The Colline novaresi area is located in the north-eastern part of Piedmont. The hills are formed by moraine deposits and fluvio-glacial lithologies originating from Quaternary glacial events, which in turn were affected by a process of fluvial terraces. This area has been known for decades for the presence of archaeological sites, among which the most studied belong to a time span ranging from the Copper Age to the Iron Age. In the 1980′s, a Mesolithic lithic assemblage (Castelnovian) was found during investigation activities and was object of a techno-typological analysis.

The present work, within the limits imposed by the non-systematic recovery of surface collections, deals with the techno-typological study of lithic artefacts collected in the Colline Novaresi area. The main aim is to highlight aspects of the technological behaviour of the hunter-gatherer’s groups that inhabited the area, investigating the different exploitation strategies and the choices of the lithic resources.

The absence of a stratigraphic context forces to base the identification of the different chronological horizons only on techno-typological criteria. Therefore, most of the lithic tools analysed remain indeterminate as far as this aspect is concerned, and sometimes only a generic distinction between Palaeolithic/Mesolithic and Neolithic is proposed. A most reliable chronological attribution is instead possible for retouched tools, Levallois cores and products and for laminar implements with clear technological attributes.

The results obtained show that this area of Piedmont was inhabited during the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic, and an Epigravettian phase has also been recognized. A minority of the studied lithic tools refers to the Mesolithic. Considering that in the south-western margin of the alpine region the data on the Palaeolithic are very fragmentary, the technological study proposed here acquires importance in outlining a more precise scenario also for this part of the Italian peninsula.

该柯林尼novaresi区位于皮埃蒙特的东北部。山丘由冰碛沉积物和源自第四纪冰川事件的河流冰川岩性形成，而后者又受到河流阶地过程的影响。几十年来，该地区以考古遗址而闻名，其中研究最多的属于从铜器时代到铁器时代的时间跨度。在 1980 年代，在调查活动中发现了中石器时代的石器组合（Castelnovian），是技术类型学分析的对象。

目前的工作，在地表收藏的非系统恢复所施加的范围内，处理在Colline Novaresi地区收集的石器文物的技术类型学研究。主要目的是突出居住在该地区的狩猎采集者群体的技术行为的各个方面，调查不同的开发策略和岩石资源的选择。

地层背景的缺失迫使人们只能根据技术类型标准来确定不同的年代范围。因此，就这方面而言，大多数分析的石器工具仍然不确定，有时仅提出旧石器时代/中石器时代和新石器时代之间的一般区别。相反，最可靠的时间顺序归属可能适用于经过修饰的工具、勒瓦卢瓦核心和产品以及具有明确技术属性的层流工具。

获得的结果表明，该地区在旧石器时代中期和晚期有人居住，并且还发现了一个Epigravettian阶段。少数研究的石器工具是指中石器时代。考虑到在高山地区的西南边缘，旧石器时代的数据非常零碎，这里提出的技术研究对于为意大利半岛的这一部分勾勒出更精确的情景具有重要意义。