Data di Pubblicazione:
2022
Citazione:
Abitato del Bronzo Medio iniziale (BM I) di Calvatone - fondo Cassio (Cremona) / M. Rapi. - In: RIVISTA DI SCIENZE PREISTORICHE. - ISSN 0035-6514. - 72:suppl. 2(2022), pp. 1037-1045. (Intervento presentato al 52. convegno Preistoria e Protostoria in Lombardia e canton Ticino tenutosi a Milano nel 2017).
Abstract:
settlement of the begin-
ning of the Middle Bronze Age (MBA I) at Calvatone - fondo Cassio (Cremona).
We present a Bronze Age pottery assemblage found in 1919 by Giovanni Patroni
at Calvatone (Cremona). Here, Patroni identified a Bronze Age settlement cover-
ing an overall area of 3000 square meters. Finds from Calvatone include, besides
a large number of potsherds, a polished greenstone axehead, a flint sickle blade,
artefacts made of deer antler, fired clay tools for spinning and weaving, as well
as wattle and daub fragments. As for the pottery, diagnostic types comprise cari-
nated bowls and cups, ‘axe-shaped’ and ‘T-shaped’ handles. Other distinctive fea-
tures are the horizontal tubular handles on the neck of bowls, as well as grooved
curvilinear decorations, which are common on bowls, cups and biconical vessels.
Considering the data provided by Patroni, in particular the scarce thickness of the
Bronze Age layers, and the typological homogeneity of the finds, the Calvatone
assemblage has been attributed to a single, specific stage representative of the be-
ginning of the Middle Bronze Age (MBA I), i.e. to the so-called ‘Calvatone Hori-
zon’ (term coined by R.C. de Marinis). The ‘Calvatone Horizon’ is well attested
in northeastern Italian sites such as Lavagnone, Fiavè, Castellaro Lagusello and
Camponi di Nogarole Rocca
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Bronze Age; Periodization; Palafitte and Terramare culture; Settlement; Pottery and Material Culture
Elenco autori:
M. Rapi
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