The Etruscans: Week 1

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Biconical urns

Earliest receptacles for human cremains used by the Etruscans

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Cerveteri

Archaeological site known for tumuli or mound tombs

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Hut urn

Receptacle shaped like a hut for human ashes

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Inhumation

Burying the dead with important objects in ground shafts

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Necropolis

Ancient burial sites located outside settlements

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Tarquinium

Site with underground painted tombs

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Tumuli

Mound tombs of the Etruscans, similar to Mycenaean tholoi

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Villanovan

Iron Age Etruscan settlements around 700 BC

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hypogeum

underground burial chamber

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Etruscans

the civilization living in central Italy prior to the establishment of Rome (modern day Tuscany)