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Palagruža and the spread of farming in the Adriatic

S. Forenbaher

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Due to its strategic position at the very centre of the Adriatic Sea, the islet of Palagruža played a vital role during one of the crucial transitional episodes of European prehistory – the spread of farming. The earliest evidence of human presence on this islet dates to the Early Neolithic. This article presents an overview of Palagruža’s Early Neolithic sites and finds, as well as an interpretation of those finds in the context of comprehensive changes that affected the Adriatic region during the first half of the sixth millennium BC. These finds indicate the existence of seafaring skills and technology that allowed circulation of goods, ideas, and people in rapid fashion over long stretches of open water. Thanks to these skills, a new way of life based on food production spread and stabilised relatively quickly throughout the Adriatic region.

Ključne riječi

Adriatic; Impressed Ware; island; migration; navigation; Neolithic; Palagruža

Hrčak ID:

6077

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/6077

Datum izdavanja:

21.12.2005.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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