Some examples of jasper and flint arrow tips of Eneolithic Age.
Finds come from Palaia territory (at the center) and from settlement of Pian delle Vigne in Lajatico along the course of La Sterza stream.
Another interesting find from the same area is an Eneolithic ax-hammer, also preserved in the museum.
The decorated spindle with delicate texture is from Podere Casanuova.
Podere Casanuova village, near Pontedera, covered more than 7500 sq.m. and it is one of the most extensive and structured village of Tuscany during the end of Neolithic.
It came to light during the enlargement works of the Arno river drainage channel, six meters deep from the countryside level.
Non-figured funerary monuments are very common in Valdera, they are made by marble memorial stones in a club-shaped, occasionally decorated with various ornaments or inscriptions. The memorial stone on the left is from Villa Saletta (Palaia), while the other on the right side was found in Saltero (Capannolli).
Reconstruction at scale 1:1 (carried out by the association Naturaliter) of a section of the hut and of the surrounding area, on the basis of the tracks provided during the archeological excavation of the Neolithic Village of Podere Casanuova (Pontedera).
It is possible to see part of the hut with the material used for its construction, reconstructions of the original appearance and how to use some of the tools as the vertical frame, pots and typical vases of the time.
Holm oak (Quercus ilex L., 1753) also known as Holly Oak and Evergreen oak tree, is a tree species belonging to the family of Fagaceae, native to the Mediterranean region. Holm oak is a very long-lived tree that can reach up to 100 years of age.
An evergreen tree of large size, attaining in favorable places a height of 20–25 meters, and developing in open situations a huge head of densely leafy branches as much across.
They have grey and smooth bark when young, becoming darker, almost blackish and fissured with age, opening up square in shape cracks in all directions of the trunk.
The young branches are grey and pubescent, but after a while they became greenish grey and glabrous. Buds are small, tomentose and rounded with only few perule.
They have a deep-rooting, tap-rooting and a fine root structure that develop already in the first few years of life and their roots can deeply penetrate into the ground for several meters. This allows them to withstand drought (trees draw water from the ground), but entails problems in transplantation, operation not appreciated by this species. The lateral roots may also be very robust and they often grow root suckers.
Rete museale della Valdera
