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Villanovan, n. and a. Archæol.|vɪləˈnəʊvən|
[f. prec. + -an.]
A. n. An inhabitant of Italy during the Villanova period.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating the Villanova period. Also absol.
1924D. Randall-MacIver Villanovans & Early Etruscans 3 In the fifth century the Villanovans disappear as a recognizable people, stifled no doubt..by the dominant Etruscans who had settled beside them. 1928― Italy before Romans v. 73 Villanovan helmets and girdles and Villanovan ossuaries..may be seen side by side with Hallstatt swords. a1930D. H. Lawrence Etruscan Places (1932) ii. 55 It seems as if the primitive inhabitants of this part of Italy always burned their dead, and then put the ashes in a jar, sometimes covering the jar with the dead man's helmet, sometimes with a shallow dish for a lid, and then laid the urn with its ashes in a little round grave like a little well. This is called the Villanovan way of burial, in the well-tomb. 1957[see Atestine a. and n.]. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia X. 438/3 During the first quarter of the 7th century an Orientalizing civilization..was superimposed on the Villanovan in Tuscany. The northern Villanovans of the Po valley..continued to produce a geometric art..as late as the last quarter of the 6th century. 1980Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Oct. 1179/4 The Iron Age possessors of the material culture (or cultural material) conventionally known as ‘Villanovan’ ought at least to have been mentioned. |