Agricoltura e gestione del territorio nell’età del Rame dei Lessini occidentali: lavori in corso nel sito di Colombare di Villa (Negrar di Valpolicella, VR)

Palaeoenvironment, Settlement, and Land Use in the Late Neolithic—Bronze Age Site of Colombare di Negrar di Valpolicella (N Italy, On-Site)

“…Flint from the Lessini Mountains was widely exported during the Neolithic and Early Metal Age to the Po Valley and north of the Alps, due to its exceptional quality and workability features. The central place function played by the site was mainly supported by subsistence activities, agriculture, and breeding, for which significant evidence has been gathered during excavations [1].…”

“…The data already available in the literature and the new information collected since 2019 lead us to assume an occupation of the area over a long period, from the Late Neolithic to the threshold of the Late Bronze Age [13]. In 2019-2021, two contiguous trenches (Trench 4 and 5; [1]) were opened in a small plateau south of the excavation area investigated previously [4,5].…”

“…Thanks to the special archaeological context and the history of the excavations, Colombare di Negrar di Valpolicella can be considered a reference site for understanding the socio-economic and cultural evolution of northern Italy in the period between the end of the 5th and the second half of the 2nd millennium BC. Located in the hill belt, the site probably hosted a prolonged occupation and activities related to the extraction of lithic raw material (flint), with the production and export of artifacts [1]. Moreover, at Colombare, the exploitation of high-altitude pastures is documented as elsewhere in the Copper Age [2], perhaps on the nearby Monte Comun in the Venetian pre-Alps [1].…”

“…Located in the hill belt, the site probably hosted a prolonged occupation and activities related to the extraction of lithic raw material (flint), with the production and export of artifacts [1]. Moreover, at Colombare, the exploitation of high-altitude pastures is documented as elsewhere in the Copper Age [2], perhaps on the nearby Monte Comun in the Venetian pre-Alps [1]. Previous research on faunal remains has essentially gained insights into the subsistence economy and the use and management of natural resources [3][4][5].…”

“…Quaternary 2022, 5, x FOR PEER REVIEW 2 of 18 on faunal remains has essentially gained insights into the subsistence economy and the use and management of natural resources [3][4][5]. In 2020, the interdisciplinary research of Colombare, including archaeology, geoarchaeology and archaeozoology, was enriched by archaeobotanical studies [1,6]. This paper deals with the contribution of archaeobotany to the environmental reconstruction, based on both pollen and macroremains collected from the stratigraphical units of the excavated site.…”