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Item Number: 135027
Title: Il Santuario di Montetosto sulla via Caere-Pyrgi
Author: Belelli Marchesini, Barbara (et al)
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9788860491305
Description: Roma: Officina, 2015. 24cm., pbk., 244pp. illus. Italian text. Summary: The Montetosto locality lies 4 km to the west of Caere and is located along the road that connected the city to its main harbour, Pyrgi. Until 1962 the locality was known only for the considerably large tumulus (60 m in diameter) excavated by Raniero Mengarelli (1924-1929). The excavation of the area was carried out in three campaigns (1965, 1967 and 1969) under Giovanni Colonna’s direction and Francesca Melis’ supervision. The primary aim was to understand the plan of the discovered complex. Both the imposing structures discovered and the rich group of architectural terracottas testified to its monumentality. After the first uncertainties surrounding the interpretation of the structures, the squared layout (54x54 m), comprising a central courtyard around which a series of rooms were disposed, immediately drew the attention of the scholars for the analogies with other Archaic structures, such as the ones at Murlo and Acquarossa. G. Colonna proposed relating the construction of the complex to the funerary cult, created to expiate the guilt of the Foceans stoned to death after the Alalia battle (540 BC), still performed by the Ceretans in Herodotus’ time. Despite the strong interest in the context, the materials recovered remained substantially unpublished. This book reconstructs the sequence of events connected to the excavations of the 1960s, and re-examines the structures, the architectural decorations and the findings recovered. (Officina Etruscologia)
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