Sepolture con armi dalla necropoli di Gela

Burials with Weapons from the Necropolis of Gela · The necropolis of Gela has been the
subject of several studies that have highlighted especially from the social point of view a general
mesotes observed by aristocratic family groups that undoubtedly have had an important role in
the growth of the local community in the archaic age. In the present work are analyzed exclusively
graves with weapons, all multiple. To these have been added some doubtful elements of weapons
from the single grave 9 of Capo Soprano. The relationship between the presence of the metal finds
related to the war, the different types of burial, in which they were found, and the rites adopted
were therefore examinated, also with an anthropological approach. In general, weapons and armor
elements are undoubtedly related to the aristocratic environment, but the presence of the
weapon is probably not due to unique cause.