The Etruscan World

ISBN-13: 9780415673082 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 1216 str.

Jean MacIntosh Turfa

Opis

In the past 15 years striking advances have been made in scholarship and research techniques for Etruscan studies. Archaeological and scientific discoveries have changed our picture of the Etruscans and furnished new, specialized information. This title brings to life the culture and material past of the Etruscans and highlights key points of development in research.

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Introduction Jean MacIntosh Turfa  Part I: Environment, Background, and the Study of Etruscan Culture  1. Etruscan environments Ingele M.B. Wiman  2. "Origins" in perspective Giovanna Bagnasco Gianni  3. Etruscan origins and the ancient authors Dominique Briquel  4. Fleshing out the demography of Etruria Geof Kron  Part II: The Historical Development of Etruria  5. The Villanovan culture. At the beginning of Etruscan history Gilda Bartoloni  6. Orientalizing Etruria Maurizio Sannibale  7. Urbanization in southern Etruria from the 10^th to the 6^th century BC Robert Leighton  8. The long twilight: "Romanization" of Etruria Vincent Jolivet  9. Family tombs in northern Etruria Marjatta Nielsen  Part III: Etruscans and Their Neighbors  10. The western Mediterranean before the Etruscans Fulvia LoSchiavo  11. The Nuragic heritage in Etruria Fulvia LoSchiavo & Matteo Milletti  12. Phoenician and Punic Sardinia and the Etruscans Rubens D’Oriano & Antonio Sanciu  13. Etruria and Corsica Matteo Milletti  14. Etruria and the Italic peoples: the Faliscans Maria Anna De Lucia Brolli & Jacopo Tabolli  15. Etruria on the Po and the Adriatic Giuseppe Sassatelli & Elisabetta Govi  16. Etruscans in Campania Mariassunta Cuozzo  17. Etruria Marittima, Carthage and Iberia, Massalia, Gaul Jean Gran Aymerich  Part IV: Etruscan Society and Economy  18. Political systems and Law: and the issue of federation Hilary Wills Becker  19. Economy and commerce through material evidence Jean Gran Aymerich  20. Mothers and Children Larissa Bonfante  21. Slavery and Manumission Enrico Benelli  22. The Etruscan Language Luciano Agostiniani  23. Numbers & Reckoning Daniele Maras  Part V: Religion in Etruria  24. Greek Myth in Etruscan Culture Erika Simon  25. Gods and Demons in the Etruscan Pantheon Ingrid Krauskopf  26. Haruspicy and Augury: Sources and Procedures Nancy T. de Grummond  27. Religion: the gods and the places Ingrid Edlund-Berry  28. Archaeological Evidence for Etruscan Religious Rituals Simona Rafanelli  29. Tarquinia, sacred areas and sanctuaries on the Civita plateau and on the coast Giovanna Bagnasco Gianni  30. Pyrgi Maria Paola Baglione  31. Orvieto, Campo della Fiera – Fanum Voltumnae Simonetta Stopponi  32. Worshiping with the dead Stephan Steingräber  33. The Imagery of Tomb Objects and its Funerary Relevance Tom B. Rasmussen  Part VI: Special Aspects of Etruscan Culture  34. The Science of the Etruscans Armando Cherici  35. The Architectural Heritage of Etruria Ingrid Edlund-Berry  36. Etruscan Town Planning and Related Structures Claudio Bizzarri  37. Villanovan and Etruscan Mining and Metallurgy Claudio Giardino  38. Technology, Ideology, Warfare and the Etruscans Before the Roman Conquest David George  39. The Art of the Etruscan Armourer Ross H. Cowan  40. Seafaring: shipbuilding, harbors, the issue of piracy Stefano Bruni  41. Princely Chariots and Carts Adriana Emiliozzi  42. The World of Etruscan Textiles Margarita Gleba  43. Food and Drink in the Etruscan World Lisa C. Pieraccini  44. The banquet through Etruscan history Annette Rathje  45. Etruscan Spectacles: Theater and Sport Jean-Paul Thuillier  46. Music and musical instruments in Etruria Fredrik Tobin  47. Health and Medicine in Etruria Jean MacIntosh Turfa, with Marshall J. Becker  Part VII: Etruscan Specialties in Art  48. Foreign Artists in Etruria Giovannangelo Camporeale  49. The phenomenon of terracotta: architectural terracottas Nancy Winter  50. Jewelry Françoise Gaultier  51. Engraved Gems Ulf R. Hansson  52. The Etruscan Painted Pottery Laura Ambrosini  53. The Meanings of Bucchero Richard Daniel De Puma  54. Etruscan terracotta figurines Helen Nagy  55. Portraiture Alexandra Carpino  56. Landscape and illusionism: qualities of Etruscan wall paintings Helen Nagy  57. The bronze votive tradition in Etruria Margherita Gilda Scarpellini  58. Mirrors in art and society Richard Daniel De Puma  59. Science as art: Etruscan anatomical votives Matthias Recke  60. Animals in the Etruscan household and environment Adrian P. Harrison  Part VIII: Post-Antique Reception of Etruscan Culture  61. Annius of Viterbo etc. Ingrid Rowland  62. The reception of Etruscan culture: Dempster and Buonarotti Francesco De Angelis  63. Modern approaches to Etruscan culture Marie-Laurence Haack

O autorze

Jean MacIntosh Turfa is a Research Associate and occasional Lecturer in the Mediterranean Section of the University of Pennsylvania Museum and an adjunct professor in Classics at St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia. She has taught at the University of Liverpool, University of Illinois, Chicago, and Loyola University of Chicago, Drexel University, Dickinson and Bryn Mawr Colleges, St. Joseph’s University and the University of Pennsylvania. She is a Member of the Istituto di Studi Etruschi e Italici.