Villanovan dragonesque bronze fibula 1

Dragonesque type fibula, typical from the end of the Bronze Age.

Common in Italy Vetulonia, Bologna, Villanova etc. , expands to Europe from the Italian continent.

The term Villanovan is given by the exceptional findings made at the end of the 19th century in Villanova near Bologna.

Exemple of an original found in the Granara (BO) necropols

Source: "Bronze archaeological finds from the villanovan necropolis of Granara (BO) study of manufacturing technologies and evaluation of the conservation state"

Cristina Chiavari,Mirko Degli Esposti, Gian Luca Garagnani, D.Prandstaller, T. Trocchi

Pubblication 2007