Latial culture
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Latial culture was an early Iron Age archaeological culture of ancient Latium in central Italy, associated with the ancestors of the Latins and characterized by distinctive hut-urn burials and material traditions.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Italic culture | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iron Age culture
ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ prehistoric culture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Latins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ancestors of the Romans ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
biconical urns
ⓘ
bronze fibulae ⓘ cremation burials ⓘ domestic architecture imitating oval or rectangular huts ⓘ hut-urn burials ⓘ impasto pottery ⓘ inhumation burials in later phases ⓘ iron weapons ⓘ proto-urban development ⓘ small village settlements ⓘ social differentiation in grave goods ⓘ |
| chronologyEnd | c. 700 BC ⓘ |
| chronologyStart | c. 900 BC ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| developsInto |
archaic Rome material culture
ⓘ
early Latin urban culture ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated | Latins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| evidenceType |
funerary archaeology
ⓘ
material culture analysis ⓘ settlement archaeology ⓘ |
| follows | Proto-Villanovan culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhase |
Latial I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latial II ⓘ Latial III NERFINISHED ⓘ Latial IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Etruscan culture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greek contacts in later phases ⓘ Villanovan culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyAssociated | Italic languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Latium
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central Italy ⓘ |
| mainSite |
Alba Longa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Castel di Decima NERFINISHED ⓘ Gabii NERFINISHED ⓘ Osteria dell’Osa necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Early Iron Age in Italy ⓘ |
| precededBy | Bronze Age cultures of Latium ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Early Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesBurialCustom |
hut-shaped cinerary urns placed in pits
ⓘ
urnfield-type cemeteries ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Italic culture