NOEPOLI
Basilicata, Italy.
An Oenotrian center and later a Lucanian settlement between the Sinni
river (ancient Siris) and its tributary the Sarmento, on
a height covered now by the modern town. Because of
its total isolation, it probably never had fortifications
although it existed from the 8th c. to the first decade of
the 3d c. B.C.
Nothing is known of the town itself, but there have
been investigations in the archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic cemeteries, which occupy the area between the
fork in the national highway from Noepoli to Cimitero.
The oldest tombs brought to light belong to the end of
the 8th c. and the 7th c., all systematically set around
the fork. The cemeteries of the 4th c. are all found near
Cimitero. The most ancient funerary items comprise cone-shaped vases with hanging decorations and large-holed brooches. Compared to the other cemeteries, those in the N area are poorer in Greek ware.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
D. Adamesteanu,
Popoli anellenici in
Basilicata (1971) 56.
D. ADAMESTEANU
