The figure stands on a round pedestal decorated with palm branches and four cinerary urns. Sometimes however the body was cremated with the ashes placed in a cinerary urn. It occupies 59 hectares and has a cinerary. Roman Antiquities, such as coins, millstone and cinerary urns have been discovered near the site. It turned out to be an early Bronze Age Cinerary Urn. In 1955 and 1956 the archaeologist Maurizio Borda excavated a necropolis with cinerary urns. One spirit resembles a gorgon, while another holds a cinerary urn. Ashes contained in cinerary urns and other monumental vessels were placed in tombs. In ancient Roman religion, "ollae" (plural) have ritual use and significance, including as cinerary urns. Cremated remains were placed in cinerary urns, specifically in biconical urns and then buried. Bronze Age remains found in the area include a looped palstave and a cinerary urn. This covered at least sixteen cinerary urns, mainly bucket-shaped. Funerary urns (also called cinerary urns and burial urns) have been used by many civilizations. Many cinerary urns are realistic looking or at least have harshly treated faces. One common type is a cinerary urn dating to the 8th century BC.