The Contribution of Malacological Studies to Understanding the Occupation Dynamics of the Prehistoric Site at Colombare di Villa-Negrar di Valpolicella (VR): Preliminary Report on the Remains from Trenches 4 and 15

Archaeomalacological analyses have been carried out as part of the interdisciplinary project of Colombare di Negrar, a prehistoric site in the Lessini Mountains (northern Italy). The palaeoenvironmental and economic reconstruction from the Late to Final Neolithic was based on 1047 mollusc remains taken from two contiguous Trenches 4 and 15. The landscape reconstruction shows natural clearings in the woods. The faunal associations indicate that the environment from the Late to Final Neolithic became wetter. Finally, stony-soil species remained constant over time.