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For the purpose of chronological analysis, a series of general phases for both Central and Northern Italy have been defined as a starting point. The phases were designated traditionally, that is, they were defined upon the typological and sériation studies of ceramics and bronze work, and followed the above mentioned relative chronologies. Consequently, they should not be regarded as settlement phases but rather as artificial though necessary research tools to establish primary divisions in material culture. Interestingly, these divisions were shown not to be synchronous even for the pottery and bronze objects, reinforcing the already made point that the diverse aspects which form our concept of material culture each have their own individual rates of change. There are, thus, moments of innovation in pottery production which prompt the identification of a new phase but which take place during a period of continuity and stability in bronze making: the transition from the MB2 to the MB3 is one such period in Northern Italy (Carancini 1991/92: 239), as is the transition from the Late to the Final Bronze Age, when distinct pottery for each period appears initially with the same bronze types (what Müller Karpe called the Peschiera phase) (Peroni 1989: 82-85).

Therefore, though not a settlement chronology, the explicit use of settlement related typologies provided a point of reference to introduce, later on, the use of absolute dates and stratigraphie information in direct relation to settlement. Generally, the phases and their cultural attributions were as follows:

1) M Bl: (traditionallv the 16th centurv B.C.)

Reflecting the traditional M Bl period, and encompassing the so-called "Grotta Nuova" facies in Central Italy and the early Middle Bronze Age types of Northern Italy.

2) MB2: (traditionallv the 15th centurv B.C.)

This period is also referred to as MB2, and it sees the continuation of "Grotta Nuova" pottery types in Central Italy.

3) MB3: (traditionallv the 14th centurv B.C.)

The period traditionally embraces the full Apennine tradition. It has been possible to distinguish within this phase two different moments -the MB3a and MB3b- conventionally taken to represent two fifty year divisions.

4) LEA 1: (traditionallv the 13th centurv B.C.)

Traditionally the first period belonging to the Late Bronze Age (LBAl) is marked by the appearance of subapennine types in the material culture.

5) LB A 2: (traditionallv the first half of the 12th centurv B.C.)

Representing the final stages of the Late Bronze Age. In this period there is a continuation of subapennine characteristics, accompanied by a very rich bronze tradition. 6) FBA 1: (traditionallv the second half of the 12th and first half of 11th centuries B.C.) The initial moments of the Final Bronze Age see the apparition of the so-called protovillanovan traits in pottery production. On the basis of the bronze work the Northern Italian pottery sequence of the period can be subdivided into two sub-periods (once more each assumed to be 50 years long). The first sees the introduction of protovillanovan characteristics to what remains largely a subapennine assemblage. The second sub-period sees the establishment of protovillanovan types over subapennine ones, though the latter are still present in the assemblage.

7) FBA 2: (traditionallv the second half of the 11th and first half of the 10th centuries B.C.)

The period of floruit of protovillanovan types, characterised by the relative uniformity of manifestations and the spread of few, but characteristic, types.

8) FBA 3: (traditionallv the second half of the 10th centurv B.C.)

Still within the broader protovillanovan assemblage they now appear local types which show the incipient break up in uniformity of the protovillanovan cultural "umbrella".

Each one of these periods is defined on the basis of characteristic ceramic and bronze types which are broadly summarised here (for more detail about the specific types, see Appendix II):

1) 16th centurv B.C. Central Italian pottery:

It is characteristic the presence of several forms of carinated and hemispherical bowls, and of axe and strap handles, hemispherical or carinated cups and bowls with more or less distinct necks, horizontal pierced lugs with modelled sides, raised vertical tongue handles with a twirling end or crowned by a knob. Decoration is not frequent, but includes incised arches, zig-zag motifs, chevrons and geometric designs, bands of dots or triangular incisions.

Northern Italian pottery:

The most common types are biconical vases with flared rims and decoration of grooves and fluting; Isolone type cups with zig-zag decoration enclosed by horizontal grooves; carinated bowls with caniculated handles from the rim to the carination (sometimes decorated with festoons in the belly of the vessel and small perforations on either side of the handles). Raised handles are mostly axe handles.

Bronze work:

Characteristic of this period are the daggers with distinct blade with concave base with two nails; the pins with triple ring head of the Bor di Pacengo type and those with horizontally perforated head, ring head with perforated neck, and oar-shaped head and twisting body or point. Characteristic too are the axes with not very marked raised edges.

2) 15th centurv B.C. Central Italian pottery:

It is not really possible to distinguish phases within the "Grotta Nuova" pottery style more than in very general terms. The pottery of this phase includes probably various situla forms, the bowl with intumed rim and the plate with triangular lugs on the rim. Incised decoration, as described for the 16th century, becomes more frequent. Probably characteristic of this phase because of stratigraphie relations, is a complex of pottery of a different tradition which is more in keeping with a northern taste as indicated by the decorative repertoire of grooves, bosses and fluting and which has appeared in sites throughout Central Italy in strata with Grotta Nuova or with Apennine pottery types and on a few instances on its own (Di Gennaro 1988: 65).

