La Tombe Strada de Francavilla Marittima et les modes de représentations funéraires de femmes éminentes dans une communauté indigène de la Calabre au viiie s. av. J.–C.

Abstract

The Iron Age necropolis of Macchiabate at Francavilla Marittima (Calabria, Italy) offers a series of rich tombs of adult women from the eighth century BC. Alongside a funerary standard in which the dead women are dressed in a costume decorated with bronze objects representative of their family status (grave 67), there are other forms of representation of the deceased. In some cases, they are variants of the previous model (grave 60), in others original types that are characterized by the presence of special ceremonial utensils, such as a wine amphora and a long knife (grave 8) or a phial imported from the eastern Mediterranean sea (tomb Strada). The new discoveries highlight the diversity of the funeral practices that take place in different areas of the necropolis.

Keywords

• Francavilla Marittima
• female tombs
• Iron Age
• Phoenician bowl
• Oenotrians
• Sibaritide