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Excavation

  • Via degli Aranci
  • Sorrento
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    • The Italian Database is the result of a collaboration between:

      MIBAC (Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Direzione Generale per i Beni Archeologici),

      ICCD (Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione) and

      AIAC (Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica).

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    Summary (English)

    • At Sorrento, in via degli Aranci, excavations were undertaken on the already partly-identified necropolis outside Porta Parsano. More than ten tombs were uncovered attesting the contemporary use of both cremation and inhumation between the 2nd century B.C. and 1st century A.D. The beautiful head of a tufa funerary statue, of a type present in the Vesuvian area, was also recovered.

    • Stefano De Caro - Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici delle province di Napoli e Caserta 

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    • Tommasina Budetta - Soprintendenza dei Beni Archeologici delle province di Napoli e Caserta

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    • Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici delle Province di Napoli e Caserta

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