RIPARBELLA
Etruria, Italy.
Evidence in the
area around the Cecina river of a Roman-Etruscan
settlement (related to the kilns and salt beds of the
Cecina?). Etruscan and Roman tombs, carved into the
tufa at Gerbia and Melatina testify to such a settlement and Roman tombs at Belora where large finds
were made in the 19th c. The archaeological finds are
in the civic museums of Livorno and of Cecina.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
P. Mantovani,
Museo di Livorno
(1892); G. Monaco in
FA, vols. 18-19, and in
StEtr
(Rassegna Scavi e scoperte) from 33 (1965) to 38
(1970); M. Failli in
Voce della Riviera Etrusca, III, n.
17-18, pp. 2f.
G. MONACO