Ornavasso (VB). Risultati preliminari delle campagne di scavo 2021-2022 nella necropoli.

Recent excavations in the necropolis of Ornavasso (VB), in north-eastern Piedmont, allowed: a) to identify the exact location of the digs carried out during the 19th century in the sites known as San Bernardo and In Persona; b) to recognize the excavation technique adopted by Enrico Bianchetti in the past, and c) to better understand the stratigraphy of the sites. The discovery of some new graves dating to a later phase testify that the funerary area of In Persona had been used for a longer period than previously thought. The burial ground of San Bernardo shows a peculiar feature which is not attested at In Persona: all the surface, indeed, yielded fragments of terracotta tiles which suggest the nearby presence of later tombs made of tiles or perhaps of a dwelling of some sort.