THE ECONOMIC LIFE OF PRIMITIVE ITALY. THE ETRUSCANS. ROME TO THE MIDDLE OF THE THIRD CENTURY BEFORE CHRIST

Here, at least, are the main features of the process. After the Palreolithic period, many traces of which have been found from the Po valley to Sicily, the Neolithic Age seems to have been of great importance in Italy. It was the inhabitants of

and Phrenicia as well as from Greece, if not models, at least inspirations which affected local industries.