Original scientific paper
Origin of the raw materials and properties of the lithic industry at the Middle Neolithic site of Lokvica on Korčula
Dinko Radić
Zlatko Perhoč
orcid.org/0009-0008-8502-0735
Abstract
This paper contains an analysis of the raw material composition,
technological categories and typology of the artefacts
made by the reduction of chert cores that were found on the
surface of the Middle Neolithic site of Lokvica in Blatsko poje
on the island of Korčula. The lithic artefacts exhibit typical
Neolithic features, which is apparent in the well-represented
prismatic blades and the tools made on them, while the general
properties of the lithic industry correspond to the situation
known in the wider area.
A materials analysis of the lithic artefacts conducted in order
to determine the types of rocks, i.e., the lithic types used
in their production, was aimed at ascertaining the origin of
the stone materials and reconstructing the strategy for their
procurement. The results obtained undoubtedly point to the
Apennine Gargano peninsula as the source of the vast majority
of the raw materials used and products made in Lokvica, which
particularly pertains to regular prismatic blades. This discovery
points to a Neolithic shift in relation to the earlier, Mesolithic
strategy of procuring raw materials and opens a series of
intriguing questions tied to the process of Neolithization and
development of the Neolithic not only on Korčula but in the
entire Eastern Adriatic seaboard.
Keywords
Lokvica, Korčula, Middle Neolithic, lithic artefacts, lithic types, Monte Gargano.
Hrčak ID:
344323
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Publication date:
1.12.2025.
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