allowed to image and virtually extract vegetal remains and imprints. Their 3D morphological study has contributed to collect information about the ancient environment and has provided clues to define the plaster production season. The provenance of the obsidian artefact from Lipari Island, revealed by prompt gamma activation analysis, suggests that the finding site was part of long-distance connection systems and probably worked as intermediate point between the north-eastern Adriatic coastal areas and the inner Karst plateau.

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