found many signs of large settlements with early town features from the beginning of the Iron Age. Close by, Maratta Bassa has remains of buildings from the 6th century BC with roofs made of flat and curved tiles. A Latin inscription says the city was founded in 672 BC.

The most interesting finds come from two cemeteries at Acciaierie and S. Pietro in Campo, where about 2,000 tombs were discovered from the 10th to 4th centuries BC. At first, people cremated their dead, but by the 8th century BC they began burying them in graves. Many