Recent researches on the prehistory of Montebelluna and Montello area have provided new data on the Mesolithic population of the Venetian Plain. Lithic assemblages have been identified after review of the archaeological materials stored at the Museum of Natural History and Archaeology of Montebelluna and new findings have been made from the field surveys carried out between 2009 and 2011. The most important result was the identification for the first time of some flint cores and tools related to the ancient Mesolithic, whereas the recent Mesolithic was already known in the area. The Mesolithic findings from the territory of Montebelluna can been placed into the broader context of anthropogenic population of the Eastern Italian Alps; particularly, the significant peopling of Montello and Montebelluna Hill suggests the strategic importance of this area in postglacial times, due to geographic and economic factors such as the favorable topographic position, the proximity to the Piave river, the geographical location close to the foothills of the Alps in a point of easy access to the mountain sector and, at least, the availability of nearby sources of lithic raw material.

New data on the Mesolithic from the Alpine foreland: the Montebelluna and Montello area, North-Eastern Italy.

DUCHES, Rossella;PERESANI, Marco
2016

Abstract

Recent researches on the prehistory of Montebelluna and Montello area have provided new data on the Mesolithic population of the Venetian Plain. Lithic assemblages have been identified after review of the archaeological materials stored at the Museum of Natural History and Archaeology of Montebelluna and new findings have been made from the field surveys carried out between 2009 and 2011. The most important result was the identification for the first time of some flint cores and tools related to the ancient Mesolithic, whereas the recent Mesolithic was already known in the area. The Mesolithic findings from the territory of Montebelluna can been placed into the broader context of anthropogenic population of the Eastern Italian Alps; particularly, the significant peopling of Montello and Montebelluna Hill suggests the strategic importance of this area in postglacial times, due to geographic and economic factors such as the favorable topographic position, the proximity to the Piave river, the geographical location close to the foothills of the Alps in a point of easy access to the mountain sector and, at least, the availability of nearby sources of lithic raw material.
2016
Duches, Rossella; Gilli, E.; Peresani, Marco
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