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Villanovan

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Villanovan [ˌvɪləˈnəʊvən]
adj
(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) of or relating to an early Iron Age culture near Bologna, Italy, characterized by the use of bronze and the primitive use of iron
n
(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) (Social Science / Peoples) a member of this culture
[named after the NE Italian town of Villanova, where the first remains of the culture were excavated in 1853]


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9789004172302 The Villanovan, Etruscan, and Hellenistic collections in the Detroit Institute of Arts.
and a Set of Rare Villanovan and Archaic Etruscan Blackware with Bucchero and Impasto Ware, c.
A couple of civilizations occupied the area during pre-history, the Apennine and Villanovan, before being superseded by the more powerful and civilized Etruscans.
 
 
 
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