Origines 34. Studi e materiali pubblicati dall’Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria , 2019
The Early Neolithic village of Lugo di Romagna (RA) is situated between the Apennines and the Adr... more The Early Neolithic village of Lugo di Romagna (RA) is situated between the Apennines and the Adriatic coast in an area that connects the world of the Fiorano Culture with aspects of the Impressed Ware Culture. Developing during the second half of the 6th millennium BC, the site has furnished important and original data on the topographic aspects of a settlement with a marked boundary and the presence of many auxiliary structures. The complete excavation of an entire hut that had been destroyed in a fire gave information about construction techniques and the organisation of space, throwing new light on the way of life, economic dynamics and certain aspects of ritual. The volume contains many in-depth specialist contributions and is intended to present to the scientific community the entire corpus of data acquired both in the field and in subsequent phases of analysis and study.
Gli scavi condotti nel sito neolitico di Lugo di Romagna (Ravenna, Cultura di Fiorano) hanno cons... more Gli scavi condotti nel sito neolitico di Lugo di Romagna (Ravenna, Cultura di Fiorano) hanno consentito di documentare, oltre ad un complesso sistema di recinzione del villaggio, una intera capanna distrutta da incendio e in contesto primario di crollo. La struttura era costituita da due distinti vani, corredata da strutture di combustione, da elementi accessori, da un intero set di vasellame e da derrate alimentari stoccate. La casa era dotata di un focolare centrale, di un forno addossato a un muro perimetrale e di una serie di pozzetti ricavati nei piani pavimentali e colmati di cenere che sono stati interpretati come strutture accessorie per la conservazione della brace. A prescindere dalle specifiche caratteristiche delle diverse strutture di combustione, il caso di Lugo di Romagna offre la rara occasione di studiarne la complementarieta, delineando un vero e proprio sistema funzionale per la gestione del fuoco come fonte di calore, di illuminazione e come mezzo di cottura degl...
The Early Neolithic site of Lugo di Romagna (Northeastern Italy) has been found during quarry wor... more The Early Neolithic site of Lugo di Romagna (Northeastern Italy) has been found during quarry works at about 13 m under the terrain surface. This circumstance allowed the preservation of part of the ancient village soil surfaces and of the complete collapse of a dwelling. This finding was at all exceptional for Northern Italy, where the remains of Early Neolithic soil surfaces are extremely rare and scarcely preserved. During the excavation (1983-2001) a section of the fence structures of the village has been brought to light. They consist of a ditch and, in a first phase, an earth bank, replaced in the following phase by a palisade. The hut, rectangular in shape, measures 10 x 7 m and is divided into two rooms. The perimeter walls have a shallow foundation trench, in which were planted stakes that supported a texture of smaller woods covered with clay daub (wattle and daub technique). On the floor of the house, consisting of a layer of earth, there are the holes for the roof support poles. In the house there were a central hearth and an oven which, together with other accessory structures, constitute a real integrated fire management system. The house was destroyed by a fire. In the excavation the collapse mass of the daub of the walls was recognized, which is only partially permanently sintered, while it is mostly only reddened by heat or not cooked. It is therefore likely that the fire was not intended to transform the daub, but it was an accidental episode or may be a destructive act. The circumstances of preservation of the archaeological context-a house in full operation destroyed by fire and immediately buried by a flood-allowed to see directly a house context of the early Neolithic, thus being able to document-unique case in northern Italy-the functional articulation of the spaces inside and outside the house.
The excavations carried out on the Neolithic site of Lugo di Romagna (Ravenna, Culture of Fiorano... more The excavations carried out on the Neolithic site of Lugo di Romagna (Ravenna, Culture of Fiorano) have allowed to document, in addition to a complex village fence system, a whole hut destroyed by fire and in primary collapse. The structure consisted of two distinct rooms, equipped with combustion structures, accessory elements, an entire pottery set and stored foodstuffs. The house was equipped with a central hearth, an oven leaning against a perimeter wall and a series of pits excavated in the floor and filled with ashes, that were interpreted as accessory structures for the preservation of the embers. Regardless of the specific characteristics of the different combustion structures, the case of Lugo di Romagna offers the rare opportunity to study its complementarity, outlining a complete functional system for the management of fire as a source of heat, lighting and as a means of food cooking.
SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF PREHISTORY AND PROTOHISTORY HEARTHS, OVENS AND KILNS FROM THE NEOLITHIC TO THE IRON AGE: Understanding domestic and craft activities through the study o f the pyrotechnological features and combustion residues
Origines 34. Studi e materiali pubblicati dall’Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria , 2019
The Early Neolithic village of Lugo di Romagna (RA) is situated between the Apennines and the Adr... more The Early Neolithic village of Lugo di Romagna (RA) is situated between the Apennines and the Adriatic coast in an area that connects the world of the Fiorano Culture with aspects of the Impressed Ware Culture. Developing during the second half of the 6th millennium BC, the site has furnished important and original data on the topographic aspects of a settlement with a marked boundary and the presence of many auxiliary structures. The complete excavation of an entire hut that had been destroyed in a fire gave information about construction techniques and the organisation of space, throwing new light on the way of life, economic dynamics and certain aspects of ritual. The volume contains many in-depth specialist contributions and is intended to present to the scientific community the entire corpus of data acquired both in the field and in subsequent phases of analysis and study.
Gli scavi condotti nel sito neolitico di Lugo di Romagna (Ravenna, Cultura di Fiorano) hanno cons... more Gli scavi condotti nel sito neolitico di Lugo di Romagna (Ravenna, Cultura di Fiorano) hanno consentito di documentare, oltre ad un complesso sistema di recinzione del villaggio, una intera capanna distrutta da incendio e in contesto primario di crollo. La struttura era costituita da due distinti vani, corredata da strutture di combustione, da elementi accessori, da un intero set di vasellame e da derrate alimentari stoccate. La casa era dotata di un focolare centrale, di un forno addossato a un muro perimetrale e di una serie di pozzetti ricavati nei piani pavimentali e colmati di cenere che sono stati interpretati come strutture accessorie per la conservazione della brace. A prescindere dalle specifiche caratteristiche delle diverse strutture di combustione, il caso di Lugo di Romagna offre la rara occasione di studiarne la complementarieta, delineando un vero e proprio sistema funzionale per la gestione del fuoco come fonte di calore, di illuminazione e come mezzo di cottura degl...
The Early Neolithic site of Lugo di Romagna (Northeastern Italy) has been found during quarry wor... more The Early Neolithic site of Lugo di Romagna (Northeastern Italy) has been found during quarry works at about 13 m under the terrain surface. This circumstance allowed the preservation of part of the ancient village soil surfaces and of the complete collapse of a dwelling. This finding was at all exceptional for Northern Italy, where the remains of Early Neolithic soil surfaces are extremely rare and scarcely preserved. During the excavation (1983-2001) a section of the fence structures of the village has been brought to light. They consist of a ditch and, in a first phase, an earth bank, replaced in the following phase by a palisade. The hut, rectangular in shape, measures 10 x 7 m and is divided into two rooms. The perimeter walls have a shallow foundation trench, in which were planted stakes that supported a texture of smaller woods covered with clay daub (wattle and daub technique). On the floor of the house, consisting of a layer of earth, there are the holes for the roof support poles. In the house there were a central hearth and an oven which, together with other accessory structures, constitute a real integrated fire management system. The house was destroyed by a fire. In the excavation the collapse mass of the daub of the walls was recognized, which is only partially permanently sintered, while it is mostly only reddened by heat or not cooked. It is therefore likely that the fire was not intended to transform the daub, but it was an accidental episode or may be a destructive act. The circumstances of preservation of the archaeological context-a house in full operation destroyed by fire and immediately buried by a flood-allowed to see directly a house context of the early Neolithic, thus being able to document-unique case in northern Italy-the functional articulation of the spaces inside and outside the house.
The excavations carried out on the Neolithic site of Lugo di Romagna (Ravenna, Culture of Fiorano... more The excavations carried out on the Neolithic site of Lugo di Romagna (Ravenna, Culture of Fiorano) have allowed to document, in addition to a complex village fence system, a whole hut destroyed by fire and in primary collapse. The structure consisted of two distinct rooms, equipped with combustion structures, accessory elements, an entire pottery set and stored foodstuffs. The house was equipped with a central hearth, an oven leaning against a perimeter wall and a series of pits excavated in the floor and filled with ashes, that were interpreted as accessory structures for the preservation of the embers. Regardless of the specific characteristics of the different combustion structures, the case of Lugo di Romagna offers the rare opportunity to study its complementarity, outlining a complete functional system for the management of fire as a source of heat, lighting and as a means of food cooking.
SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF PREHISTORY AND PROTOHISTORY HEARTHS, OVENS AND KILNS FROM THE NEOLITHIC TO THE IRON AGE: Understanding domestic and craft activities through the study o f the pyrotechnological features and combustion residues
Pessina A., Visentini P. (eds.) 2006, Preistoria dell’Italia settentrionale. Studi in ricordo di Bernardo Bagolini, Atti del Convegno (Udine 2005), Udine., 2006
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