Ceramica matt-painted in Etruria. Nuovi dati da Cerveteri

During recent excavations, a small number of “matt-painted” pottery fragments were found at Caere in Southern Etruria. The finds belong to a class of Subgeometric pottery produced in Northern Lucania. So far, this pottery has never been found outside Southern Italy. The present paper aims to reconsider finds of South Italian indigenous pottery in Etruria, in order to compare the data with the distribution of Etruscan imports in Southern Italy. While in the Early Iron Age, Tarquinia seems to have played a leading role in the exchange with “Oinotrian” groups settling in Southern Italy, from the 7th century onwards, archaeological finds point to contacts between Caere and Northern Lucania as well as Daunia.