- chapter 14: The Faliscans and the Etruscans –
Figure 14.19 Examples of architectural terracottas from Narce, Pizzo Piede.Figure 14.20 Sanctuary of Monte Li Santi-Le Rote, Narce.is a highly distinctive cultural element, assimilating Narce with another great Faliscan
center, Falerii, but especially with the nearby Veii and stressing once again that the
tradition of votive heads originates in the Faliscan-Veian area (on this issue Comella 1997)
(Fig. 14.21). At Falerii votive heads, mostly female, dating from the fi fth century bc are
present in the sanctuaries of Celle and Vignale (see Comella 1986) and in votive deposits
connected to the sacred area of Ninfeo Rosa (Blanck 1990). At Veii, the votive deposit
of Campetti has furnished many heads dated between the late sixth and fi fth centuries
bc (Vagnetti 1971; Comella – Stefani 1990) with an overwhelming preponderance
of female types that are due to a religious cult of Demeter-Ceres practiced in the
sanctuary (Comella 1981). Beyond that signifi cant common thread, though, which
qualifi es the comparisons, a substantial autonomy on the part of Narce is revealed with
respect to Falerii, showing, moreover, even in the early third century bc, a gravitation
towards the region of Veii-Rome. One more signal that points in this direction is