{"id":3987,"date":"2016-08-20T16:17:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-20T14:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ambientecultura.it\/en\/?page_id=3987"},"modified":"2016-08-20T16:17:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-20T14:17:21","slug":"p14-the-ancestors-house-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ambientecultura.it\/en\/3659-2\/p14-the-ancestors-house-2\/","title":{"rendered":"P14 The ancestors\u2019 house"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>P14<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>The ancestors\u2019 house<\/strong><br \/>\nThe presence of the collective graves containing ossuary marks the passage from Neolithic to<br \/>\nCopper Age. In the graves the human rests are in secondary deposition, the bones do not concern<br \/>\ncomplete skeletons and they often lack several anatomic elements. It is not a common tomb but a<br \/>\nsanctuary where the ancestors\u2019 remains were venerated,<br \/>\nThe monumental tomb of Europa Street was widely excavated; at the bottom, there was a<br \/>\nrectangular chamber with floor. A masonry composed of sandstone slabs linked with clay delimited<br \/>\nthe space of this room. The tomb was violated in ancient times: the grave goods consisted of<br \/>\ncopper objects of which the archaeologists have found some tiny fragments (showcase n.6\/n. 1.3). A<br \/>\nlow mound elevated on a wooden structure that covered the funerary chamber. Simultaneously, a<br \/>\npyriform stone at the top of the mound marked the presence of the grave.<br \/>\nThe bones belonged to four adults and six children or infants. The only grave good is a bone awl<br \/>\n(showcase n.6\/n. 1.1).<br \/>\nBecause of the dating, it seems that the human remains selected for this mould came from older<br \/>\ninhumation tombs that go back to the Late Neolithic or Copper age. Differently, the radiometric<br \/>\ndating shows that the monumental structure and the deposition of the bones date back to the Copper<br \/>\nAge (IIIrd millennium B.C)<br \/>\n Reconstructive hypothesis of the Copper Age monumental grave<br \/>\n Grave goods from the T. Bubbio Road Copper Age grave<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>P14 The ancestors\u2019 house The presence of the collective graves containing ossuary marks the passage from Neolithic to Copper Age. In the graves the human rests are in secondary deposition, the bones do not concern complete skeletons and they often lack several anatomic elements. 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