Villanovan culture

E332135

The Villanovan culture was an early Iron Age civilization in central Italy, regarded as the precursor to the Etruscan civilization and known for its distinctive cremation burials and geometric pottery.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iron Age culture ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
pre-Etruscan culture ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence cemeteries ⓘ
grave goods ⓘ
settlement remains ⓘ
associatedWith Urnfield culture traditions ⓘ
burialPractice biconical urns ⓘ
cremation ⓘ
hut-urns ⓘ
urnfield burial ⓘ
chronologicalPhase Villanovan I ⓘ
linked to: Villanovan culture

Villanovan II ⓘ
linked to: Villanovan culture
culturalContinuityWith Proto-Villanovan culture ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
metalworking ⓘ
trade in metals ⓘ
endTime c. 700 BCE ⓘ
hasSite Felsina (Bologna) ⓘ
Populonia ⓘ
Tarquinia ⓘ
Veii ⓘ
Verucchio ⓘ
Villanova (near Bologna) ⓘ
Vulci ⓘ
influenced Etruscan art ⓘ
Etruscan religion ⓘ
Etruscan social structure ⓘ
knownFor bronze grave goods ⓘ
distinctive cremation burials ⓘ
geometric pottery ⓘ
impasto pottery ⓘ
locatedIn central Italy ⓘ
northern Italy ⓘ
linked to: Northern Italy
materialCulture belt buckles ⓘ
bronze fibulae ⓘ
bronze weapons ⓘ
horse harness fittings ⓘ
iron weapons ⓘ
partOf Italian Peninsula ⓘ
predecessorOf Etruscan civilization ⓘ
linked to: Etruscans
region Emilia-Romagna ⓘ
Etruria ⓘ
Latium ⓘ
startTime c. 900 BCE ⓘ
successor Orientalizing period of Etruscan culture ⓘ
timePeriod Early Iron Age ⓘ
linked to: Iron Age
writingSystem none attested ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ancient Italy → archaeologicalCulture → Villanovan culture ⓘ
Stele of Novilara → period → Orientalizing period in Italy ⓘ
linked to: Villanovan culture
Villanovan culture → chronologicalPhase → Villanovan I ⓘ
linked to: Villanovan culture
Villanovan culture → chronologicalPhase → Villanovan II ⓘ
linked to: Villanovan culture
Terramare culture → followedBy → Villanovan culture ⓘ
king of the Sabines → existedDuring → Iron Age Italy ⓘ
linked to: Villanovan culture
Tarchuna → hasArchaeologicalEvidenceFrom → Villanovan period ⓘ
linked to: Villanovan culture
Etruscan period → follows → Villanovan culture ⓘ
Etruscan period → partOf → Iron Age in Italy ⓘ
linked to: Villanovan culture
Latial culture → influencedBy → Villanovan culture ⓘ
Verucchio → knownFor → Villanovan archaeological sites ⓘ
linked to: Villanovan culture
Verucchio → hasHeritage → Villanovan culture ⓘ
Verucchio → historicalPeriod → Villanovan period ⓘ
linked to: Villanovan culture
Etruscan necropolis → developedDuring → Iron Age Italy ⓘ
linked to: Villanovan culture
Campanian culture → follows → Villanovan culture ⓘ