Summary (English)
The 2012 campaign concluded the investigation of the southern part of the road.
To the east of tomb Strada 4 (2010) in intact infant burial was excavated, datable to the 8th century B.C. Tomb Strada 8, was more or less circular and about 2.6 m in diameter, it was cut into sterile terrain and lined with cobbles. At the centre of its floor was a closely packed layer of small cobbles and stones on which lay the deposition and grave goods. This comprised elements of personal ornament, including a pendant in the form of an embracing couple, a bronze serpentine fibula, a small iron knife and four pottery vessels. The pottery group comprised a blackish coarse ware bowl, an almost intact askos, a cup, and a wheel-thrown vase all in ceramic depurata (refined clay).
At the southern end of the Strada area, two simpler tombs came to light (Strada 7, Strada 9), probably coeval with the others present in this part of the necropolis. They were shallow earth graves, with very few grave goods, covered with large stones forming a rectangular structure.
- Martin Guggisberg - Archäologisches Seminar, University of Basel 
Director
Team
- Cornelia Alder - Archäologische Bodenforschung Basel-Stadt
- Negahnaz Hossein Moghaddam
- Brigitte Gubler
- Norbert Spichtig - Bodenforschung Basel-Stadt
- Camilla Colombi - Archäologisches Seminar, University of Basel
Research Body
- Universität Basel
Funding Body
- Fondo Nazionale Svizzero per la Ricerca Scientifica
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