From Villanovan to Etruscan Mortuary Goods: The Ceramic Assemblages of Four Seventh-Century BCE Pit Graves from the Site of San Giuliano

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Etruscan Centralization to Medieval Marginalization: Shifts in Settlement and Mortuary Traditions at San Giuliano, Italy" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The San Giuliano necropolis, located within the Marturanum Regional Park in northern Lazio, Italy, is well-known for its hundreds of Villanovan and Etruscan graves. As part of our mission to understand the patterns of human habitation at the site from the ninth century BCE through the thirteenth century CE, the San Giuliano Archaeological Research Project (SGARP) has excavated a selection of the Etruscan rock-cut chamber tombs and Villanovan *tombe a fossa (pit graves) over the past four field seasons. This presentation focuses on the material evidence from four late Villanovan *tombe a fossa located on the San Simone plateau within the San Giuliano necropolis. Dating to the early seventh century BCE, the San Simone tombs are inhumation graves of three adults and one child with rich assemblages of ceramic, bronze, and amber goods. Analysis of the material remains reveals the transitional late Villanovan to early Etruscan nature of these tombs; in conjunction with the physical proximity and orientation of the four graves, it raises further questions about the social status and possible kinship relationships between the deceased.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• Etruscan Centralization to Medieval Marginalization: Shifts in Settlement and Mortuary Traditions at San Giuliano, Italy

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Abstract Id(s): 33539