- POZZETTO TOMBS
- Tombs formed by relatively small grave cuts, generally employed for insertion of cinerary urns in the Villanovan period.
Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans. Simon K. F. Stoddart.
POZZETTO TOMBS
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