L’industria in pietra levigata dell’Arma dell’Aquila (Finale Ligure, Savona)

The polished stone assemblage from the old explorations at the site is composed of a small number of artefacts. However, among the artefacts are 6 complete axe blades of interesting shapes, one axe rough-out and one cutting edge fragment. The 7 complete pieces have been submitted to archaeometric analyses (XRPD and thin section) in order to identify the rocks. The results show the exploitation of uncommon lithotypes in comparison to the raw material spectrum known for other sites in Northern Italy. A small group of other stone implements is briefly described, and the chronological attribution of each artefact is discussed.