Villanovan culture

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Iron Age culture archaeological culture pre-Etruscan culture

The Villanovan culture was an early Iron Age civilization in central Italy, regarded as the precursor to the Etruscan civilization and known for its distinctive cremation burials and geometric pottery.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Villanovan culture canonical 2
Iron Age Italy 1
Orientalizing period in Italy 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iron Age culture ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
pre-Etruscan culture ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence cemeteries ⓘ
grave goods ⓘ
settlement remains ⓘ
associatedWith Urnfield culture traditions ⓘ
burialPractice biconical urns ⓘ
cremation ⓘ
hut-urns ⓘ
urnfield burial ⓘ
chronologicalPhase Villanovan culture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Villanovan I

Villanovan culture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Villanovan II
culturalContinuityWith Proto-Villanovan culture ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
metalworking ⓘ
trade in metals ⓘ
endTime c. 700 BCE ⓘ
hasSite Felsina (Bologna) ⓘ
Populonia ⓘ
Tarquinia ⓘ
Veii ⓘ
Verucchio ⓘ
Villanova (near Bologna) ⓘ
Vulci ⓘ
influenced Etruscan art ⓘ
Etruscan religion ⓘ
Etruscan social structure ⓘ
knownFor bronze grave goods ⓘ
distinctive cremation burials ⓘ
geometric pottery ⓘ
impasto pottery ⓘ
locatedIn central Italy ⓘ
Northern Italy ⓘ
surface form: northern Italy
materialCulture belt buckles ⓘ
bronze fibulae ⓘ
bronze weapons ⓘ
horse harness fittings ⓘ
iron weapons ⓘ
partOf Italian Peninsula ⓘ
predecessorOf Etruscans ⓘ
surface form: Etruscan civilization
region Emilia-Romagna ⓘ
Etruria ⓘ
Latium ⓘ
startTime c. 900 BCE ⓘ
successor Orientalizing period ⓘ
surface form: Orientalizing period of Etruscan culture
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ
surface form: Early Iron Age
writingSystem none attested ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ancient Italy → archaeologicalCulture → Villanovan culture ⓘ
Stele of Novilara → period → Villanovan culture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orientalizing period in Italy
Villanovan culture → chronologicalPhase → Villanovan culture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Villanovan I
Villanovan culture → chronologicalPhase → Villanovan culture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Villanovan II
Terramare culture → followedBy → Villanovan culture ⓘ
king of the Sabines → existedDuring → Villanovan culture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Age Italy
Tarchuna → hasArchaeologicalEvidenceFrom → Villanovan culture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Villanovan period