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.
"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)
The Etruscans created a civilization in Etruria, in ancient Italy, with a common language and culture, and formed a federation of city-states. After adjacent lands had been conquered, its territory co
Proto-Villanovan culture
…region the Este culture developed, associated with the Paleo-Veneti; in central and northern Italy the Villanovan culture emerged, associated with the Etruscans; in central Italy the Latial culture developed, associated with the Proto-Latins; and the Terni culture, associated with the Proto-Umbri. The most…
Boundary stone from Cortona Etruscan: Tular Rasnal English: Boundary of the People
The Dionysus Cup, a kylix painted by the Athenian Exekias ca. 530 BCE, showing the narrative of Dionysus's capture by Tyrrhenian pirates and transfiguration of them into dolphins in the seventh Homeric Hymn
Biconical cinerary urn with crest-shaped helmet lid, 9th–8th century BC, from Monterozzi (Fontanaccia), Tarquinia, Museo archeologico nazionale
Urn in the shape of a hut, which represents the typical Etruscan house of the Villanovan phase, 8th century BC, from Vulci, Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève