title: [Women in Francavilla Marittima (CS) between indigenous world and the Greek city].
abstract: Francavilla Marittima is a protohistorical site; its ancient traces dates from the Medium Bronze Age. The article examines two female graves in the Temparella Cairn, collecting 93 graves from VIII to VI cent. B.C.. Grave n. 8 preserved a rich female set (i.e. a loom weight; a ceramic pix; a portable kotyle), made of imported and 'masculine' objects, here intended for a female use. Grave n. 26 is characterised by a great number of vases, turned upside-down to cover the body of a woman. This particular burial modality recalls the religious cerimonies of Demeter in Gela; it probably alludes not to a social role (a women seller of vases? An 'object' between objects?) but to the specific role of the dead inside a female cult.
authors.affiliation: Università della Calabria, Dipartimento di Archeologia e Storia delle Arti.
authors.forename: Rossella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pace
mesh_terms: D055699:Cemeteries / Q000266:history*; D018645:Greek World / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D007558:Italy; D018644:Roman World / Q000266:history*; D014930:Women / Q000266:history*