Between Po plain and middle Danube Urnfield cultures: Codroipo and the Friulian plain in XIIth century B.C.

The contribution brings basic results of excavation of the hillfort Codroipo-Gradiscje, located in the central part of Friulian plain near the river of Tagliamento, with the settlement from the Late Bronze Age. The excavations have been conducted since 2004 by the Archaeological Museum of Codroipo and the University of Padua in collaboration with Centro di Catalogazione of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Regional Administration. The excavation has brought very important results from the phase of the transition between the Late Bronze Age and Final Bronze Age. Its importance resides also in the fact that it represents the first modern research activity focused on the mentioned period.