The necropolis at Campo Reatino is situated at about 4 km north-west of the town of Rieti, at Km. 45,200 of the S.S. 79 “Via Ternana” which divides it in two. The site lies on a bank of travertine rising 15-20 metres above the Rieti plain (382 m a.s.l) and skirting, with a difference in height of about 10 m, the locality of lacustrine origin known as Basso Cottano, below. Giacomo Caprioli first discovered the cemetery, of fundamental importance for understanding the early Iron Age in the Rieti area, in 1929 by; G. Filippi made subsequent sporadic finds in 1981.

The first excavation campaign, undertaken in July-September 2011, recovered elements from four early Iron Age cremation burials in hut urns. The decoration on the urns finds close parallels with those of the Roma-Colli Albani group. The percentage of hut urns (five from a total of ten depositions known from Campo Reatino) is high with respect to the known average, for example in Lazio (Osteria dell’Osa, 10:1).
No intact burial contexts were found due to the heavy damage caused by intense agricultural activity (vines and arable crops).
A nucleus of four late antique “a cappuccino” burials were uncovered in the north-eastern corner of the excavation.