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Sei anni di ricerche in Lomellina: preistoria e protostoria
Dario
Savoia
Six years of
research in Lomellina: prehistoric age - This work, and the following ones, offer a view of surface research led
by the Gruppo Archeologico Milanese in northern Lomellina, in the district
of Pavia. This area is a lowland territory mostly constituted by alluvial
deposits of the Würmian age, with river beds which created terraced land.
Nowadays this land shows an intense agricoltural activity, mainly based on
rice, corn and poplar farming and a strong human presence, both
residential and industrial.
The most ancient findings, dating back to the Late Mesolithic period, come
from a single site.
Bronze Age findings are more numerous. They are mostly datable to the
Middle and Late Bronze Age, showing that this period was of intense
population in Lomellina.
The Middle Bronze Age materials fall within the typological range of the
western Middle Bronze facies in the Po plain, as shown by Viverone and
Varese lake settlements, or in some sites in southern Lomellina. The
Middle/Late and Late Bronze materials come well into the Scamozzina and
Canegrate cultures.
Bronze Age settlements show a strong preference for fluvial terraces
edges. The author thinks that this fact can be explained with economic
reasons on account of the productiveness of fishing and gathering in
marshy areas, such as river beds.
As far as the Iron Age is concerned, the researches led by the G.A.M. show
an intense human presence only for the last phase of the La Tène culture.
The archaeological sites which date back to this period also indicate a
preference for fluvial terraces, even if in a less evident way perhaps
because the people were spread more evenly throughout the territory.
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