Für immer zusammen! Doppel- und Mehrfachgräber in den vorrömischen Nekropolen der Po-Ebene von der Villanovazeit bis zur orientalisierenden Phase

Abstract

This article investigates the presence of multiple burials in the Po Valley during the Villa­novan and Orientalising periods (9^th–7^th centuries B.C.). It focuses on the two main Villa­novan centres north of the Apennines: Verucchio (Rimini) and Bologna. Anthropological analyses have allowed the identification of multiple tombs in Verucchio, while the absence of such analyses for Bologna leaves archaeological evidence as the only indication for such a phenomenon. The author suggests possible archaeological indicators of the presence of several individuals in a burial, such as for example the existence of double grave goods.