ABSTRACT

Although the amount of data on the Italian Copper Age has increased significantly in the last decades, little is known about the relationship between humans and the environment. Material culture suggests the occurrence of significant social interactions throughout the Italian Peninsula, while the funerary practices indicate that Copper Age groups were strongly rooted in their territories. Here, we attempt to define the relations within Copper Age groups by investigating one of the main culturally-constructed aspects of a society: dietary practices. These will be addressed through stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of human and animal bone collagen from a selection of central and southern Italian Copper Age sites ascribed to two of the most representative cultural groups, namely the Rinaldone and the Gaudo. The preliminary results show an overall homogeneity in the dietary habits, which appears to be in contrast with funerary data, and indicates a strong reliance on the local environments for subsistence, with local food choices.

摘要

尽管在过去的几十年中，有关意大利铜矿时代的数据量已大大增加，但是人们与人与环境之间的关系知之甚少。物质文化表明整个意大利半岛都发生了重要的社会互动，而丧葬活动表明，铜器时代的群体深深扎根于其领土。在这里，我们试图通过研究社会的主要文化构成方面之一：饮食习惯，来界定铜器时代群体之间的关系。这些问题将通过稳定的碳和氮同位素分析来解决，这些分析来自意大利中部和南部铜矿时代遗址的一部分，这些遗址归因于两个最有代表性的文化群体，即里纳多内和高多，对人和动物的骨骼胶原进行了分析。