Summary (English)
The excavations concentrated on two areas of the Pratino II necropolis. The dromos of tomb 20, the nearby tomb 21 and two tombs (nos. 22, 23) south-west of the latter. All were rock-cut chamber tombs with dromos. At the end of the season, roofs were put over tombs 21 and 23.
The short and steep dromos of tomb 20 presented two loculi, one above the other, in the western shoulder and in the opposite one. The upper one on the west side contained two small jars and a beaker in plain ware pottery, while the lower one was empty. A small jar, a lagynos and a fragmented plain ware vase were found in the loculus on the eastern side.
Tomb 21 was a chamber with passage between two benches divided into thirteen loculi and a niche for a cremation. The chamber was intact but damaged at the centre by modern digging to bury a bovine carcass. The tomb groups in the loculi were intact with an uneven distribution of the materials, a total of 65 elements. The assemblage comprised black gloss and plain ware banqueting and symposium vessels and balsamaria, a mirror with incised decoration, a thymiaterion cup, coins, several bronze vessels and an iron strigil. Skeletal remains were recovered from the depositions.
Tomb 22 was a chamber with a single bench divided into ten loculi, with another in the left wall and one in the shoulder of the dromos. It had been badly robbed and only a few fragments of black gloss and plain ware pottery and a bronze nail were recovered.
A tree prevented the excavation of the dromos of tomb 23. The chamber was quadrangular in plan, with a U shaped bench. Despite robbing, numerous fragmentary finds were recovered including three stone cippi, black gloss and plain ware pottery, a large jar and miniature kyathos and jar.
- Stefano Giuntoli - CAMNES (Center for Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies) 
Director
Team
- Domenica Palmieri - CAMNES
- Silvia Nencetti - CAMNES
Research Body
- Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici dell'Etruria meridionale
Funding Body
- Comune di Tuscania
- Istituto d’Arte e Cultura “Lorenzo de’Medici” Firenze
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