Documenta Praehistorica (Dec 2017)

Modelling the earliest north-western dispersal of Mediterranean Impressed Wares: new dates and Bayesian chronological model

  • Didier Binder,
  • Philippe Lanos,
  • Lucia Angeli,
  • Louise Gomart,
  • Jean Guilaine,
  • Claire Manen,
  • Roberto Maggi,
  • Italo M. Muntoni,
  • Chiara Panelli,
  • Giovanna Radi,
  • Carlo Tozzi,
  • Daniele Arobba,
  • Janet Battentier,
  • Mario Brandaglia,
  • Laurent Bouby,
  • François Briois,
  • Alain Carré,
  • Claire Delhon,
  • Lionel Gourichon,
  • Philippe Marinval,
  • Renato Nisbet,
  • Stefano Rossi,
  • Peter Rowley-Conwy,
  • Stéphanie Thiébault

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.44.4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 44

Abstract

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The authors attempt to specify the diffusion pattern of the Impressed-Ware Neolithic (Im­presso-cardial complex, ICC), from south-eastern Italy onto the French Mediterranean coasts. Using ChronoModel® software, a Bayesian model was built with sets of dates obtained on well-contextualised, short-lived samples. The results highlight a clear tightening of the chronology in the so-called nuclear area (Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria) and a pioneer dispersal at record speed in the Tyrrhe­nian Basin. Moreover, they question the origins and initial developments of the Impressed-Wares techno-complex.

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