The Chora of Croton 1 : : The Neolithic Settlement at Capo Alfiere / / Jon Morter; ed. by John Robb.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Morter, Jon,
• MitwirkendeR: Coleman Carter, Joseph,; Costantini Biasini, Loredana,; Costantini, Lorenzo,; Folk, Robert L.,; Gál, Erika,; Iceland, Harry,; Kovács, Zsófia Eszter,; Marino, Domenico,; Morter, Jon,; Robb, John,
• HerausgeberIn: Robb, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (316 p.)

From 1974 to the present, the Institute of Classical Archaeology (ICA) at the University of Texas at Austin has carried out archaeological excavations and surveys in ancient territories (chorae) in southern Italy. This wide-ranging investigation, which covers a large number of sites and a time period ranging from prehistory to the Middle Ages, has unearthed a wealth of new information about ancient rural economies and cultures in the region. These discoveries will be published in two multivolume series (Metaponto and Croton). This volume on the Neolithic settlement at Capo Alfiere is the first in the Croton series. The Chora of Croton 1 reports the excavation results of a remarkable Neolithic site at Capo Alfiere on the Ionian coast. Capo Alfiere is one of a very few early inhabitation sites in this area to have been excavated extensively, with a full team of scientific specialists providing interdisciplinary studies on early farming and animal husbandry. It provides comprehensive documentation of the economy, material culture, and way of life in the central Mediterranean in the sixth and fifth millennia BC. Most notable are the remains of a wattle-and-daub hut enclosed within a massive stone wall. Unique for this area, this well-preserved structure may have been used for special purposes such as ritual, as well as for habitation. The presence of Stentinello wares shows that the range of this pottery type extended further east than previously thought and casts new light on the development of ceramics in the area.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Special Acknowledgments -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- I. The Neolithic Settlement at Capo Alfiere -- 1 The Site of Capo Alfiere -- 2 Cultural Setting -- 3 Environmental Setting -- 4 History of Research at Capo Alfiere -- 5 Stratigraphy Interpreted -- 6 Architectural and Structural Features -- 7 The Ceramic Assemblage -- 8 Stone Tools -- 9 Miscellaneous Objects -- 10 Organic Remains -- 11 Local Comparative Material -- 12 Conclusions and Future Directions -- II. Environment and Economy -- 13 Geomorphology -- 14 Faunal Analysis: Bones from Animals of Economic Importance -- 15 Faunal Analysis: Small Mammalian Bones -- 16 Archaeobotany -- III. Object Studies -- 17 Bone Artifacts -- 18 Thin Sections (Notes on an Eastern Calabrian Assemblage in the Stentinello Tradition) -- 19 Tokens (Four Pieces of Clay: “Tokens” from Capo Alfiere, Calabria) -- Catalog of Ceramic, Lithic, and Other Finds -- References -- Index