Tumulus Cemetery Europe 110 — Italy Region 2
Period Neolithic·Regional culture Europe-Temple·🇮🇹 Italy Region 2, Italy
About
About Tumulus Cemetery Europe 110 — Italy Region 2
Tumulus Cemetery Europe 110 — Italy Region 2 in Italy Region 2, Italy is a Bronze Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Europe-Temple temple-complex with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function of enclosure
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Defensive stronghold
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 500 BCE
- Period
- Period Neolithic
- Culture
- Regional culture Europe-Temple
- Purpose
- temple-complex ritual/settlement purpose for Europe-Temple
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1905
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
1970 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Tumulus Cemetery Europe 110 — Italy Region 2
c. 500 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Tumulus Cemetery Europe 110 — Italy Region 2
c. 1500 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Tumulus Cemetery Europe 110 — Italy Region 2
On the ground
Structures & features
3.2041° N · 109.0239° E · 133 m · 3 mapped features
Tumulus Cemetery Europe 110 — Italy Region 2 — Principal Temple
templetemple at Tumulus Cemetery Europe 110 — Italy Region 2 — hydraulic feature
3.2061° N · 109.0244° ETumulus Cemetery Europe 110 — Italy Region 2 — Northern Altar
altaraltar at Tumulus Cemetery Europe 110 — Italy Region 2 — primary structure
3.2057° N · 109.0222° ETumulus Cemetery Europe 110 — Italy Region 2 — Southern Shrine
shrineshrine at Tumulus Cemetery Europe 110 — Italy Region 2 — subsidiary complex
3.2025° N · 109.0229° E