La Necropoli villanoviana di Borgo Panigale, via della Salute (BO)

In 2004 a Villanovan necropolis was discovered near Bologna in Borgo Panigale, Via della Salute. 188 graves were explored, all (except one) cremations, mostly in simple pits although a limited number had stone slabs and in one case the urn was contained in a dolium. Microstratigraphic excavation of the urns permitted useful observations with regard to the ritual deposition of human remains and grave goods. Anthropological examination was conducted for all human remains and the results were considered together with the archaeological data on the grave goods. Typological preliminary observation and 14C determination obtained for 12 graves makes it possible to date the necropolis between Bologna First Phase (Bo1A- Bo1B), with a chronological range between the end of the 10th and the end of the 9th century BCE, with one later grave referring to the early second Phase (Bo 2A)