The Etruscan world / edited by Jean MacIntosh Turfa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Turfa, Jean MacIntosh, 1947-

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Routledge worlds

The Routledge worlds

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Etruscans.

Material culture.

History.

Etruria--Civilization.

Etruria.

Etruria--Antiquities.

Material culture--Italy--Etruria--History.

Italy.

Physical Description:

pages cm.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

The Etruscans can be shown to have made significant, and in some cases perhaps the first, technical advances in the central and northern Mediterranean. To the Etruscan people we can attribute such developments as the tie-beam truss in large wooden structures, surveying and engineering drainage and water tunnels, the development of the foresail for fast long-distance sailing vessels, fine techniques of metal production and other pyrotechnology, post-mortem C-sections in medicine, and more. In art, many technical and iconographic developments, although they certainly happened first in Greece or the Near East, are first seen in extant Etruscan works, preserved in the lavish tombs and goods of Etruscan aristocrats. These include early portraiture, the first full-length painted portrait, the first perspective view of a human figure in monumental art, specialized techniques of bronze-casting, and reduction-fired pottery (the bucchero phenomenon). Etruscan contacts, through trade, treaty and intermarriage, linked their culture with Sardinia, Corsica and Sicily, with the Italic tribes of the peninsula, and with the Near Eastern kingdoms, Greece and the Greek colonial world, Iberia, Gaul and the Punic network of North Africa, and influenced the cultures of northern Europe. In the past fifteen 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 us with new, specialized information. Thanks to the work of dozens of international scholars, it is now possible to discuss topics of interest that could never before be researched, such as Etruscan mining and metallurgy, textile production, foods and agriculture. In this volume, over 60 experts provide insights into all these aspects of Etruscan culture, and more, with many contributions available in English for the first time to allow the reader access to research that may not otherwise be available to them. Lavishly illustrated, The Etruscan World brings to life the culture and material past of the Etruscans and highlights key points of development in research, making it essential reading for researchers, academics and students of this fascinating civilization. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Environment, Background and the Study of Etruscan Culture

1 Etruscan environments / Ingele M. B. Wiman Wiman, Ingele M. B. 11

2 Massimo Pallottino's "Origins" in perspective / Giovanna Bagnasco Gianni Gianni, Giovanna Bagnasco 29

3 Etruscan origins and the ancient authors / Dominique Briquel Briquel, Dominique 36

4 Fleshing out the demography of Etruria / Geof Kron Kron, Geof 56

Part II The Historical Development of Etruria

5 The Villanovan culture: at the beginning of Etruscan history / Gilda Bartoloni Bartoloni, Gilda 79

6 Orientalizing Etruria / Maurizio Sannibale Sannibale, Maurizio 99

7 Urbanization in southern Etruria from the tenth to the sixth century BC: the origins and growth of major centers / Robert Leighton Leighton, Robert 134

8 A long twilight: "Romanization" of Etruria / Vincent Jolivet Jolivet, Vincent 151

9 The last Etruscans: family tombs in northern Etruria / Marjatta Nielsen Nielsen, Marjatta 180

Part III Etruscans and their Neighbors

10 The western Mediterranean before the Etruscans / Fulvia Lo Schiavo Schiavo, Fulvia Lo 197

11 The Nuragic heritage in Etruria / Fulvia Lo Schiavo Schiavo, Fulvia Lo, Matteo Milletti Milletti, Matteo 216

12 Phoenician and Punic Sardinia and the Etruscans / Rubens D'Oriano D'Oriano, Rubens, Antonio Sanciu Sanciu, Antonio 231

13 Etruria and Corsica / Matteo Milletti Milletti, Matteo 244

14 The Faliscans and the Etruscans / Maria Anna De Lucia Brolli Brolli, Maria Anna De Lucia, Jacopo Tabolli Tabolli, Jacopo 259

15 Etruria on the Po and the Adriatic / Giuseppe Sassatelli Sassatelli, Giuseppe, Elisabetta Govi Govi, Elisabetta 281

16 Etruscans in Campania / Mariassunta Cuozzo Cuozzo, Mariassunta 301

17 Etruria Marittima, Carthage and Iberia, Massalia, Gaul / Jean Gran-Aymerich Gran-Aymerich, Jean 319

Part IV Etruscan Society and Economy

18 Political systems and law / Hilary Wills Becker Becker, Hilary Wills 351

19 Economy and commerce through material evidence: Etruscan goods in the Mediterranean world and beyond / Jean Gran-Aymerich Gran-Aymerich, Jean, Jean MacIntosh Turfa Turfa, Jean MacIntosh 373

