Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps; 28 cm.

Summary

1. The Roman necropolis of Melano (Canton Ticino, Switzerland), excavated in 1957 and 1979, is one of the few from this period discovered in the Sottoceneri region, where the findings are mostly isolated burials or those in small groups. It consists of 26 cremation and inhumation tombs and stands out for its variety of types and the materials used in their construction. Cremation burials, the most numerous, range from the simplest, single-chamber burials, up to double-chamber and multiple cinerary niches. Inhumation tombs, generally belonging to children or adolescents, have yielded clues as to the use of wooden boxes as coffins or the placement of the body on a cot or stretcher. The grave goods include all the main material classes of the Roman period typical of the region, together with finds that bear the imprint of a centre that developed along the shores of Lake Ceresio and activities related to it, such as fishing. The stratigraphy of the necropolis and the grave goods indicate continuous use from the 1st to the 3rd century AD.

Series statement

1. Access Archaeology

Uniform title

1. Access archaeology.

Subject

1. Excavations > Switzerland > Ticino
2. Classical antiquities
3. Ticino (Switzerland) > Antiquities, Roman
4. Switzerland > Ticino

Call number

1. JX 21-8980

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Author

1. De Micheli Schulthess, Christiane M. A., author.

Title

1. La necropoli romana di Melano (Canton Ticino - Svizzera) : Struttura e cronologia Tipologia delle sepolture Corredi funerari e materiali Il Castello e il Castellaccio di Melano / Christiane M. A. De Micheli Schulthess.

Publisher

1. Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing, 2021.

Copyright date

1. ©2021

Type of content

1. text
2. still image
3. cartographic image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Access Archaeology
2. Access archaeology.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN

1. 9781789699784 paperback
2. 1789699789 paperback

Research call number

1. JX 21-8980