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Figure 1. Aerial view of Palù di Livenza (PN). attributed to the Late Neolithic. In effect, pre-
karst, there are many caves and abris with Dani- liminarily, the remarkable complex of materials
lo-Vlaška elements which seem to also character- found during the research and the excavations
ise a Neolithic advanced phase in that area, and carried out during the 1990s seems to be ascrib-
sherds with Besenstrich-finished surface usual- able to the Late Neolithic; this inhabited area is
ly attributed to a period from the Late Neolith- characterised by cultural aspects with a predom-
ic to the Eneolithic. These are some of the sites: inant coarse ware with ribs, whilst the Western
Grotta dei Ciclami (Legnani and Stradi 1963; and Square-Mouthed Pottery elements are rare
Gilli and Montagnari Kokelj 1993), Riparo di (Figure 2). Only recent stratigraphic research ac-
Monrupino (Bertoldi 1996), Grotta Tartaruga, tivities carried out by the Superintendence have
Grotta Cotariova, Grotta del Muschio, Grotta started to clear up the picture: they brought to
Azzurra, Grotta Gigante, Grotta di Trebiciano, light some SU characterised by the considera-
Grotta del Mitreo, Grotta dell’Orso and Grotta ble prevalence of coarse ware with plastic decora-
del Pettirosso (Barfield 1999). tions (impressed ribs and hollow bosses) associat-
ed with rare SMP and Western elements dating
Unfortunately, because of the absence of back to around the first centuries of the 4th mil-
certain stratigraphies, a precise picture of the lennium BC (Micheli in press). The planned in-
Late Neolithic phenomenon in this part of depth analysis of the excavation works could re-
Northern Italy cannot be drawn (Visentini veal the presence of an earlier occupation phase.
2018) and now it seems complicated to even de-
fine a precise chrono-cultural context and the As for the easternmost territories, the rare
eventual participation to the phenomenon of elements of Western tradition only sporadically
the site at Palù di Livenza (PN) (Figure 1), now
hereditati
Figure 1. Aerial view of Palù di Livenza (PN). attributed to the Late Neolithic. In effect, pre-
karst, there are many caves and abris with Dani- liminarily, the remarkable complex of materials
lo-Vlaška elements which seem to also character- found during the research and the excavations
ise a Neolithic advanced phase in that area, and carried out during the 1990s seems to be ascrib-
sherds with Besenstrich-finished surface usual- able to the Late Neolithic; this inhabited area is
ly attributed to a period from the Late Neolith- characterised by cultural aspects with a predom-
ic to the Eneolithic. These are some of the sites: inant coarse ware with ribs, whilst the Western
Grotta dei Ciclami (Legnani and Stradi 1963; and Square-Mouthed Pottery elements are rare
Gilli and Montagnari Kokelj 1993), Riparo di (Figure 2). Only recent stratigraphic research ac-
Monrupino (Bertoldi 1996), Grotta Tartaruga, tivities carried out by the Superintendence have
Grotta Cotariova, Grotta del Muschio, Grotta started to clear up the picture: they brought to
Azzurra, Grotta Gigante, Grotta di Trebiciano, light some SU characterised by the considera-
Grotta del Mitreo, Grotta dell’Orso and Grotta ble prevalence of coarse ware with plastic decora-
del Pettirosso (Barfield 1999). tions (impressed ribs and hollow bosses) associat-
ed with rare SMP and Western elements dating
Unfortunately, because of the absence of back to around the first centuries of the 4th mil-
certain stratigraphies, a precise picture of the lennium BC (Micheli in press). The planned in-
Late Neolithic phenomenon in this part of depth analysis of the excavation works could re-
Northern Italy cannot be drawn (Visentini veal the presence of an earlier occupation phase.
2018) and now it seems complicated to even de-
fine a precise chrono-cultural context and the As for the easternmost territories, the rare
eventual participation to the phenomenon of elements of Western tradition only sporadically
the site at Palù di Livenza (PN) (Figure 1), now
