OBSERVATIONS ON THE LATE NEOLITHIC OF NORTHERN ITALY

The Author considers the problems connected with the late Ⅳ-early Ⅲ millennium bc inNorth Eastern Italy that is the transition between the final aspects of the Square Mouth Pottery Cultureand the Chassey and later Lagozza traditions.Some considerations are also made about the first CopperAge Groups which made their appearance in the Po Valley during the mid Ⅲ millennium bc.