Here there are the Mesolithic and Neolithic technological innovations.
We can make a comparison between Near East or South-Eastern Europe and what was happening in Italy.

Human groups became semi-sedentary over Mesolithic and in Neolithic they settled down building hamlets while dedicating to activities as: agriculture, breeding, production of the first pottery and flaked or polished flint tools.

Their religion is expressed in more and more complex ways, through the building of first sanctuaries and the production of small stone or earthenware idols, representing “Goddess Mothers”.

In Near East in the beginning of Calcolithic the society appears strongly hierarchized, as proven by the fact that the cremation and rich kits were reserved only for dominant groups.
The most important discovery of this age is the “reduction process” of oxides and copper-carbonate that will lead to the first metallurgy.

At the same time, in Italy arrive Neolithic groups from Greece and Albania (6100 a.C.) and bring from Near East into our area, new kinds of vegetables and animals.
Widely spread is the navigation along the coasts and the islands of Tirreno Sea, for the commercialization of obsidian, a precious volcanic stone.

 Through the domestic cult, fertility rituals and waters’ cult, our ancestors manifested their religiosity.

Pottery production changes according to the area where it is produced, and from the first forms with imprinted decorations, our ancestors started to paint the pottery with complex decorative trim.