Capitolo 1. Cronologia di riferimento del periodo compreso tra la fine del BM e la fine del BR

The chronological sequence presented is based on the stratigraphic series recorded both to the North and to the South of the river Po. With regard to the end of the Middle Bronze Age and the Recent Bronze Age the following phases have been distinguished: Middle Bronze Age 3A (BM 3A); Middle Bronze Age 3B (BM 3B); Recent Bronze Age 1 (BR 1); Recent Bronze Age 2 (BR 2); Recent Bronze Age 3 (BR 3). The dating contexts of each phase have been quoted.