La ceramica di Monte Bibele

The present volume provides a technological, morphological, functional and chrono-typological analysis of the the ceramic vessels uncovered at the Etrusco-Celtic site of Monte Bibele.
Here the authors had the rare opportunity to compare artifacts from a necropolis (Monte Tamburino) with its related settlement (Pianella di Monte Savino), hereby enabling observations regarding in particular the selection and use of the ceramic vessels in both contexts. The research confirmed that the pottery at Monte Bibele is entirely Etrusco-Italic. No forms linked to the Transalpine Celtic tradition are present, neither in the settlement, nor in the burial goods from the necropolis with La Tène weaponry. Archaeometric analyses revealed that most of the vessels were locally produced. The chrono-typological study of the pottery from Monte Tamburino allowed for refined dating of various ceramic types, providing new insights for the study of ceramics in Central and Northern Italy during the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE