Campanian culture

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Campanian culture refers to the Iron Age archaeological culture of the Campanians in ancient Campania, Italy, known from its distinctive material remains and interaction with neighboring Italic and Greek communities.

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Campanian culture canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Iron Age culture
Italic archaeological culture
archaeological culture
country Italy
documentedBy ancient literary sources
archaeological evidence
economyBasedOn agriculture
pastoralism
regional trade
ethnicGroup Campanians
Oscan-speaking peoples
linked to: Oscan culture
follows Villanovan culture
hasArchaeologicalSite Aversa area necropoleis
Calatia
Capua
Cumae
Nola
Suessula
hasCharacteristic adoption of Etruscan artistic motifs
development of fortified centers
elite display in tombs
hierarchical social structure
mixed Italic and Greek material culture
rich warrior burials
use of Greek-style ceramics
hasInfluenceFrom Etruscan civilization
linked to: Etruscans

Greek colonies in Magna Graecia
linked to: Magna Graecia

Samnite culture
linked to: Oscan culture
hasLanguage Oscan
linked to: Oscan language
hasReligion polytheism
interactsWith Etruscan culture
linked to: Etruscans

Greek culture
Roman Republic
Samnite culture
linked to: Oscan culture
knownFor distinctive pottery
funerary practices
urban settlements
weaponry and armor
locatedIn Campania
locatedInTimePeriod Iron Age
namedAfter Campania
partOf Oscan cultural sphere
pre-Roman Italy
sharesDeitiesWith other Italic peoples
timeEnd Romanization of Campania
late 4th to 3rd century BCE
timeStart around 8th century BCE
early 1st millennium BCE
usesScript Oscan alphabet

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Campanians archaeologicalCulture Campanian culture