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In this section of the site we collect video documents, some unpublished for the Italian public, concerning Marija Gimbutas; we will continue the research and collection of such documents also to commemorate the scholar who inspired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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(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….
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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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The third of the PREHISTORY MEETINGS was dedicated to Menhirs and Steles, and the participating regions were Valle d'Aosta and Puglia with the research of palethnologist Maria Laura Leone for Puglia and archaeologist Gianfranco Zidda for Valle d' Aosta. Maria Laura Leone, paletnologist, researcher of…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClxCh5gM4vM Continuano gli INCONTRI DI PREISTORIA, appuntamenti organizzati e realizzati dalla redazione del sito PREISTORIA IN ITALIA con lo scopo di stimolare l'interesse e divulgare lo studio sulla preistoria nel nostro paese. Questo, il secondo appuntamento, avvenuto il 3 Maggio 2023. ARIANNA CARTA, dottoranda in Antropologia culturale presso l’Università di…
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https://youtu.be/z89zXmyYY9o Questi INCONTRI DI PREISTORIA sono appuntamenti organizzati e realizzati dalla redazione del sito PREISTORIA IN ITALIA ed hanno lo scopo di stimolare l'interesse e divulgare lo studio sulla preistoria nel nostro paese. Questa che pubblichiamo è la registrazione del primo appuntamento avvenuto il 13 Aprile 2023 con le docenti…
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For the series of meetings on the sacred feminine organized by Barbara Crescimanno of the CHOROS association, we are publishing the interview that took place online on the Arci Tavola Tonda Facebook page on 29 January 2022 with Luciana Percovich on the theme: The vision of the Sacred in Paleolithic cultures and European Neolithic. We are used to…
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