Stone axe heads hoard from Sant’Alessandro, Volterra (Pisa): a case of ceraunia deposit?
Here is presented a group of polished axe heads found in 2016 in Volterra, in a place named Sant’Alessandro, in a context that has returned only materials of the recent Orientalizing (mid-7th - beginning of 6th century b.C.). Immediately below a housing structure, a pit containing 5 objects in polis...
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| author | Andrea Pessina Elena Sorge Fabrizio Burchianti Federico Bernardini Francesco Princivalle Andrea Fragiacomo |
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| description | Here is presented a group of polished axe heads found in 2016 in Volterra, in a place named Sant’Alessandro, in a context that has returned only materials of the recent Orientalizing (mid-7th - beginning of 6th century b.C.). Immediately below a housing structure, a pit containing 5 objects in polished stone, referable to the Neolithic Age and made in High Pressure metaophiolites of the Western Alps, was brought to light. It is one of the rare hoards of green stone objects known in Italy. Given the absence of Neolithic materials in the area and the stratigraphic position of the pit, it is also possible to assume with prudence that these objects were collected as ceraunia by the Iron Age populations, as already documented in other sites of the same period. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-13182275adbd4090ad4cf7064606f7a22025-01-10T11:00:57ZitaUniversity of BolognaIpoTESI di Preistoria1974-79852024-12-011712010.6092/issn.1974-7985/2010618474Stone axe heads hoard from Sant’Alessandro, Volterra (Pisa): a case of ceraunia deposit?Andrea Pessina0Elena Sorge1Fabrizio Burchianti2Federico Bernardini3Francesco Princivalle4Andrea Fragiacomo5Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio per il Friuli Venezia GiuliaSoprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio per le province di Pisa e LivornoMuseo Etrusco Guarnacci - Volterra (PI)Università Ca’ Foscari - VeneziaUniversità di TriesteSocietà per la Preistoria e la Protostoria della regione Friuli Venezia Giulia - TriesteHere is presented a group of polished axe heads found in 2016 in Volterra, in a place named Sant’Alessandro, in a context that has returned only materials of the recent Orientalizing (mid-7th - beginning of 6th century b.C.). Immediately below a housing structure, a pit containing 5 objects in polished stone, referable to the Neolithic Age and made in High Pressure metaophiolites of the Western Alps, was brought to light. It is one of the rare hoards of green stone objects known in Italy. Given the absence of Neolithic materials in the area and the stratigraphic position of the pit, it is also possible to assume with prudence that these objects were collected as ceraunia by the Iron Age populations, as already documented in other sites of the same period.https://ipotesidipreistoria.unibo.it/article/view/20106polished stone industryneolithicaxe heads hoardhigh pressure metaophiolites from western alpsceraunia |
| spellingShingle | Andrea Pessina Elena Sorge Fabrizio Burchianti Federico Bernardini Francesco Princivalle Andrea Fragiacomo Stone axe heads hoard from Sant’Alessandro, Volterra (Pisa): a case of ceraunia deposit? IpoTESI di Preistoria polished stone industry neolithic axe heads hoard high pressure metaophiolites from western alps ceraunia |
| title | Stone axe heads hoard from Sant’Alessandro, Volterra (Pisa): a case of ceraunia deposit? |
| title_full | Stone axe heads hoard from Sant’Alessandro, Volterra (Pisa): a case of ceraunia deposit? |
| title_fullStr | Stone axe heads hoard from Sant’Alessandro, Volterra (Pisa): a case of ceraunia deposit? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stone axe heads hoard from Sant’Alessandro, Volterra (Pisa): a case of ceraunia deposit? |
| title_short | Stone axe heads hoard from Sant’Alessandro, Volterra (Pisa): a case of ceraunia deposit? |
| title_sort | stone axe heads hoard from sant alessandro volterra pisa a case of ceraunia deposit |
| topic | polished stone industry neolithic axe heads hoard high pressure metaophiolites from western alps ceraunia |
| url | https://ipotesidipreistoria.unibo.it/article/view/20106 |
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