Obsidian from the Site of Piano dei Cardoni, Ustica (Palermo, Italy): Preliminary Results on the First Occupation of the Island

New investigations on Ustica (Palermo, Sicily) originated from the need to improve our knowledge of the island’s archaeological and environmental heritage. Through field surveys, particular attention was paid to human occupation in the Neolithic phases and focused on the less investigated southern s...

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Autores principales:	Speciale Claudia, Freund Kyle P., de Vita Sandro, Larosa Nunzia, Forgia Vincenza, Battaglia Giuseppina, Tykot Robert H., Vassallo Stefano
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Publicado:	De Gruyter 2021
Materias:	obsidian exploitation island archaeology middle neolithic pxrf sicily Archaeology CC1-960
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fd8c747f66254f2c9bedabaede3f0b222021-12-05T14:10:59ZObsidian from the Site of Piano dei Cardoni, Ustica (Palermo, Italy): Preliminary Results on the First Occupation of the Island2300-656010.1515/opar-2020-0140https://doaj.org/article/fd8c747f66254f2c9bedabaede3f0b222021-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2020-0140https://doaj.org/toc/2300-6560New investigations on Ustica (Palermo, Sicily) originated from the need to improve our knowledge of the island’s archaeological and environmental heritage. Through field surveys, particular attention was paid to human occupation in the Neolithic phases and focused on the less investigated southern side of the island. The systematic survey of the area of Piano dei Cardoni in 2018 brought to light a new Middle/Late Neolithic site, already partially documented in the literature. The island was settled for the first time during these phases, as also testified from the area of Punta Spalmatore. The presence of Serra d’Alto, incised dark burnished, and Diana styles suggests that the site and the archaeological assemblage dates from the mid to late 5th millennium BC, as confirmed by AMS dating. In addition to pottery, obsidian artifacts were also recovered, and a preliminary study of these materials is presented here. Portable XRF analyses on a sample of 41 obsidian artifacts, representing a high percentage of the lithic assemblage compared to chert tools, show that the provenance of the raw material is Gabellotto Gorge (Lipari) and Balata dei Turchi (Pantelleria). These results provide new insight into broader regional debates about obsidian technology and its exchange during the Neolithic and open an important consideration for sites that are far from the raw material sources.Speciale ClaudiaFreund Kyle P.de Vita SandroLarosa NunziaForgia VincenzaBattaglia GiuseppinaTykot Robert H.Vassallo StefanoDe Gruyterarticleobsidian exploitationisland archaeologymiddle neolithicpxrfsicilyArchaeologyCC1-960ENOpen Archaeology, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 273-290 (2021)
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topic	obsidian exploitation island archaeology middle neolithic pxrf sicily Archaeology CC1-960
spellingShingle	obsidian exploitation island archaeology middle neolithic pxrf sicily Archaeology CC1-960 Speciale Claudia Freund Kyle P. de Vita Sandro Larosa Nunzia Forgia Vincenza Battaglia Giuseppina Tykot Robert H. Vassallo Stefano Obsidian from the Site of Piano dei Cardoni, Ustica (Palermo, Italy): Preliminary Results on the First Occupation of the Island
description	New investigations on Ustica (Palermo, Sicily) originated from the need to improve our knowledge of the island’s archaeological and environmental heritage. Through field surveys, particular attention was paid to human occupation in the Neolithic phases and focused on the less investigated southern side of the island. The systematic survey of the area of Piano dei Cardoni in 2018 brought to light a new Middle/Late Neolithic site, already partially documented in the literature. The island was settled for the first time during these phases, as also testified from the area of Punta Spalmatore. The presence of Serra d’Alto, incised dark burnished, and Diana styles suggests that the site and the archaeological assemblage dates from the mid to late 5th millennium BC, as confirmed by AMS dating. In addition to pottery, obsidian artifacts were also recovered, and a preliminary study of these materials is presented here. Portable XRF analyses on a sample of 41 obsidian artifacts, representing a high percentage of the lithic assemblage compared to chert tools, show that the provenance of the raw material is Gabellotto Gorge (Lipari) and Balata dei Turchi (Pantelleria). These results provide new insight into broader regional debates about obsidian technology and its exchange during the Neolithic and open an important consideration for sites that are far from the raw material sources.
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author	Speciale Claudia Freund Kyle P. de Vita Sandro Larosa Nunzia Forgia Vincenza Battaglia Giuseppina Tykot Robert H. Vassallo Stefano
author_facet	Speciale Claudia Freund Kyle P. de Vita Sandro Larosa Nunzia Forgia Vincenza Battaglia Giuseppina Tykot Robert H. Vassallo Stefano
author_sort	Speciale Claudia
title	Obsidian from the Site of Piano dei Cardoni, Ustica (Palermo, Italy): Preliminary Results on the First Occupation of the Island
title_short	Obsidian from the Site of Piano dei Cardoni, Ustica (Palermo, Italy): Preliminary Results on the First Occupation of the Island
title_full	Obsidian from the Site of Piano dei Cardoni, Ustica (Palermo, Italy): Preliminary Results on the First Occupation of the Island
title_fullStr	Obsidian from the Site of Piano dei Cardoni, Ustica (Palermo, Italy): Preliminary Results on the First Occupation of the Island
title_full_unstemmed	Obsidian from the Site of Piano dei Cardoni, Ustica (Palermo, Italy): Preliminary Results on the First Occupation of the Island
title_sort	obsidian from the site of piano dei cardoni, ustica (palermo, italy): preliminary results on the first occupation of the island
publisher	De Gruyter
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/fd8c747f66254f2c9bedabaede3f0b22
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Obsidian from the Site of Piano dei Cardoni, Ustica (Palermo, Italy): Preliminary Results on the First Occupation of the Island

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