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 a transition period and culture of the late Bronze Age in Italy. It is characterized by permanent settlements, cremation burials, and distinctive bronze and amber objects. This culture overlaps with the Proto-Villanovan culture. This term is not to be confused with the homograph in geology that refers to a series of strata of the Pliocene age.