L'insediamento di Lugo di Grezzana (Verona) nel quadro del primo Neolitico padano alpino

SUMMARY - The settlement of Lugo di Grezzana in the framework of the Early Neolithic Po vall ey - The Lugo di Grezzana (Verona) deposit is located in the Lessini Mountains and represents one of the key sites to decipher the occupation and raw material exploitation strategies between the end of the 6th and the beginning of the 5th millennium BC. The results of the research directed by the University of Trento in collaboration with the Soprintendenza per i beni archeologici del Veneto (Archaeological Heritage of Veneto Region) are presented in this paper. The study of the stratigraphy and material culture supported by 14C datings (tab. I, fig. 3) suggest an increasing occupation of the area with some lack or shift stressed by alluvial lenticular layers. A single date is attributable to mid 6th millennium cal BC and can be interpreted as the first early occupation of the area. The artefact complex (figg. 4-7) found at the bottom of the large pit ES 116/03 (units 260/03, 259/03, 256/03) are attributed to this phase and characterised by the absence of the Ripabianca burin and of the Fiorano carenated beaker. The main occupation is dated 5300-5000 cal BC which is the period of the maximum diffusion of the Lessini chart all over Northern Italy. Around 5000 cal BC the occupation of the settlement seems to show a temporary interruption and alluvial events are evident in all the pits. The last Neolithic occupation is attested between the 4900 and 4800/4700 cal BC when the early geometric-linear style of Square Mouthed Pottery culture is already widespread. This phase is scanty represented by chipping areas and simple round fire places.