La necropoli etrusca di Norchia - Viterbo

Discovered in the early decades of the 19th century, the necropolis of Norchia (Viterbo) was systematically excavated in the 1970s by the Centro di Studio per l'Archeologia Etrusco-Italica del CNR, by Dr. E. Di Paolo Colonna and Prof. G. Colonna. In the monograph Norchia I, published by the CNR in 1978, the Pile A area of the necropolis was presented. The study of the necropolis of Norchia was assigned some years ago to Dr. Laura Ambrosini of the ISMA-CNR, who is in charge of the module "Southern Internal Etruria: studies and research on the rock-cut necropolis; history of funerary rock-cut architecture, relationships and cultural contacts with similar complexes in the Mediterranean area". The research is divided into two projects, for the publication of two monographs Norchia II and Norchia III, which are being carried out simultaneously. The first project is concerned with the Pile B area of the necropolis, while the second relates to the Doric Tombs near the Fosso dell'Acqualta.