Una comunità di frontiera: Poggio Montano

The study of the necropolis of Poggio Montana (Vetralla) sheds new light on the interior of southern Etruria at the end of the 7th century B.C. The evidence reveals the existence of a remarkable centre, founded by some families belonging to a minor aristocracy, that belonged to a crucial area for trade between the coastal area and the south through the Tiber Valley and the Sacco and Liri valleys. The cultural features are close to those of Tarquinii, but also recall from Bisenzio and especially from Veii and the Ager Faliscus.
Most interesting are some links to the material culture of the Bologna area and Capua.