Mattonara necropolis
The Etruscan necropolis of Mattonara located behind the factory Molinari in Civitavecchia in the metropolitan city of Rome , in the region Lazio in Italy . It takes its name from an old quarry, the material of which was used to make bricks.
The necropolis was discovered by S. Bastia and excavated by Fernando Barbaranelli in 1955 and Odoardo Toti in 1962. The burial ground borders the coast and is cut into sedimentary rock (Italian: Macco). There are two tombs, five chambers, a hypogeum and three conical-cylindrical pits. The graves and chambers of the Etruscans date from the 7th and 6th centuries BC. The hypogeum may date from the 5th century. v. A painted double-cone urn in red and black from 750 BC was found in the cylindrical grave. Found. The three prehistoric pits about 2 meters deep were plastered inside with waterproof yellow clay and contained Protovillanovo (from 1100 to 1000 BC) and Villanova ceramics (from 1000 to 900 BC) The wells were probably used as bothroi .
Counterparts of this simple hypogeum (without side niches) can be found (as older models?) On the Balearic Islands .
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Coordinates: 42 ° 6 ′ 57.5 ″ N , 11 ° 46 ′ 6.1 ″ E