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Prehistoric Italy
Scholars have done extensive research concerning pre-civilized Italy or
prehistoric, as they put it, and have come up with certain conclusions. Scientists
convey that Paleolithic or Old Stone Age implements found in several parts of
Italy indicate that early man had been attracted to this area. Paleolithic man
buried his dead in "shallow trenches," and with him his crude stone axes and stone
scrapers; he apparently had not yet developed pottery and lived as a hunter
finding shelter in natural caves.
The Neolithic, or New Stone Age, which brings with it new types of implements,
blends easily into the new succeeding Copper Age. Aside from improved tools,
man now constructed huts and lived in villages. The burial customs showed few
significant changes aside from the increasingly elaborate tombs. Pottery and
weaving appeared, as did herding and agriculture which were all significant
developments.
Boats, also important in the progress of civilization, were introduced at this
time. Italy and Sicily show relations with the Aegean and Balkan cultures
during this period, and northern Italy reveals connections with areas in central
Europe and Spain. The general physical type of these men was that characteristic
of the Mediterranean race, which were from the eastern Mediterranean area.
Already in the prehistoric era, migrations of peoples from neighboring territories
to the east from across the Adriatic Sea, had occurred.
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