Summary (English)
The construction of tumulus 10 differed from those previously excavated at the same site. It was an apsidal structure, with large boulders around its perimeter with two rectangular chambers on the western side, the outermost constituting the entrance and the chamber parallel with it was in direct contact with the central chamber. Here, the floor was paved with stone blocks and the cinerary urns placed at the eastern end, with other vases placed nearby.
The importance of this find, apart from the new typology, lies in the fact that it confirms that the entire area was a necropolis of tumuli, the only one known to date for the Eneolithic period in southern Italy.
- Elettra Ingravallo - Università del Salento, Dipartimento di Beni Culturali, Laboratorio di Paletnologia  
Director
Team
- Giorgia Aprile - Università del Salento, Dipartimento Beni Culturali
- Giuseppe Chiriacò - Università del Salento, Dipartimento Beni Culturali
- Ida Tiberi - Università del Salento, Dipartimento Beni Culturali
Research Body
- Università del Salento, Dipartimento di Beni Culturali