Vasi di bronzo etruschi nella Daunia preromana. Tipologie, associazioni, diff usione e contesti tra VIII e III secolo a.C.

The funerary contexts of Daunia revealed a considerable presence of bronze vases, especially between the 8th and 3rd centuries BC, often characterized by a concentration of many specimens in highly prestigious assemblages. Most of them show interesting and relevant formal and stylistic features, which refer mainly to bronze productions of Etruscan or Etruscan-Campanian area. These are mainly shapes used for food-cooking (basins, lebeti), to pour and contain liquids (oinochoai, olpai, patere, cups, strainers, situlae, stamnoi), all functional for the symposium ritual. The presence of these specimens in northern Apulia confirms the obvious predilection of Daunian peoples for "agalmata", such as exotic or unusual "prestige goods", loaded with deep symbolic values and ritual implications. The study aims to fully review the short list presented by E.M. De Juliis ("Importazioni e influenze etrusche in Puglia") on the occasion of the 33rd Convegno di Studi sulla Magna Grecia nel 1993 ("Magna Grecia, Etruschi e Fenici"), since numerous studies have been added over the last few decades and several discoveries have been made that deeply changed the framework of testimonies.