- chapter 32: Worshiping with the dead –
Figure 32.4 Populonia, San Cerbone Necropolis, Tomb of the Funeral Beds: chamber with remains of
the stone beds of Orientalizing period.Figure 32.5 San Giuliano, Tomb of Valle Cappellana 1: two chambers with tuscan columns and stone
beds of Late Orientalizing period.other tomb are completely hollowed out and – concerning the vaults – clearly infl uenced
by contemporary hut architecture. A very characteristic tomb type (type D according
to Prayon) clearly infl uenced by house architecture (Veii, Acquarossa) was common in
Cerveteri and its territory during the late seventh and the fi rst half of the sixth century bc.
It is characterized by a large antechamber and three burial chambers behind it and often
by a rich “furnishing” (as in the Tomb of the Shields and Chairs in Cerveteri). We fi nd the
same ground plan after the middle of the sixth century bc in the temple architecture too
(“templum tuscanicum” according to Vitruvius). After the middle of the sixth century bc the
cube tombs with their square appearance prevailed particularly in Cerveteri, in the rock