Submerged Site of La Marmotta (Rome, Italy)

Mario Mineo is Lecturer of the Masters course in Science and Technologies for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage, ‘La Sapienza’ University of Rome, Faculty of Systemic Botany. Between 1993 and 1999 he was involved in underwater archaeology, collaborating on the excavation of the submerged site of La Marmotta near Rome (Italy). Since 2017, he has been responsible for the prehistoric collections of the Museum of Civilizations (MuCIV). Juan F. Gibaja received his PhD in Prehistory from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 2002. He is currently a researcher at the CSIC (Spain). He is specialized in use-wear analysis, and his research has focused on the Mesolithic to Neolithic societies in the Mediterranean. In recent years he has been directing a joint project MuCIV-CSIC on the submerged Neolithic site of La Marmotta, together with Mario Mineo and Niccolò Mazzucco. Niccolò Mazzucco obtained his PhD in Prehistoric Archaeology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 2014. Since 2021 he has been a senior research fellow at the University of Pisa (Italy). Over the past few years he has mainly focused on the study of the Neolithic agricultural toolkit. The study of the wooden and stone artefacts from the site of La Marmotta cover a special place in this research.

• Prologue Director General of Museums of ItalyPrologue Director of the Museo delle Civiltà.Acknowledgements1. Introduction to the volume: La Marmotta, an exceptional Neolithic siteMario Mineo, Juan F. Gibaja, Niccolò Mazzucco2. La Marmotta site in the framework of the Early Mediterranean NeolithicNiccolò Mazzucco, Juan Gibaja, Mario Mineo3. La Marmotta: location, history, stratigraphy and cultural sequence, chronologyMario Mineo, Juan F. Gibaja, Niccolò Mazzucco, Gerard Remolins4. First palynological contribution towards a palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Neolithic site La MarmottaDaniele Arobba1, Rosanna Caramiello, Lionello F. Morandi5. Woodworking: Introduction to wood working and artefact crafting5.1. Village Organization and Domestic StructuresMario Mineo, Gerard Remolins, Juan F. Gibaja, Niccolò Mazzucco5.2. Navigation: dugout canoes, artefacts related to navigationMario Mineo, Juan F. Gibaja, Niccolò Mazzucco, Laura Caruso5.3. Wood ArtefactsJuan F. Gibaja, Mario Mineo, Vittorio Brizzi, Niccolò Mazzucco, Laura Caruso, Miriam Cubas, Gerard Remolins, Daniele Arobba1, Rosanna Caramiello, Lionello F. Morandi6. Working with plant fibres: textiles, basketry, cordageJuan F. Gibaja, Mario Mineo, Niccolò Mazzucco, Laura Caruso, Vanessa Forte, Millán Mozota, Christina Margariti, Eva Andersson7. Food remains, phytotherapics and psychotropics remainsMauro Rottoli, Amaia Arranz8. The Botanical Ornaments of La MarmottaCristiana Petrinelli Pannocchia, Alice Vassanelli9. Lithic Tools Analysis9.1. Flaked Stone ToolsDenis Guilbeau, Bernard Gassin, Juan F. Gibaja, Niccolò Mazzucco9.2. Stone adzes and axesAlba Masclans9.3. Grinding tools for plant processing and food production in La MarmottaCaroline Hamon, Marta Portillo10. Restoration of wooden and textiles artefacts at La MarmottaMario Mineo11. Conclusions and future perspectivesNiccolò Mazzucco, Mario Mineo, Juan F. Gibaja12. References

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