Small white stones in context at Tarquinia

Authors

  • Mariangela Punzi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13130/2035-4797/13488

Keywords:

White;hollows;stones;rituals;seal;structures

Abstract

Excavation of the ‘monumental complex’ of the Civita of Tarquinia yielded structures excavated in the rock in the north-western sector (sector N). Their recurring features are: connection to artificial structures, sealing marking them out of adjacent layers, presence of small white stones unrelated to the geological reality of the plateau. Such recurrences make it possible to figure out the existence of specific rituals focused on the particular choice of this type of rock and connected to the surrounding structures.

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Author Biography

Mariangela Punzi

Mariangela Punzi specialized in Classical Archeology at the University of Milan, is a member of the "Tarquinia Project” of the same University, is director of a sector of excavation of the ‘monumental complex’ of the Civita of Tarquinia and responsible for the study of black gloss pottery of the hellenisti preriod. She is attending publication of a group of tombs from the Monterozzi necropolis (C.M. Lerici Foundation excavations).

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Published

2020-05-19

Issue

No. 27 (2019)

Section

Small Finds. Atti del Convegno di Studi (Università degli Studi di Milano)