\f1 \fs22 THE NECROPOLIS OF CROCEFISSO DEL TUFO\par
It is laid out on an urban checkerboard plan. In fact th
e tombs were arranged in blocks of a square or rectangular shape, bordered by roads that met at right angles. The tombs, covered with mounds of earth, were built out of squared blocks of tufa laid without mortar. The facades were decorated with architect
ural \b \cf1 \ATXht16 pediments\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and the name of the dead person was often inscribed on the \b \cf1 \ATXht1 architrave\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . Inside there was a burial chamber, covered by a false \b \cf1 \ATXht4 dome\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and somet
