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La necropoli romana di Melano (Canton Ticino - Svizzera) : Struttura e cronologia Tipologia delle sepolture Corredi funerari e materiali Il Castello e il Castellaccio di Melano

Title
La necropoli romana di Melano (Canton Ticino - Svizzera) : Struttura e cronologia Tipologia delle sepolture Corredi funerari e materiali Il Castello e il Castellaccio di Melano / Christiane M. A. De Micheli Schulthess.
Author
De Micheli Schulthess, Christiane M. A.
Publication
  • Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing, 2021.
  • ©2021

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112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps; 28 cm.
Summary
The Roman necropolis of Melano (Canton Ticino, Switzerland), excavated in 1957 and 1979, is one of the few from this period discovered in the Sottoceneri region, where the findings are mostly isolated burials or those in small groups. It consists of 26 cremation and inhumation tombs and stands out for its variety of types and the materials used in their construction. Cremation burials, the most numerous, range from the simplest, single-chamber burials, up to double-chamber and multiple cinerary niches. Inhumation tombs, generally belonging to children or adolescents, have yielded clues as to the use of wooden boxes as coffins or the placement of the body on a cot or stretcher. The grave goods include all the main material classes of the Roman period typical of the region, together with finds that bear the imprint of a centre that developed along the shores of Lake Ceresio and activities related to it, such as fishing. The stratigraphy of the necropolis and the grave goods indicate continuous use from the 1st to the 3rd century AD.
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Access Archaeology
Uniform Title
Access archaeology.
Subject
  • Excavations > Switzerland > Ticino
  • Classical antiquities
  • Ticino (Switzerland) > Antiquities, Roman
  • Switzerland > Ticino
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Call Number
JX 21-8980
ISBN
  • 9781789699784
  • 1789699789
OCLC
1263757577
Author
De Micheli Schulthess, Christiane M. A., author.
Title
La necropoli romana di Melano (Canton Ticino - Svizzera) : Struttura e cronologia Tipologia delle sepolture Corredi funerari e materiali Il Castello e il Castellaccio di Melano / Christiane M. A. De Micheli Schulthess.
Publisher
Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
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Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Access Archaeology
Access archaeology.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Research Call Number
JX 21-8980
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