Villanovan
Necropolis area
A sector of the necropolis rather than a single tomb: it brings together burials built and reused at different times, revealing how the funerary landscape developed.
Construction technique
Area funeraria stratificata comprendente sepolture di tipi e periodi diversi; la cronologia indicata corrisponde alla fase più antica documentata.
Typical features
Shafts, trenches, chambers, mounds, roads and small squares may overlap or stand side by side.
Funerary practices
Cremation and inhumation coexist over the long term, while burial forms change together with Caerean society.
Did you know?
In archaeology, an area of modest graves can matter as much as a monument: it preserves a sequence of use, not only an aristocratic exception.