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Series of swords from the Bronze Age, from the prehistoric site of St. Antonino, now displayed in the Civic Museum. |
Treviso during the Neolithic Age
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Series of swords from the Bronze Age, from the prehistoric site of St. Antonino, now displayed in the Civic Museum. |
Documents from the Paleolithic Age are missing, but there are some, very few, from the Neolithic (4500 to 3000 B.C.) and Eneolithic Ages. (The Eneolithic Age findings come from activities carried out during the Stone Age and the Bronze Age: from 3000 to 1800 B.C.)
Neolithic populations, who stored crops and foodstuffs in earthenware urns, were present in Treviso.
During the 3rd millennium, with some delay compared to other regions, copper-working spread into Italy and towards 2000 B.C. also bronze-working. The use of copper in Treviso was scarce, probably due to lack of raw material.
Bronze appeared in Treviso at the beginning of the 2nd millennium (from 1800 to 1000 B.C.). Axes, daggers, sickles and later swords were made from bronze.
