Use-wear evidence for the use of threshing sledges in Neolithic Greece

Threshing sledge or tribulum represents an important innovation in agricultural techniques. It allows processing huge amounts of cereals and it has often associated to an increased agricultural production. Their use is attested during the Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age both in sout...

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Autores: Mazzucco, Niccolò, Ibáñez, J. J., Anderson, Patricia, Kotsakis, Kostas, Kita, Angela, Adaktylou, Foteini, Gibaja, Juan Francisco
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Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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Palabra clave:Use-wear analysis
Neolithic: Farming
Greece
Mediterranean
Confocal microscopy
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spelling Use-wear evidence for the use of threshing sledges in Neolithic GreeceMazzucco, NiccolòIbáñez, J. J.Anderson, PatriciaKotsakis, KostasKita, AngelaAdaktylou, FoteiniGibaja, Juan FranciscoUse-wear analysisNeolithic: FarmingGreeceMediterraneanConfocal microscopyThreshing sledge or tribulum represents an important innovation in agricultural techniques. It allows processing huge amounts of cereals and it has often associated to an increased agricultural production. Their use is attested during the Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age both in south-western Asia and Europe. In the Mediterranean area, their use lasted until few decades ago. Recently, as part of project focused on the analysis of the early agricultural tools of Neolithic Greece, a few elements bearing macro- and microscopic use-wear traces visually similar to ethnographic and archaeological threshing sledges have been identified from a number of Early and Middle Neolithic sites (i.e., Achilleion, Platia Magoula Zarkou, Revenia Korinos, Paliambela Kolindros). In this paper, we present the result of their study, including technological and traceological analysis. To provide a stronger assessment of the nature of the observed use-wear traces a quantitative comparison with ethnographic and experimental use-wear traces is carried out by integrating confocal microscopy. Despite the low number of recorded artefacts, obtained results suggest that threshing sledges were in use since the early phases of the Neolithic in Greece.This research is part of the: ‘AGER’ project (PGR18BQHM7) funded by the Italian Ministry for Education, Universities and Research within the ‘Rita Levi Montalcini’ program (Italy) (NM); the Marie Sklodowska Curie Individual Fellowship (UE) ‘QUANT’ (792544); the project ‘Tools, Techniques and Specialists: the keys to understand the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition in Mediterranean Europe (Tool & Tech)’ (PID2020-112513RB-I00) funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 (Spain) (JFG); the project PID2022-142075NB-I00 and the project RED2022-134472-T funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 (Spain) and by European Union Next GenerationEU/PRTR (JJI); the project ‘Pratiche artigiane tra Mediterraneo ed Oriente. Studi interdisciplinari dalla Preistoria al Medioevo’ (PRA_2022_17) funded by the University of Pisa (Italy) (NM).ElsevierMinistero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della RicercaEuropean CommissionMinisterio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)Università di PisaConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]2024202420242024info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/370198reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE##PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2020-112513RB-I00info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023/PID2022-142075NB-I00http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104579Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3701982026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Use-wear evidence for the use of threshing sledges in Neolithic Greece
title Use-wear evidence for the use of threshing sledges in Neolithic Greece
spellingShingle Use-wear evidence for the use of threshing sledges in Neolithic Greece
Mazzucco, Niccolò
Use-wear analysis
Neolithic: Farming
Greece
Mediterranean
Confocal microscopy
title_short Use-wear evidence for the use of threshing sledges in Neolithic Greece
title_full Use-wear evidence for the use of threshing sledges in Neolithic Greece
title_fullStr Use-wear evidence for the use of threshing sledges in Neolithic Greece
title_full_unstemmed Use-wear evidence for the use of threshing sledges in Neolithic Greece
title_sort Use-wear evidence for the use of threshing sledges in Neolithic Greece
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mazzucco, Niccolò
Ibáñez, J. J.
Anderson, Patricia
Kotsakis, Kostas
Kita, Angela
Adaktylou, Foteini
Gibaja, Juan Francisco
author Mazzucco, Niccolò
author_facet Mazzucco, Niccolò
Ibáñez, J. J.
Anderson, Patricia
Kotsakis, Kostas
Kita, Angela
Adaktylou, Foteini
Gibaja, Juan Francisco
author_role author
author2 Ibáñez, J. J.
Anderson, Patricia
Kotsakis, Kostas
Kita, Angela
Adaktylou, Foteini
Gibaja, Juan Francisco
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca
European Commission
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
Università di Pisa
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Use-wear analysis
Neolithic: Farming
Greece
Mediterranean
Confocal microscopy
topic Use-wear analysis
Neolithic: Farming
Greece
Mediterranean
Confocal microscopy
description Threshing sledge or tribulum represents an important innovation in agricultural techniques. It allows processing huge amounts of cereals and it has often associated to an increased agricultural production. Their use is attested during the Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age both in south-western Asia and Europe. In the Mediterranean area, their use lasted until few decades ago. Recently, as part of project focused on the analysis of the early agricultural tools of Neolithic Greece, a few elements bearing macro- and microscopic use-wear traces visually similar to ethnographic and archaeological threshing sledges have been identified from a number of Early and Middle Neolithic sites (i.e., Achilleion, Platia Magoula Zarkou, Revenia Korinos, Paliambela Kolindros). In this paper, we present the result of their study, including technological and traceological analysis. To provide a stronger assessment of the nature of the observed use-wear traces a quantitative comparison with ethnographic and experimental use-wear traces is carried out by integrating confocal microscopy. Despite the low number of recorded artefacts, obtained results suggest that threshing sledges were in use since the early phases of the Neolithic in Greece.
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