Abstract The Late Neolithic and Copper Age were a time of change in most of Europe.
Technological innovations including animal traction, the wheel, and plow agriculture …

The paper discusses results of an interdisciplinary research project integrating lead isotope,
chemical, and archaeological analysis of 20 early metal objects from central Italy. The aim of …

The article proposes a new interpretation of Chalcolithic and early Bronze Age warrior
graves grounded in the 'Rinaldone'burial tradition of central Italy, 4th and 3rd millennia BC …

This paper reviews the distinctive economic and social development of Neolithic Italy and its
islands, from ca. 6000 BC until the emergence of the Copper Age ca. 3500 BC Through a …

During the last two decades, the use of network methodologies in archaeological studies of
interaction has gradually emerged. In this paper I will explore the social significance of …

In the first millennium BC, communities in Italy underwent crucial transformations which
scholars have often subsumed under the heading of 'state formation', namely increased …

Synthesizing almost 30 years of Dutch archaeological research in central and southern Italy,
this book discusses and compares settlement and land use patterns from the late …

This paper proposes a general framework for the data concerning metalworking in the post-
classical phases of Roman villas in Italy from the 5th to the 7th centuries AD. Archaeological …

The Copper Age of central Italy (c. 3750 to 2200 cal. BC) is characterised by a number of
different burial traditions, which co-existed side-by-side in this territory until the beginning of …

This study examines the role of the Nuragic metal trade in the Mediterranean setting,
seeking to advance the debate on this subject. Published metal-related data are considered …