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The Copper Age in Northern Italy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

U Zoppi,
E Fulcheri,
F M Gambari,
Q Hua,
E M Lawson,
M Micheletti Cremasco and
M Venturino Gambari
U Zoppi
Affiliation:
ANSTO, Physics Division, Private Mail Bag 1, Menai NSW 2234, Australia. Email: ugo@ansto.gov.au.
E Fulcheri
Affiliation:
Dipartimento C.I.C.M.I., Sezione di Anatomia e Istologia Patologica, Università di Genova, Via De Toni 14, 16132 Genova, Italy
F M Gambari
Affiliation:
Soprintendenza Archeologica del Piemonte, Piazza S. Giovanni 2, 10122 Torino, Italy
Q Hua
Affiliation:
ANSTO, Physics Division, Private Mail Bag 1, Menai NSW 2234, Australia. Email: ugo@ansto.gov.au.
E M Lawson
Affiliation:
ANSTO, Physics Division, Private Mail Bag 1, Menai NSW 2234, Australia. Email: ugo@ansto.gov.au.
M Micheletti Cremasco
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e Umana, Università di Torino, Via Accademia Albertina 17, 10123 Torino, Italy
M Venturino Gambari
Affiliation:
Soprintendenza Archeologica del Piemonte, Piazza S. Giovanni 2, 10122 Torino, Italy
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Abstract

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During the period between the IVth and IIIrd millennia BC, profound changes for the ancient populations inhabiting the northern region of Italy occurred. The first Indo-European migrations were altering the ethnographic characteristics and, with the production of the first copper artifacts, the Neolithic Age was drawing to an end. The most significant testimony of that dramatic period is unquestionably the Ötztal iceman. In addition, many other valuable archaeological sites, such as Alba (Cuneo, Italy), have been discovered. Although Alba produced the oldest evidence of copper objects in a Neolithic context (5380 ± 40 BP; GX-25859-AMS), more recent discoveries have underlined the importance of this archaeological site. In this paper we will report on a series of radiocarbon measurements of bone remnants which, combined with morphologic, stratigraphic, paleoanthropologic, and paleopathologic studies, have allowed us to gain new insights into the culture and chronology of the European Copper Age.

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II. Our ‘Wet’ Environment
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Radiocarbon , Volume 43 , Issue 2B: Proceedings of the 17th International Radiocarbon Conference (Part 2 of 3), Conference Editors: Israel Carmi, Elisabetta Boaretto , 2001, pp. 1049 - 1055
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Copyright © 2001 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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