The whole building was included and covered by an elliptical plan tumulus as reported for other similar monuments situated
in the same territory of BISCEGLIE and GIOVINAZZO (in South of Italy). The monument was built by a community established in
that area to mark their territory. It has a typical funerary character (funeral urn) and it was destined to the collective
sepulture in the Middle Bronze Age, as indicated by the ceramic finds, accompanying the rich dead men, copper objects and
ornaments, bones and amber recovered inside together with human rests. Degradation Mapping and Laser Cleaning with Photographs,
during and after the process in-situ were carried out. Black incrustations and writings (by some different felt pens, marking
pens, permanent black and colored ink pigments — fluorescent and no, as well as permanent text liner markings and spayed black
paint) were cleaned by using a portable Nd:YAG Laser (λ 1.06 μm — 0.53 μm, in N-Mode and Q-Switch Mode, Laser pulse duration
150 μs or 6ns — f 1 to 10Hz — E max. 500 mJ per pulse in 1st harmonic and 200 mJ per pulse in 2nd harmonic). So, according
to the different ink types three different laser cleaning techniques were used.