[1] The first burials were discovered in the winter of 1884, the excavations were initiated by Gaetano Chierici, but, as a result of the low temperatures, he fell ill and died.

The excavations continued under the direction of Giovanni Bandieri, who moved the relics to the Museum of Reggio Emilia.

[2] The Copper Age graves contained a single body in a crouching or supine position with the head facing north-west.

[2] The female burials are accompanied by ceramic vessels or (in rare occasions) ornaments.

[2] Among the found items noteworthy is the presence of extremely accurate works in flint stone as axes and other weapons, objects in copper and arsenical silver (arms, pins, pectorals, bracelets), all of them characterized by decorative elements of eastern origin.