Circulation of raw materials, final products or ideas in the Neolithic Communities of Southern Italy: The contribution or archaeometric analyses to the study of pottery, flint and obsidian

This paper offers a brief overview of Neolithic exchange in southern Italy during the Early to Late Neolithic (from 6200 to 4000 BC). There have been a number of archaeometric studies which have focussed on certain ‘core’ materials: pottery, flint and obsidian. Different materials traded by the same communities seem to follow various circulation model(s) for raw materials, final products or ideas. Some positive insights can therefore be gained into the inter- and intra-group organization of the many Neolithic communities, who shared so many other common behavioural features.