Ceramica a vernice nera da sepolcreti nelle “Alte Marche”. Dati inediti per una microstoria

Abstract

The original geographical and anthropological setting here discussed is a small territory located on the slopes of the Apennines, not far from the Adriatic coast. Road routes, used already in ancient times to connect the Eastern mountains inhabited by Umbrian and Gallic peoples and the Western slope inhabited by Umbrians and Etruscans, crossed the territory. This area was characterized by small settlements, interested by major external cultural and commercial influences. These interactions are analyzed through the in-depth study of a limited number of black glazed ceramic vessels, dating between the end of the 4th and the 1st century BC and found in small burial grounds. These finds attest not only the consumption of the local populations, but also their cultural and economic development, which was progressively influenced by the leading role of Rome over the region.