Jug. Villanova culture, 2nd century BC. Terracotta. Measures: 40 x 30 x 30 cm. Jug belonging to the Villanovan culture, with incised decoration in geometric checkerboard format. The culture of Villanova is a civilization developed in the north of Italy in the Iron Age, in the region where later the Etruscan culture would arise. It has its origins in the Indo-European peoples who arrived in the Italic Peninsula around 1200 BC, who merged with the pre-Indo-Europeans already settled there. Dimensions 40 x 30 x 30 cm.