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THE NEOLITHIC SITE OF SERRA CICORA: RESULTS OF THE AMS RADIOCARBON DATING
Abstract
Bone and charcoal samples from the Neolithic site of Serra Cicora in the Salento Peninsula (southern Italy)
have been dated by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). Measurements appear to support other archaeological evidence
and have shown that 2 distinct phases of human occupation of the site can be identified: the first occupation in the Early Neolithic
and a second occupation in the Middle-Late Neolithic. The results provide new information and are a fundamental contribution
to the definition of the absolute chronology of the Middle-Late Neolithic in this part of Europe.
have been dated by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). Measurements appear to support other archaeological evidence
and have shown that 2 distinct phases of human occupation of the site can be identified: the first occupation in the Early Neolithic
and a second occupation in the Middle-Late Neolithic. The results provide new information and are a fundamental contribution
to the definition of the absolute chronology of the Middle-Late Neolithic in this part of Europe.