by Italian archaeologists recently uncovered a “monumental necropolis” that seemed to honor an elite class of people thousands of years ago, the provincial officials said this month.
The old cemetery in Trento, a city of Northern Alpine, comprises at least 200 individual graves, of which experts believe that it dates into the early Iron Age, a time before the Roman period between the 9th and 6th centuries BCE, the new light on The history of the history of the region. Excavators discovered the necropolis when they carried out the restoration and development work in a historic building in the region, a project led by Trentos archaeological cultural heritage office, said the city’s provincial council in a press release that the civil servants as “extraordinary “Fund unveiled.
Prehistoric floods from nearby rivers have probably contributed to preserving the extensive grave location, effectively sealing the sediment and remaining remarkable over the years, the council said. Archaeologists unmasked graves that were filled with “grave goods”, objects that were traditionally with the dead as a kind of sacrificial and cremated human remains, about 8 meters or about 24 feet underground.
The Vice President and Council Council for Culture in Trento, Francesca Gerosa, visits the excavation site. / Credit: press office of the provincial council of the Trento archive
Francesca Gerosa, the Vice President and Member of the Provincial Council for Culture in Trento, said that the necropolis “shows us a new history of the city” in a statement translated from Italian. Gerosa noticed that the discovery offers a deeper insight into Trento’s past as “only one Roman city”.
“We know how important the commitment to research and protection of the heritage of our roots is … and here we are working intensively to bring a piece of history to the city unknown,” she said.
The complexity of the necropolis was particularly fascinated by archaeologists and researchers who examine the grave. High limestone columns were arranged vertically to mark individual graves such as gravestones, each of which corresponded to a lithic box, which served as an actual grave. Archaeologists identified a “main” grave that was covered by a hill structure together with the numerous others who concentrated the surroundings over time.
Earth and calculated bones were found in the boxes, although not always in the Osuary vases that Roman civilizations were known that they are usually used for steaming remains. In some graves, archaeologists also discovered fibers that were probably made of fabric that were originally wrapped around the ashes of the dead.
Officials said the “grave goods” included decorative objects, weapons made of metal and other amber and glass objects, which indicate that the people who built the Trento necropolis culturally influenced by other italics of the time or in other ways were connected. Franco Marzuatico, who directed the excavation, suggested that the still unknown settlers may have contributed to the rise of Etruscan civilization, which later carried out in the Alps.
“We have the opportunity to recognize the elite of a society that was obviously settled in the Trento Basin,” said Mar Nachatico in an explanation and added that the funeral rituals are making privileges and status.
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