20 Mothers and children / Larissa Bonfante Bonfante, Larissa 426

21 Slavery and manumission / Enrico Benelli Benelli, Enrico 447

22 The Etruscan language / Luciano Agostiniani Agostiniani, Luciano 457

23 Numbers and reckoning: A whole civilization founded upon divisions / Daniele Moras Moras, Daniele 478

Part V Religion in Etruria

24 Greek myth in Etruscan culture / Erika Simon Simon, Erika 495

25 Gods and demons in the Etruscan pantheon / Ingrid Krauskopf Krauskopf, Ingrid 513

26 Haruspicy and Augury: Sources and procedures / Nancy T. de Grummond Grummond, Nancy T. de 539

27 Religion: the gods and the places / Ingrid Edlund-Berry Edlund-Berry, Ingrid 557

28 Archaeological evidence for Etruscan religious rituals / Simona Rafanelli Rafanelli, Simona 566

29 Tarquinia, sacred areas and sanctuaries on the Civita plateau and on the coast: "monumental complex" / Ara della Regina Regina, Ara della, Gravisca, Giovanna Bagnasco Gianni Gianni, Giovanna Bagnasco 594

30 The sanctuary of Pyrgi / Maria Paola Baglione Baglione, Maria Paola 613

31 Orvieto, Campo della Fiera - Fanum Voltumnae / Simonetta Stopponi Stopponi, Simonetta 632

32 Worshiping with the dead: new approaches to Etruscan necropoleis / Stephan Steingräber Steingräber, Stephan 655

33 The imagery of tomb objects (foreign and imported) and its funerary relevance / Tom B. Rasmussen Rasmussen, Tom B. 672

Part VI Special Aspects of Etruscan Culture

34 The science of the Etruscans / Armando Cherici Cherici, Armando 683

35 The architectural heritage of Etruria / Ingrid Edlund-Berry Edlund-Berry, Ingrid 695

36 Etruscan Town Planning and Related Structures / Claudio Bizzarri Bizzarri, Claudio 708

37 Villanovan and Etruscan Mining and Metallurgy / Claudio Giardino Giardino, Claudio 721

38 Technology, ideology, warfare and rhe Etruscans before the Roman conquest / David George George, David 738

39 The art of the Etruscan armourer / Ross H. Cowan Cowan, Ross H. 747

40 Seafaring: shipbuilding, harbors, the issue of piracy / Stefano Bruni Bruni, Stefano 759

41 Princely chariots and carts / Adriana Emiliozzi Emiliozzi, Adriana 778

42 The world of Etruscan textiles / Margarita Gleba Gleba, Margarita 798

43 Food and drink in the Etruscan world / Lisa C. Pieraccini Pieraccini, Lisa C. 812

44 The banquet through Etruscan history / Annette Rathje Rathje, Annette 823

45 Etruscan spectacles: Theater and sport / Jean-Paul Thuillier Thuillier, Jean-Paul 831

46 Music and musical instruments in Etruria / Fredrik Tobin Tobin, Fredrik 841

47 Health and medicine in Etruria / Jean MacIntosh Turfa Turfa, Jean MacIntosh, Marshall J. Becker Becker, Marshall J. 855

Part VII Etruscan Specialties in Art

48 Foreign artists in Etruria / Giovannangelo Camporeale Camporeale, Giovannangelo 885

49 The phenomenon of terracotta: architectural terracottas / Nancy Winter Winter, Nancy 903

50 Jewelry / Françoise Gaultier Gaultier, Françoise 914

51 Engraved Gems / Ulf R. Hansson Hansson, Ulf R. 928

52 The Etruscan painted pottery / Laura Ambrosini Ambrosini, Laura 943

53 The meanings of Bucchero / Richard Daniel De Puma Puma, Richard Daniel De 974

54 Etruscan terracotta figurines / Helen Nagy Nagy, Helen 993

55 Portraiture / Alexandra Carpino Carpino, Alexandra 1007

56 Landscape and illusionism: qualities of Etruscan wall paintings / Helen Nagy Nagy, Helen 1017

57 The bronze votive tradition in Etruria / Margherita Gilda Scarpellini Scarpellini, Margherita Gilda 1026

58 Mirrors in art and society / Richard Daniel De Puma Puma, Richard Daniel De 1041

59 Science as art: Etruscan anatomical votives / Matthias Recke Recke, Matthias 1068

60 Animals in the Etruscan household and environment / Adrian P. Harrison Harrison, Adrian P. 1086

Part VIII Post-Antique Reception of Etruscan Culture

61 Annius of Viterbo / Ingrid Rowland Rowland, Ingrid 1117

62 The reception of Etruscan culture: Dempster and Buonarotti / Francesco De Angelis Angelis, Francesco De 1130

63 Modern approaches to Etruscan culture / Marie-Laurence Haack Haack, Marie-Laurence 1136.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

0415673089

9780415673082

OCLC:

778425218

Publisher Number:

99954913497