Crossing the Alps : early urbanism between northern Italy and Central Europe (900-400 BC) / edited by Lorenzo Zamboni, Manuel Fernández-Götz & Carola Metzner-Nebelsick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zamboni, Lorenzo, 1980- editor.

Fernández-Götz, Manuel, editor.

Metzner-Nebelsick, Carola, editor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prehistoric peoples--Italy, Northern--Social life and customs.

Prehistoric peoples.

Prehistoric peoples--Europe, Central--Social life and customs.

Cities and towns, Ancient--Italy, Northern.

Cities and towns, Ancient.

Cities and towns, Ancient--Europe, Central.

Manners and customs.

Central Europe.

Northern Italy.

Physical Description:

434 pages : illustrations (some color), charts, maps, plans, portrait ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2020]

Summary:

This volume offers the first comprehensive overview of the urbanisation processes that took place south and north of the Alps during the early first millennium BC, highlighting the interactions between the different geographical areas. The 26 chapters included in this book provide a combination of theoretical and methodological insights into urbanisation processes, regional overviews, and up-to-date evidence from key archaeological sites. The latter comprise both well-established names such as the Heuneburg, Vix-Mont Lassois, Verucchio, Marzabotto, and Spina, as well as other sites that are less well-known but equally relevant for the understanding of centralisation processes during the Iron Age. In particular, this volume brings together, for the first time, the rich archaeological evidence for urban and proto-urban sites in northern Italy, a region that has traditionally been neglected or underestimated in accounts on Iron Age urbanisation. Thus, the book transcends previous barriers in scholarship and helps to readdress one of the most attractive topics of current archaeological research: the multiple and nonlinear pathways towards urbanisation.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 URBAN ORIGINS AND TRAJECTORIES ACROSS THE ALPS

1. Early Urbanism South and North of the Alps: An Introduction / Carola Metzner-Nebelsick

2. Aspects of Urbanism in Later Bronze Age Northern Italy / Mark Pearce

3. Urbanisation and Deurbanisation in the European Iron Age: Definitions, Debates, and Cycles / Manuel Fernandez-Gotz

4. From Genoa to Gunzburg. New Trajectories of Urbanisation and Acculturation between the Mediterranean and South-Central Europe / Carola Metzner-Nebelsick

pt. 2 EARLY URBANISATION PROCESSES IN NORTHERN ITALY

5. Verucchio: The Iron Age Settlement / Lorenzo Zamboni

6. Archaeology of Early Felsina. The Birth of a Villanovan City / Jacopo Ortalli

7. Spheres of Consumption of Metalwork and Trans-regional Interactions at the Onset of the Urban Phenomenon in Northern Italy / Cristiano Iaia

8. Urbanism and Architecture in the Etruscan City of Ko/nua-Marzabotto: New Perspectives / Andrea Gaucci

9. Relationships between City and Necropolis in Northeast Italy / Giovanna Gambacurta

10. The Proto-urban Phenomenon in Veneto: A Review of the Population Dynamics of the Settlement of Oppeano (Verona) / Alessandro Guidi

11. Coazze near Gazzo Veronese, on the Fringes of Veneto and Etruria Padana, NE Italy / Saccoccio

12. The Etruscan Settlement of Adria (Italy, Rovigo): New Data from the Excavations in Via Ex Riformati (2015-2016) / Claudio Balista

13. Exploring Spina: Urbanism, Architecture, and Material Culture / Lorenzo Zamboni

14. The Hidden City: Reconstructing the Urban Structure of the Etruscan Harbour of Forcello di Bagnolo San Vito through Excavations and Non-invasive Methods / Marta Rapi

15. The Early Iron Age Protourbanisation along the Ticino River and around Como / Stefania Casini

16. The First Results of Geophysical Prospections Using the ADC Method on the Proto-urban Settlement Site of Como, Spina Verde / Barbara Grassi

17. Bergamo and Parre during the Iron Age: Early Urbanism and the Alpine World / Paolo Rondini

pt. 3 EARLY URBANISATION PROCESSES IN CENTRAL EUROPE

18. Earliest Town North of the Alps. New Excavations and Research in the Heuneburg Region / Roberto Tarpini

19. Centralisation Processes at the Furstensitz (Princely Seat) on Mount Ipf in the Nordlinger Ries, Southern Germany / Rudiger Krause

20. Early Urbanism and the Relationship between Northern Italy and Bohemia in the Early Iron Age / Miloslav Chytracek

21. Vix: The Temptation of the City / Bruno Chaume

22. Bourges-Avaricum: A Western Example of a Princely Complex of c. 500 BC in Central France / Ian Ralston

23. The Early Iron Age Central Place at Most na Soci (NW Slovenia) / Snezana Tecco Hvala

24. The Durrnberg Salt Metropolis: Catalyst of Communication and Complexity in La Tene Central Europe / Holger Wendling

pt. 4 CONCLUDING THOUGHTS AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES

25. The Mediterranean at the Periphery of Urban Origins / Corinna Riva.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

9789088909610

908890961X

9789088909627

9088909628

OCLC:

1205591183

Publisher Number:

99988389654