La coroplastica nelle necropoli di Selinunte (TP). Modalità d’uso e contesti

This paper analyses the incidence of clay figurines in funerary practice at Selinunte (TP). The work will consider three different aspects related to these objects: iconography, spatial distribution of the finds and type of contexts containing statuettes. Through the re-analysis of the evidence from the two cemeteries of Buffa and Manicalunga-Timpone Nero (late 7th-5th century BC), it will be shown that clay figurines played a minor role in the construction of grave assemblages; however, they were involved in a broad spectrum of post-funeral ritual practices that will be thoroughly discussed here.