Prehistoric Italy
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The prehistory of Italy began in the Paleolithic period, when members of the genus Homo first inhabited what is now modern Italian territory, and ended in the Iron Age, when the first written records
Venere di Chiozza, Upper Paleolithic
Serra d'Alto culture ceramic vessel, late 5th millennium BC
Gaudo culture pottery
Anthropomorphic stele from Lunigiana, Museo delle statue stele Lunigianesi
Proto-Villanovan culture
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The Proto-Villanovan culture was a late Bronze Age culture that appeared in Italy, part of the central European Urnfield culture system of Central Europe.
Prehistoric Italy
…appeared in cities such as Latium and Tuscany. The Final Bronze Age is the period during which the majority of the Italian peninsula was united in the Proto-Villanovan culture. Pianello di Genga is an exception to the small cemeteries characterized for the Proto-Villanovan culture. More than 500 burials were found in this…
"Hut-temple" building at Roca Vecchia
Swords, knives and spearheads from Castellace
Representation of the solar boat with wild duck protomes at prow and stern on the upper part of a Picene bronze pectoral (National Archaeological Museum of the Marche)
Cremation necropolis of Milazzo (ME)