Archeologia del vino nella penisola italiana e nelle grandi isole del Tirreno tra Neolitico e Romanizzazione: tematiche dati approcci possibili

The earliest consumption of wine in the Italian peninsula was traditionally ascribed to Greek and Near Eastern colonists, established in Magna Graecia, Sicily and also Sardinia since the 8th century BC, who would transfer to local peoples innovative agricultural techniques and new styles of drinking, related to the heroic imagery of the Homeric poetry and to the high-status prerogatives of the Near-Eastern kings. Recently, the advanced applying of methods derived from the archaeobotanical analysis, enriched by various study programs on genetic pool of vines, and the increasing of the archaeological data about Neolithic, Copper and Bronze Ages, revealed a much earlier knowledge and use of vines (both for food consumption and production of alcoholic beverages).The contribution, starting from a review of the archaeobotanical evidence found in the Italian territory since the last decades of '900, attempts to provide a summary of the local production systems, the archaeological indicators of storage and distribution, and of the significant finds in inhabited and funerary contexts linked to convivial and ritual practices.