SESSION 7 - Lithotheques - collections of comparative raw materials
Evaluating lithic raw material potential in a conext of geological complexity: the case of the lithic raw material reference collection from the Monte Amiata and Mount Cetona ridges (southern Tuscany, Italy)

This work is intended as a general appraisal of the knappable lithic raw materials in the area. The comparative collection which was created is currently being employed for the technological study of the extant archaeological lithic assemblages, and is providing new information about the economy of knappable rocks in the local Middle Palaeolithic.