Northern Italian pottery:

In this period there appear the biconical vases decorated with large bosses often surrounded by grooves and applied on the point in which the vessel acquires its widest diameter (normally the carination). The decoration on the walls uses also more complex motifs. Other forms of this period include carinated cups with four large bosses on the carination and the Fiavè type cups with raised handle and/or with bosses and small tongues under the rim. The carinated bowls with caniculated handles continue to be present, though a type with star decoration on the belly is characteristic of this period, and raised handles, normally little developed homed handles, become much more frequent. The decoration of bands of grooves and small perforations by the handle continues. Hemispherical bowls also have raised handles.

Bronze work:

In this period there appear pins of the Monte Lonato type with thick perforated neck and flat head, and pins with spiral head and square body in section. Daggers have now blades which are indistinct from the rounded base. Axes have raised edges in their upper section and a distinct heel. There are some elements of continuity between the bronze work of this and the previous period as shown by the sharing of a few types (such as the daggers with heart-shaped base, and the pins with perforated neck of the type Bor di Pacengo).

3) 14th centurv Central Italian pottery:

The first moment is characterised by the presence of carinated bowls with middle and low carinations, inwardly sloping or vertical walls which are normally straight or slightly concave, and everted rims. Carinated cups have concave-convex bodies and a strap handle, and there are also the hemispherical cups. Other pottery forms include large cooking vessels {olle) with globular or ovoid bodies, cylindrical necks and everted rims. The characteristic apennine decorative repertoire of this moment is achieved by the use of incision both of linear motifs and of bands. It is formed by the well executed and careful geometrical arrangement of a rich series of motifs: incised bands infilled with one row of dots or general dotted infilling, lines of vertical hatching, wavy incisions, spiral meander motifs. A second moment is differentiated by an increase of hemispherical bowls against the carinated types, which now have convex walls and bellies. Decorative motifs are executed now by the technique of the intaglio: particularly characteristic is the

presence of intaglio triangles. Incision is used now only for linear or band motifs. Northern Italian pottery:

Two different moments can be distinguished in Northern Italy. In the first, there appear the first urns biconical or ovoid in shape: those with neck marked by a thinning of the wall of the vessel and those decorated with horizontal cordons on the wall and over the tubular handles. Characteristic too is a type of bowl with festoon decoration inside the belly and large groove decoration over the sharp carination. Carinated bowls have concave walls and no handles, and Isolone type cups now are of a rougher and stouter form. The second period is characterised by Bovolone type urns with tubular handles, and by a type of large cup with ring handles used also as an urn. All in all, the ceramic of this second moment presents a more sober aspect, with decoration almost disappearing. Bosses, grooves and so on are still found, but they appear as isolated motifs executed in a cruder manner.

Bronze work:

The bronze work of the first half of this period includes the pins with swollen and perforated neck, a variation of this form which has a tall and thin head (Monte Lonato type), and the pins with seal-shaped head of the types Montata, Pieve S. Giacomo and Nogara. Daggers with rounded bases continue to be present, but in this phase they have longer and finer blades. Axes have strongly raised edges which seen in profile run towards the blade. There are also axes with distinct heel. There appear the Manacora type tanged-hilt sword and the Pertosa type sword with a simple base. For the second moment of this phase the following types can be distinguished: daggers with triangular base and three nail holes, daggers with triangular base and distinct blade, and a type of pendant with two biconical shapes united to the central ring by two small bars. Finally, there are a series of types which could belong to either or both moments of this phase: daggers with an ogival blade and two nail holes, the razors of the types Castellaro di Gottolengo, and Pieve S. Giacomo, and the pin with piston-shaped head.

4) 13th centurv B.C. Central Italian pottery:

The pottery from this phase is made up of forms and types which derive from those of the previous phase, but it is made characteristic by the general lack of decoration on the

vessels and the elaborate raised vertical handles which accompany most bowls and cups. Bowls and cups tend to be carinated and have the maximum diameter at the rim, and to have convex walls and bellies. There is a rich repertoire of elaborate handle endings: horned, discoidal, bird shaped, and the traditional handle with central cylindrical knob (the "ansa cilindro-retta"). Worthy of notice is the increase in the frequency of finds of weaving objects (loom-weights, spindle whorls, spools, etc.).

Northern Italian pottery:

The assemblage in Northern Italy for this phase is characterised by a type of biconical urn with tubular handles on the point of maximum width, and which appears both as an undecorated form or decorated by a band of very large bosses surmounted by a groove. There are also two other types of usually undecorated biconical vessels which have two small vertical handles over the carination. Very abundant are the large bowls with s- profiles: this type of bowl somewhat substitutes the carinated forms, which are nevertheless still present. The type of carinated bowl in this period has concave walls: a type with equal diameter at the rim and carination and with a vertical handle with a small ridge on the top is characteristic of the phase. Also present is a type with concave walls, equal diameter, no handles, middle carination and groove decoration on the walls. Hemispherical bowls of this phase have either indistinct or slightly inturned rims, developed raised homed handles, lobulated handles, or the vertical handle with the central cylindrical knob.

Bronze work:

Specially characteristic of this phase are a variety of pins: the double spiral Peschiera type, the type Ca del Lago, the type Boccatura del Mincio with a large eyelet on the swollen neck, and the types Franzine Nuove and Colombare.

5) First half of the 12th centurv B.C. Central Italian pottery:

There is a continuation of the forms indicated for the previous phase, innovations being the introduction of umbilicate bases and the use of small feet. A type of large plate with low vertical straight walls and a series of small clay animal figurines are seemingly types of this period too.

Northern Italian pottery:

There appear the large cooking vessels with a more or less flared rim with a sharp inner angle. The carinated bowls continue to be those with distinct rim and those with concave walls, and there is an increase in the number of bowls with vertical handles rectangular or round in section, which are slightly raised and attached to the top of the rim. Other types of bowl continue as for the previous period.

Bronze work:

The division of the Late Bronze Age into two phases corresponds more to the bronze work than to the pottery tradition. In fact the first half of the 12th century B.C., the latter period of the Late Bronze Age, is very rich in bronzes, indicating to the development to be seen in later phases with which there is much connection. Thus there is a rich number of pin types: with straight neck type Barche di Solferino, types Vidolasco, Iseo, Mezzocorona, types with globular head, as well as the possibly older pins with swollen neck of Canegrate type and those with large flat poppy-shaped heads. There appear three types of axe, all winged with heel. Among the knives there are the flanged-hilt knives type Matrei, and tanged-hilt knives type Berguzzo and Boccatura del Mincio. Daggers have tanged hilts and distinct blades. Most characteristic of the phase is the violin bow fibula with arc decorated by twisting, engraving or by the presence of nodules.

6) Second half of the 12th and first half of 11th centuries B.C. Central Italian pottery:

This is a period for which no comprehensive pottery typology exists. Bronze finds in the area are also rare and mostly from funerary or hoard contexts. There is a return to decoration and the first signs of the so-called protovillanovan tradition appear. Pottery appears mostly in funerary contexts and its traits are markedly local, making it difficult to define a sequence. The pottery of this period includes the simplest biconical urns decorated with lines and sometimes bosses under the rim, and the bowls which acted as lids and have flared rims and angled profiles, or a slightly inturned rim.

Northern Italian pottery:

Two different moments can once more be distinguished within the Northern Italian ceramics during the phase, though there is much continuity between both, the difference being in the absence in the second moment of any subapennine elements. The first moment is characterised by the appearance of the first protovillanovan elements, such as

an increase in decoration, decorative motifs such as grooves under the projecting rim or wavy festooned combed decoration, and lines of dimples. Handles continue to be raised, but now they are also horizontal ring handles and spool-shaped handles. The large cooking pots now have ovoidal bodies and thick flat rims. The second moment is characterised by the intensification of the new taste in pottery decoration and morphology: Fontanella type jugs, and the large cooking pots with outwardly sloping walls and cordon decoration on the shoulder are typical of this moment. Biconical vessels and large bowls often present a thickening of the wall on the carination which appears decorated with impressed plat motifs under a band of horizontal grooves. Decorative motifs, mostly combed grooves, continue to be confined and appear mostly over and under the rim. Raised vertical handles start to be replaced by horizontal lugs and strap handles round in section which are occasionally decorated by twisting of the clay or by modelling the sides. Bronze work:

Again a time distinction can be seen from the bronze work: the first moment is typified by the Pertosa winged axes, the violin bow fibulae with raising arc over the foot, the violin bow fibulae with asymmetrical arc decorated by two nodules, the Sover type pins and the Gualdo Tadino type tweezers and shinguards. The second moment sees the introduction of the Verrucchio type pins and the appearance of the Tirinto type amber beads.

7) Second half of the 11th and first half of the 10th centuries B.C. Central Italian pottery:

Lid bowls continue to have flared rims and angled profiles but they now present a spool­ shaped handle on the carination. The decoration, though more abundant and rich, is still restricted to specific areas of the vessel and consists mainly on bands of lineal grooves flanked by dimples, horizontal and oblique lines of dimples and zig-zag combed motifs which enclose dimples in its angles or are flanked by a line of dimples. Characteristic too are a type of sharply carinated bowl with a small horizontal handle on the shoulder, and a deep and sharply carinated bowl with everted rim and oblique fluting on the carination.

Northern Italian pottery:

This phase enters completely within the protovillanovan tradition. Decorative motifs

include incised zig-zag lines enclosing dimples and linear roller-stamping with a toothed wheel. The urns are biconical with a squashed profile. Bowls have intumed rims and angular profiles and they are either undecorated or bear a band of horizontal grooving immediately below the rim. There is, in other respects, a marked continuity with the types which appeared in the last moment of the previous phase.

Bronze work:

There is an increase in the richness and variety of the bronze work. The types of fibulae which appear belong for the great part to the arc fibula type, and are decorated in various fashions (incised alternating decoration, nodules, swelling of the arc, leaf arcs with nodules, etc.) Winged axes are of the types Monte Primo and Ponte S. Giovanne, and pins belong to the nail shaped head class, the Ala type and the S. Giacomo di Riva type. Knives are flanged-hilt knives of Fontanella and Vadena "C" types, and characteristic too