FOUNDATION, DEVELOPMENT AND ABANDONING OF A BRONZE AGE PILE-DWELLING (“LUCONE D”, GARDA LAKE) RECORDED IN THE PALYNOSTRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE OF THE POND OFFSHORE THE SETTLEMENT

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ABSTRACT: Badino F. et al., Foundation, development and abandoning of a Bronze age pile-dwelling (“Lucone D” site, Garda lake) recorded in the palynostratigraphic sequence of the pond offshore the settlement. (IT ISSN 0394-3356, 2011). The ongoing archaeological excavations at “Lucone D” pile-dwelling (Garda lake morainic amphitheatre, Polpenazze del Garda - Brescia), yielded abundant archaeological artifacts and piles dendrochronologically and/or culturally dated back from 2033±10 to 1800-1900 cal B.C. Palynostratigraphic studies focused on the lacustrine-palustrine sequence in the pond facing the settlement. A palynological record at decennial resolution, supported by AMS datings and independently correlated to the village history through detection of sharp events, describes the environmental changes at the foundation of the settlement, the development of rural landscape during the two-centuries development of the village, and the abandonment.