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DISCUSSION
The carenated ciotola nr. 2, although its inclination is uncertain, may be similar to several
examples from Valle Felici, 17 a context dated to the initial phase of the middle Bronze
Age. 18 This site also yields a parallel for ciotola nr. 6; 19 Ciotola nr. 9 is similar to typ 179
in Aspetti, dated to the middle Bronze Age 2A. 20
Rim fragment nr. 10 can also be ascribed to a type from Aspetti, 21 belonging to the Grotta Nuova facies
and the southern protoappennine facies, dated to the second phase of the middle Bronze Age. Ciotole nrs. 8
and 11 appear to be older; they can be attributed to type 359, 22 common in the Abruzzo and in north
Campanian contexts of the first phase off the middle Bronze Age. Handle fragment nr. 13 is similar to an
example from Vivara, Punta d’Alaca, 23 dated to the full phase of the middle Bronze Age; the carenated
ciotole nrs. 12, 26 and 24 can be attributed to the same phase, to type 205B of the Grotta Nuova facies. 24
Scodella nr. 14 is similar to type 37B in the same work 25 and is common in pre-appennine and appennine
contexts; the ovoidal olla nr. 15 can be ascribed to type 411A. 26 Fragment nr. 18 belongs to type 477 27 and
is considered common in the Grotta Nuova and the protoappennine facies, dating to the first phase of the
middle Bronze Age; to that same phase fragments nrs. 19 and 20, both of type 500B 28 , should be ascribed.
The ansa con sopraelevazione, probabilmente terminante a punta dates to the middle Bronze Age; this type
finds a parallel in an example from Ponte S. Pietro Valle, trench B, 29 a context yielding fragments of the
initial phase of the middle Bronze Age and the recent Bronze Age, 30 but also in a fragment from Lariano. 31
Fragment nr. 26 has a clear parallel in the Villaggio delle Macine 32 , dated to middle
Bronze Age 1B 33 ; other 1 st phase fragments include nr. 27, similar to an example from
Candalla, Riparo della Roberta, layer c, 34 and fragment nr. 28, similar to a fragment from
the Grotta dell’Orso at Sarteano. 35 Fragment 29 may indicate later frequentation; this
fragment has a parallel from Tor San Giovanni, dated to the middle Bronze Age phase
3. 36
17 Bermond Montanari 1992, fig. 1, nrs. 25 and 27.
18 Cocchi Genick 2002, 36, site 12; this complex is dated to the middle Bronze Age 1A.
19 Bermond Montanari 1992, fig. 1, nr. 28; for the date see note 14 above.
20 AA.VV. 1995, 122.
21 AA.VV. 1995, 253, type 43.
22 AA.VV. 1995, 220/221.
23 Sector E, southeastern settlement area; see Damiani et al. 1984, fig. 4C, n. 3. Cocchi Genick considers
this type to be a variant of type 496, dated to the second phase of the middle Bronze Age and common in
the Grotta Nuova facies and in Tyrrhenean, Adriatico and Alto Jonio-contexts of the protoappennine facies.
24 AA.VV. 1995, 138.
25 AA.VV. 1995, 46.
26 AA.VV. 1995, 243.
27 AA.VV. 1995, 281.
28 AA.VV. 1995, 294.
29 Negroni Catacchio 1981, fig. 105, nr. 18.
30 Cocchi Genick 2002, 41 (MBA2A).
31 Guidi 1981, fig. 5, nr. 5.
32 Chiarucci 1985, fig. 1, nr. 2.
33 Cocchi Genick 2001, 207, type 279.
34 Cocchi Genick 1984, fig. 1, nr. 1. In AA.VV 1995, 132, the type is considered to be a variant of type
195, common in the Grotta Nuova facies and the protoappennine, dated to the first phase of the middle
Bronze Age.
35 Cremonesi 1968, fig. 12, n. 10. In AA.VV 1995, 178, the type is considered to be a variant of type 277,
common in the Grotta Nuova facies and the Adriatic and Tyrrhenian protoappennine groups, dated to the
first phase of the middle Bronze Age.
36 Dottarelli et al. 1984, fig. 4, nr. 3.