Archaic
Cube tomb
Cube tombs are squared tufa blocks lined up like city blocks along the burial roads, evidence of the necropolis's "city of the dead" town-planning.
Construction technique
Blocco di tufo squadrato ("a dado"), con una o più camere interne, allineato in file ordinate lungo le vie sepolcrali.
Typical features
Flat façade with a real or false door, arranged in rows along straight streets.
Funerary practices
Burial of a single, smaller family unit compared to the great tumuli.
Did you know?
Their orderly layout has allowed scholars to reconstruct an actual funerary town plan. (Demo content.)