LA TOMBA 620 DI FOSSA E L’ORIENTALIZZANTE NELLA CONCA AQUILANA

Abstract

After a break of almost ten years, since 2019, the necropolis of Fossa (AQ) returns to be the focus
of new investigations, the results of which reveal new information potential for this site, well known
in literature, which was the protagonist of intense excavation activities in the late nineties of the last
century. This contribution starts from the analysis of a context of recent investigation, the burial
mound 620/2021, which due to the fortunate conditions of conservation combined with the quality
of the objects found, make it an exceptional case study. The study of the context as a whole (both
from the stratigraphic point of view and in reference to the materials found) enriches the framework
of current knowledge, entering into the debate about the development of the necropolis in its most
ancient phases, with particular reference to the Orientalizing period.

Keywords: Pre-roman Abruzzo; Orientalizing period; Ethnicity; Funerary Archaeology; Contrastive
identity.