Villanovan culture
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143363
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85143363#concept
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Variants
- Civilization, Villanovan
- Proto-Etruscans
- Villanovan civilization
- Villanovans
Broader Terms
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Earlier Established Forms
- Civilization, Villanovan
- Villanovans
Sources
- found: Ox. classic. dict.(Villanovan culture takes its name from the Bolognese estate where in 1853 the first of many Iron Age cemeteries in modern provinces of Bologna, Faenza, Forli and Ravenna were found; term also applied to contemporary cemeteries south of the Apennines; culture characterized by cremation burials in biconical ossuaries with incised decoration; there were no such people as the "Villanovans"; the indigenous possessors of this culture in 9th and 8th cent. Etruria may be defined as Etruscans at the Iron Age stage of their ethnic formation)
- found: Larousse encyc. archaeology:p. 344 (Villanovan civilization)
LC Classification
- GN780.2.V5
Change Notes
- 2005-05-25: new
- 2005-06-20: revised
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