ahencyclopedia: VILLANOVAN CULTURE: THE Villanovan culture flourished during the Iron Age in ce
ahencyclopedia: VILLANOVAN CULTURE: THE Villanovan culture flourished during the Iron Age in central Italy from c. 1000 to c. 750 BCE. It was a precursor of the Etruscan civilization, although the two populations are actually the same and the term Villanovan should not imply a separate people. Rather, the Villanovan culture is a label of convenience used by historians and archaeologists to describe the Etruscans in their formative years during the Iron Age.The name Villanovan derives from that of the estate owned by Giovanni Gozzadini near Bologna on which excavations were first made in 1853 CE. Eventually, traces of the Iron Age Villanovan culture, principally in the form of cemeteries, were discovered over a wide area of western central Italy and part of the north.Read More Article by Mark Cartwright || Photos by LACMA, Walters Art Museum & Sailko on AHE -- source link