Prato. Piazza delle Carceri: indagini archeologiche (fasi 2-4) (original) (raw)

La necropoli fenicia e punica di Nora: Saggi 1 e 4. Indagini 2021

Quaderni Norensi, 2022

The paper presents the results of the excavation campaign carried out in 2021 at the Phoenician and Punic necropolis of Nora, located along the north-western side of the former Navy base area. In continuity with the previous campaigns, in Trench 1 the excavation of new Phoenician secondary cremation burials and of a later sub-adult burial tomb allows to define the peculiarities and the general evolution of the funerary ritual between the 7th and 6th centuries BC. These tombs reveal new constructive solutions, which is not possible to refer to a rigid typological classification. In addition, the numerous grave goods recovered allow to enlarge significantly the formal and typological repertoire of objects used in the necropolis of Nora in the period under examination. Inside Trench 4 the investigations have revealed the later stages of transformation and reuse of the funerary area, with the reconversion of ancient Punic hypogea into cisterns and the construction of new buildings, probably related to productive activities.