Mapping Oval Aes Grave

Sometimes when I map data it feels like I learn something radical and new.  Sometimes it feels like I spent a lot of time to see for myself what every catalogue entry summarizes…. This was a case of the latter.  Still, let no work be wasted so here it is.

The first map shows all finds mentioned by Crawford 2002 in CH 9, p. 269-70.  Big dots represent 4+ specimens, medium dots ~2 specimens, little dots a solo specimen.

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Crawford questions as others have before him an association with Tuder (Todi) and wonders if possibly the presence of one in a votive deposit at Orvieto means it the series might be better attributed to the Volsinii.  In his typical fashion Crawford is dismissive of other scholarship in this cases other finds reported in Ambrosini 1997 (must ILL).

Light blue circles Orvieto, orange Todi.  I can’t say one really fits the distribution better than the other…  Vecchi 2014 doesn’t commit, but nods in Crawford’s line of thought.

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GPS Points used:

Orvieto 2 42.718333, 12.110278
Tolfa 1 42.149722, 11.936667
Vicarello 1 43.613611, 10.464444
Tarquinia 1 42.249167, 11.756111
Vulci 3+ 42.418889, 11.631667
Talamone 1 42.555056, 11.132755
Vetulonia 2 42.859444, 10.971111
Siena 4+ 43.318611, 11.330556
Castilglione del Lago 2 43.138611, 12.047778
Perugia 1 43.112222, 12.388889
Spoleto 1 42.756479, 12.68547
Cecanibbi 1 42.778889, 12.414167
Ripabianca 1 42.940278, 12.404167 ?
Campo La Piana, Nocera Umbra 1 43.116667, 12.783333 ?
Montignano 1 42.677778, 11.756944 ?
Valle Fuino 1 42.731667, 13.016667 Cascia
Ancarano 1 42.833333, 13.733333
Sabina 1 41.616667, 13.8 Altina
Carsóli 4 42.1, 13.083333
Trento 1 46.066667, 11.116667
Comacchio 1 44.7, 12.183333
Termoli 1 42, 14.983333
Morgantina 1 37.430833, 14.479444

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