The Avellino eruption of Vesuvius in the Bronze Age preserved the pottery and remains of a village of the Apennine Culture in and under sediments from pyroclastic flow . The site is in the comune of Nola , at the locality of Croce del Papa . Unusual about the site is that the forms of perishable objects could be recovered with clarity from the cavities they left in the ash . Remains of goats were found , and also the hoof-prints of goats , sheep , pigs and cattle . Also striking are the thousands of human footprints left in the semi-indurated ash by the population fleeing into the Apennines . The remains suggest that Italics were present in Campania since at least the Middle Bronze Age
Avellino eruption
Avellino eruption
Apennine culture