Ricerc@Sapienza

Il contributo analizza lo sviluppo delle aree sacre di Pyrgi in parallelo con quello del "Quartiere pubblico-cerimoniale" in corso di scavo

Nell'articolo si da conto delle prospezioni geofisiche condotte nel 2018 a Montetosto, nel terriotorio di Caere, nell'area tra il grande tumulo orientalizzante e il santuario scavato negli anni '60, allo scopo di sondare la presenza di un tratto della via Caere-Pyrgi e di altre strutture attribuibili al complesso.

he site of Montetosto is located 4 km to the west of Caere, along the monumental road that connected the
Etruscan city to its main port at Pyrgi. Until 1962 the site was known only for the visible tumulus – presently
the largest known in Etruria – excavated by Raniero Mengarelli between 1924 and 1929.
A short season of geophysical survey was conducted in March 2018 in close collaboration with the Soprintendenza
Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per l’area metropolitana di Roma, la provincia di Viterbo

The district North of Temple A, intermediate between the Monumental Sanctuary, the settlement and the harbour, played a fundamental role in the urbanistic development of the Etruscan site of Pyrgi. It includes the intersection between the terminal trait of the main road connecting Caere to the coastline and the large pebbled road leading towards the harbour, and different buildings erected along the latter track. Recent fieldwork (2011-2016) has shed light on the layout of the district and its progressive transformation, starting from the 7th century BC.