LE NECROPOLI PERIURBANE DI ROSELLE NEL QUADRO DELLA FORMAZIONE DEL CENTRO ETRUSCO

The necropolis of Rusellae, unlike the town, have never been the subject of systematic investigations, although the main burial areas are already known from the early eighteenth-century explorations. Recently, especially since the second half of the last century, there have been many occasional discoveries and recovery interventions by the Superintendence, carried out mostly as a result of emergency situations, but still substantially unpublished, with the exception of some brief news. The contribution intends to propose, despite the fragmentary nature of the available documentation, a brief overview of the necropolis system of the Etruscan site, with particular reference to the sector of Campo della Fonte, located immediately south-east of the southern hill, not far from one of the city gates, and to some more distant complexes, in the locality of Casette di Mota, providing an opportunity to advance a wide-ranging reflection on the development of the centre.