Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Early Western World
6. Mediterranean (Early Western World)
7. Ancient Italian
8. Italian Bronze Age periods

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the Bronze Age period and culture that occupied much of the Italian peninsula. It is characterized by a scarcity of metal objects, elaborate pottery with complex handles, and generally by small settlements, with occasional larger ones forming notable exceptions. It was formerly believed that this culture was primarily seminomadic and pastoral, but most modern scholars believe that many people of this culture lived in permanent dwellings.