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Thanks to the increasing multidisciplinary approach to the analysis of votive contexts, a meaningful amount of information about both archaeological finds and associated faunal remains is available, giving way to interpretations about... more
Greek sanctuaries are well known primarily as places within the community to feast and worship the gods. Since the late 7th century BCE, certain sanctuaries, such as Gravisca, Pyrgi or Naukratis, were founded in frontier zones, where they... more
A typology of votive terracottas from a shrine in a village of Sidicini: from the study of the evidences, both materials and stratigraphical context, to a draft of the votive system.
The vital link between the site of Pyrgi and the town of Caere is highlighted by the many measures taken by the Etruscan town in order to turn the complex system of the settlement, the sanctuary and the harbour into the outpost of its... more
Reviews: Journal of Roman Archaeology 31.2 (2018) 563–567 [N. De Grummond]; Etruscan Studies 20.1 (2017) 100–107 [I. Edlund-Berry]; Opuscula Romana 10 (2017) 190–91 [F. Tobin]; American Journal of Archaeology [online] 122.3 (2018) [L.... more
Archaeological discoveries in the city of Mantua over recent years have helped identify an area of approximately four hectares that corresponds with the spot occupied by the earliest buildings of the original Etruscan settlement. Within... more
In questo contributo si propone un’analisi d’insieme della situazione storico-topografica dell’intero territorio del Trasimeno tra fine VIII e inizio I secolo a.C., ripercorrendo tutte le notizie edite riguardanti rinvenimenti... more
During the final excavation seasons of the archaeological site at Colle Plinio (San Giustino, Perugia), contexts were discovered containing many fragments of ce- ramic wasters dating to circa the mid-3rd century BC, which came from a... more
This paper challenges the common ethnocentric notion of the Faliscans as an autonomous and autochthonous group inside Etruria and emphasizes the Faliscan ethnicity as a ductile ideology linked with the geopolitical changes which occurred... more
This paper analyses the structure of the composition of the Phoenician text of Pyrgi, particularly in the light of typical formulae and structures found on similar Phoenician inscriptions. Its aim is to reach a better understanding of the... more
The study of the urban alignment of the settlement of Pyrgi and of the arrangement of the sacred areas was favoured by its abandonment after the phase of Romanization and by the possibility of performing large-scale research over its... more
Funde, Eigennamen und Schriftzeichen beweisen Roms lange Zugehörigkeit zur etruskischen Kultur. Die historisch faßbaren Anfänge des Etruskertums in Italien fallen mit der mythischen Gründungzeit Roms (datiert auf 753 v. Chr.) zusammen.... more
Si presentano i frammenti di statue acroteriali e frontonali provenienti dall’area sacra di S. Antonio (testa di sfinge del 530 a.C. ca) e altri materiali rinvenuti nell’area urbana di Cerveteri purtroppo non in scavi regolari ma... more
Una prima ricerca sulle tracce del Tempio etrusco delle Bandite di Seggiano da cui provengono due notevoli antefisse fittili databili al V sec. a.C. Tale tempio fu individuato dal Milani nell'agosto del 1910 e poi dimenticato.