The necropolis Banditaccia ( Italian : is a necropolis ancient Etruscan city near Cerveteri in Italy. It was included in the list of World Heritage of Humanity established by UNESCO with that Monterozzi in 2004 ^{Type of tombs}

There are three types of tombs in the Etruscan period (chronological order):

• The tombs, completely buried so-called "tomb" (Tomba del Pozzo and Tomb of Reliefs ).
• The mounds , circular structures built in the tufa , and their interiors multiple dug directly into the rock, in which lie the burial chambers (a camera), accessible by a corridor ( dromos ) and distributed by a central hall ( atrium ).
• graves has dado in "cube", built in alignment along the paths. The area contains two visited "via", Via dei Monti and Via dei Cerita Monti della Tolfa ( ^sixth century BC. ).

Archaeology

Much of current knowledge about this civilization comes from the details of the decoration of these tombs. The most famous of these tombs is called dei Rilievi or " Reliefs "in the ^fourth century BC. AD , identified by inscription as that of a certain Matunas and contains an extraordinary series of frescoes, bas-reliefs and sculptures in stucco depicting a mass of objects in everyday life among the Etruscans.

The tombs date from the most recent ^third century BC. AD. Some of them have a cippus external cylindrical for men, and in the form of a small hut for women.

Most of the remains discovered in the necropolis of Cerveteri are currently exhibited at the Museo Nazionale Etrusco in Rome or the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Cerveteri.

Several Etruscan sarcophagi said like " Sarcophagus of the Spouses ", were made Caere to 520 BC. AD and discovered in 1850 on the necropolis by the Marquis Giampietro Campana.

Tombs

• Tomb of the Capitals ( ^sixth century BC. ) barrow
• The Tumulus II covering four separate graves:
  • Tomb of the Cabin ( ^seventh century BC. )
  • Tomb of Jars ^(sixth century BC.) - for type vases dolium that have been found.
  • Tomb Andirons ^(sixth century BC.) for its many kitchen items ( dromos common with the previous one)
  • Falls from beds and Coffin ^(sixth century BC.).
• Tomb of Greek Vases ^(sixth century BC.)
• Tomb of Reliefs ^(III - IV ^centuryBC.) tomb in
• Tomb of the Cornice ( IV ^centuryBC. ) barrow
• Tomb of the Shields and Chairs
• Tomb of the Five Chairs
• Tomba della Casetta ^(sixth century BC.)
• Tumulo Maroi ( ^seventh century BC. )
• Tumulo policromo ^(sixth century BC.) - And grave mounds called "polychrome" by the use of tufa of different colors, tumulus
• Tumulo Mengarelli ^(seventh century BC.)
• Tomba del Pozzo in belowground - presence of a well (open in the atrium)
• Tomba dei Vasi Aretini
• Tomba Via dei Serpa
• Tomba di Ursus Marce
• Tomb of the Alcove

Other graves have been studied:

• Andrea Sartori, Caere, nuovi documenti della dalla necropolis Banditaccia: tomb B25, B26, B36, B69, Studi del Civico Museo Archeologico e del Civico di Milano Gabinetto numismatico, 2002

References

See also

Internal Links

• Etruscan funerary rite and Columbarium
• Villanova culture and pre-Roman Italy

External Links

• (It) private site with photographs.
• (It) photo Necropoli della Banditaccia
• (En) Site by Unesco on the necropolis