La Parate (Capri): La collezione Cerio al Museo di Antropologia dell’Università di Napoli Federico II. Studio tecno-tipologico e analisi archeometriche preliminari dei manufatti in ossidiana

The site of Le Parate overlooks the gulf of Naples and is located on the northern side of Monte Solaro. It was discovered in the late 19th century by Ignazio Cerio during the construction of the modern cemetery. This site was interpreted as the largest obsidian-working area of the Island. Techno-typological analysis of a significative part of the Cerio Collection of the Museum of Anthropology, consisting of exhausted cores and microlithic blades, has shown the use of direct percussion and pressure-blade technology for the production of tiny and regular bladelets, while the initial working-phase probably took place elsewhere. Source provenance analysis, made by pXRF, has shown connections between the Island of Capri, Palmarola and Lipari during the Neolithic period.