Occupation and Environmental Context of a Prehistoric and Protohistoric Settlement on the Corsican East Coast

Nathalie Marini (1)

1 Groupe de Recherches Préhistoriques et Protohistoriques - Université de Corse

The site of Costa di u Monte is on the east coast of Corsica. It occupies a privileged position within the Tyrrhenian area, in a region where for the island, the archeological sites are rare and little studied. This settlement, very wide, was occupied during the Neolithic, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age and until the Contemporary Time. For the prehistoric and protohistoric periods, the excavations enabled to identify levels of habitats and a burial. These occupations left an abundant material, ceramic, lithic (obsidian) and metal in particular. These vestiges attest to the exploitation of the immediate environment of the site but also to the existence of relationships between other Mediterranean areas.

Mots clés: Bronze Age; Iron Age; ceramics; Corsica; environment; habitat; Mediterranean; Neolithic; obsidian; burial

Mots clés: Âge du Bronze; Âge du Fer; céramique; Corse; environnement; Méditérranée; Néolithique; obsidienne; sépulture

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire

Nathalie Marini. Occupation and Environmental Context of a Prehistoric and Protohistoric Settlement on the Corsican East Coast. Jul 2006, pp.461-466. ⟨hal-00138444⟩