La ripresa delle ricerche a Fossa (2010). L'Abruzzo tra il bronzo finale e la fine deIl'età del ferro: proposta di periodizzazione sulla base dei contesti funerari
In: Archeologia Classica: 63, 2012
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Recent excavations carried out in 2010 on the necropolis
of
Fossa (AQ) had brought to light
some new graves dated to the Iron age. These finds suggested attempting revision of the earliest
phases
of
pre-Roman cultures in the Abruzzo region. Starting from the most characteristic features
of the funerary habits of the Final Bronze Age and Iron Age, we set out to
fill
out the picture
of
the
various aspects of funerary ideology (ritual, identification of gender, role and rank), of the metal
artifacts and their types in the coastal area of Abruzzo and in the internal area of the L'Aquila
region.
We distinguished the period examined into three main phases, showing close connections
with the material culture of internal regions in the Italian peninsula (Umbria, Latium vetus) and
of Campania (Capua, Sala Consilina), identifying the most typical characteristics in the Celano-
Paludi necropolis for our Phase I (end of Final Bronze age-beginnings of First Iron age); in the
Comino-Guardiagrele necropolis for Phase 2 (First Iron age-beginnings of Second Iron age); and
in the necropolis of Fossa for Phase 3 (Second Iron age).