In recent years, research on Etruscan Pisa has greatly increased our understanding of the urban and territorial funerary landscape. This has been achieved through new excavations, revision of ancient data, and a systematic census of burials and necropolises from the Iron Age to the 2nd century BC. Since the Villanovan period, the dominant practice has been cremation, with bones collected in jars or dolia made of local clay. These were often covered with impasto vases or stone slabs. Inhumations are rarer and are mainly attested in limited numbers between the 7th and 6th centuries BC. During this period, necropolises were usually organized by family groups around prestigious tombs. In the 6th century, there was a growing interest in marble markers (semata) and cinerary vases. In this regard, alongside traditional forms made of local clay, precious vases were imported from Greece, particularly Attic and Laconic kraters, which were often used as ossuaries. This was the result of commercial and cultural contacts with the Hellenic world. The krater, which was associated with symposia and aristocratic values, also appears to have been used as a cinerary urn in the territory as well, demonstrating the integration between Pisa and its outlying areas. This is demonstrated by some significant finds, including the recently explored site of Coltano, near Pisa, including a cinerary krater attributed to the circle of the Antimenes Painter or the Golvol Group. At the same time, local imitations of the Greek krater in marble and common ceramics were produced, adapting its shape to the Pisan tradition. Overall, therefore, there was strong ritual continuity, integrated, however, by external cultural influences affecting funerary symbols and practices both in the city and its surrounding area.
Vasi cinerari pisani di età arcaica e classica. Una nota di aggiornamento
Rosselli L.
2025-01-01
Abstract
In recent years, research on Etruscan Pisa has greatly increased our understanding of the urban and territorial funerary landscape. This has been achieved through new excavations, revision of ancient data, and a systematic census of burials and necropolises from the Iron Age to the 2nd century BC. Since the Villanovan period, the dominant practice has been cremation, with bones collected in jars or dolia made of local clay. These were often covered with impasto vases or stone slabs. Inhumations are rarer and are mainly attested in limited numbers between the 7th and 6th centuries BC. During this period, necropolises were usually organized by family groups around prestigious tombs. In the 6th century, there was a growing interest in marble markers (semata) and cinerary vases. In this regard, alongside traditional forms made of local clay, precious vases were imported from Greece, particularly Attic and Laconic kraters, which were often used as ossuaries. This was the result of commercial and cultural contacts with the Hellenic world. The krater, which was associated with symposia and aristocratic values, also appears to have been used as a cinerary urn in the territory as well, demonstrating the integration between Pisa and its outlying areas. This is demonstrated by some significant finds, including the recently explored site of Coltano, near Pisa, including a cinerary krater attributed to the circle of the Antimenes Painter or the Golvol Group. At the same time, local imitations of the Greek krater in marble and common ceramics were produced, adapting its shape to the Pisan tradition. Overall, therefore, there was strong ritual continuity, integrated, however, by external cultural influences affecting funerary symbols and practices both in the city and its surrounding area.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
