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Soil exploitation and early agriculture in northern Italy

Department of Historical, Archaeological and Oriental Sciences, University of Venice, Palazzo Bernardo, S. Polo 1977A-I-30125 Venice, Italy

Mauro Cremaschi

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Milan, Via Mangiagalli, 34-1-20123 Milan, Italy

Renato Nisbet

Department of Archaeological, Anthropological and Historical-Territorial Sciences, University of Turin, Via Accademia Albertina, 17-I-10123 Turin, Italy

The current state of research on the environmental impact of early agriculture in northern Italy is reported with particular reference to the region between the Emilian Apennines and the Lombard Pre-Alps. Cultural and palaeoenvironmental evidence supports the view that the location of Neolithic settlements largely depended on the distribution of soils suitable for agriculture. This is particularly evident for the late-seventh millennium BP (Fiorano) and the sixth millennium BP (Square Mouthed Pottery) sites, which are located on well drained, silt-clay-loams.

Key Words: Neolithic • agriculture • environmental impact • soil exploitation • Fiorano Culture • Vhò Culture • Italy.

The Holocene, Vol. 3, No. 2, 164-168 (1993)
DOI: 10.1177/095968369300300208


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