Etruscan Civilization: A Cultural HistoryThis comprehensive survey of Etruscan civilization, from its origin in the Villanovan Iron Age in the ninth century B.C. to its absorption by Rome in the first century B.C., combines well-known aspects of the Etruscan world with new discoveries and fresh insights into the role of women in Etruscan society. In addition, the Etruscans are contrasted to the Greeks, whom they often emulated, and to the Romans, who at once admired and disdained them. The result is a compelling and complete picture of a people and a culture. This in-depth examination of Etruria examines how differing access to mineral wealth, trade routes, and agricultural land led to distinct regional variations. Heavily illustrated with ancient Etruscan art and cultural objects, the text is organized both chronologically and thematically, interweaving archaeological evidence, analysis of social structure, descriptions of trade and burial customs, and an examination of pottery and works of art. |
Contents
VILLANOVAN SETTLEMENTS AND BUILDINGS | 5 |
CEMETERIES AND ASH URNS | 11 |
BRONZE FIGURINES OF WOMEN | 20 |
5 | 29 |
CHAPTER TWO THE ORIENTALIZING PERIOD AND THE EMERGENCE | 47 |
EARLY ORIENTALIZING VASEPAINTING AT CERVETERI | 55 |
8 | 57 |
TRADE BY SEA | 62 |
THE ETRUSCAN DOUBLENAME SYSTEM | 69 |
CHAPTER THREE THE ARCHAIC PERIOD ABOUT 575480 b c | 135 |
13 | 185 |
17 | 204 |
THE FIFTH AND FOURTH CENTURIES | 261 |
THIRD TO FIRST CENTURY | 327 |
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amphorae antefixes aristocratic ash urns auloi B.C. Cast bronze B.C. Painted banqueting bucchero burial carved century B.C. Cast Cerveteri chamber tombs chiton Chiusi cippi cult decorated divinities draped dromos East Greek Etruria Etruscan cities Etrusco di Villa excavated female fibulae fifth figures flanked fourth century frieze funerary goddess gold head helmet impasto incised inscribed inscriptions ivory male mantle Marzabotto models monumental motifs Murlo Museo Archeologico Museo Etrusco necropolis nude Orientalizing period Orvieto painted terra-cotta Perugia Phoenician plaques Poggio Civitate Populonia pottery probably Pyrgi rectangular relief represented Roman Rome roof sanctuary sarcophagus scene sculpture second half second quarter seventh century B.C. side sixth century sixth century B.C. Southern Etruria statue statuette stela stone Tarquinia temple terra-cotta Tomba tufa tumulus Tyrrhenian underworld vases Veii vessels Vetulonia Villa Giulia Villanovan Volterra votive Vulci Vulcian wall wall-paintings warrior woman women wooden