The recent death of Andrew Colin Renfrew, one of the great archaeologists of the last and present century, reopens the debate on the origin of the Indo-Europeans; his name is in fact linked to the Anatolian hypothesis as the original homeland of the Proto-Indo-Europeans, a theory opposed to the Kurganic theory of Marija Gimbutas, according to which the Proto-Indo-Europeans would be…
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In this section of the site we collect video documents, some unpublished for the Italian public, concerning Marija Gimbutas; we will continue the research and collection of such documents also to commemorate the scholar who inspired this site and whose death falls thirtieth anniversary this year. Lithuanian Chronicle 1994…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_4SrRY7qA Eccoci giunt* all'ultimo degli INCONTRI di PREISTORIA prima della pausa estiva. Mercoledì 19 Giugno 2024 Giorgio Samorini ha presentato la sua relazione dal titolo Archeologia delle piante psicoattive in Italia e Maria Laura Leone ci ha parlato di Archeologia dell'oppio in Daunia: fra stele, vasi e figure femminili. Giorgio…
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Fourth of the PREHISTORY MEETINGS of 2024 On Wednesday 22 May we had the pleasure of listening to Professor Annaluisa Pedrotti again on Women and Men of Stone: a study of South Tyrolean stelae. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZJmQAnWAw4 The next meetings, now scheduled for autumn, will be communicated on the website www.preistoriainitalia.it and on the Facebook page…
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We propose two interesting events: Wednesday 22 May 2024 at 18pm Prof. Annaluisa Pedrotti – Women and men of stone: a study on South Tyrolean stelae. Wednesday 30 June 19 at 2024 pm the botanist Giorgio Samorini and the paleethnologist Maria Laura Leone will introduce us to an interesting topic on psychoactive drugs...
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(The recording of the meeting at the bottom of the page) 3rd Prehistory Conference in Italy 13-03-2024 18.30-20.00 pm Antonia Pintori – The female aspect in Nuragic sacred sources: the case of Noddule in Sardinia Guido Palmerini – The discovery of Palmerini ravine as part of research on rock art of the Abruzzo Apennines Antonia Pintori, degree in Cultural Heritage…
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We publish the second of the PREHISTORY MEETINGS of 2024 with Arianna Carta's reports entitled On the Trail of the Goddess. Symbols of female power from the Neolithic to popular traditions in Sardinia and by Giulia Saltini Semerari who spoke on Gender Organization in Southern Italy in the Iron Age….
See moreWednesday 14 February 2024 18pm – 30pm The PREHISTORY MEETINGS are events organized and carried out by the editorial team of the PREISTORIA IN ITALIA website and have the aim of stimulating interest and disseminating the study of prehistory in our country. The meeting on February 20, 00 will see the reports of the anthropologist Arianna…
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Eugenia Isetti and Antonella Traverso https://youtu.be/MP_Lghn3yo4 PREHISTORY MEETINGS are events organized and carried out by the editorial team of the PREISTORIA IN ITALIA website and have the aim of stimulating interest and disseminating the study of prehistory in our country. This is the recording of the fourth appointment which took place on January 24, 2024. Let's meet…
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We are publishing the 2024 calendar with a preview of the next three meetings which will take place in January, February and March: 24 January 2024 at 18.30 pm Antonella Traverso and Eugenia Isetti Grotta Scaloria: from the excavations of Marija Gimbutas to the latest research 14 February 2024 at 18.30 pm Arianna Carta and Giulia Saltini SemerariArianna Carta:…
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