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Jewelry from female burials 10th-8th century BCE, Mediterranean

A reconstruction of the arrangement of ornaments from female burials of the 10th-8th centuries BCE from Balkans and Italy (Chonium-Enotria area).
After S. Bianco, A. Preite “Identification of the Enotri” https://journals.openedition.org/mefra/2438
Guardia Perticara, San Vito, Basilicata region, Italy. Tomb no. 69. ‘Balkan’ type composite headdress of bronze, a cap in the form of a bonnet decorated with applied bronze studs. 8th C BCE
SBA-Basilicata photographic archive (fig. 5 from the reconstruction image above)
Alianello – Cazzaiola, Basilicata, Italy. Tomb no. 324. 7th century BC
Objects of ornament of the person and of the funerary robe (necklace, fibula, belt, apron, earrings): bronze, iron, amber, bone.
SBA-Basilicata photographic archive
Tursi (MT), Santa Maria d’Anglona-Valle Sorigliano, Italy. 8th century BCE
Tomb no. 28. Funerary equipment with jewelry and the ornaments of the funeral dress. Bronze, iron, gold.
SBA-Basilicata photographic archive.
Chiaromonte, Serrone Tomb no. 745. Bronze, bone, amber, malacofauna; dough fuserole. 8th C BCE
SBA-Basilicata photographic archive

For amber belt and necklace from the same region see >>
https://colorsandstones.eu/produkt/amber-necklace-7th-c-bce-italy/

Amber necklace / belt, 7th C BCE, Italy (Magna Graecia)