A Companion to the Etruscans by Bell, Sinclair -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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List of Tables Notes on Contributors Acknowledgments Map of Etruria Introduction

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PART I: History

CHAPTER 1: Beginnings

1. Introduction 2. Origins and Dating 3. The Transition from Prehistory 4. The Villanovan Period 5. Conclusion REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 2: Materializing the Etruscans

1. Introduction 2. The Orientalizing Period (700–575) 3. The Archaic Period (575–480) 4. The Classical Period (480–323) 5. Conclusion REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 3: The Romanization of Etruria

1. Introduction 2. Roman Expansion 3. Roman Infrastructures: Roads and Centuriation 4. Roman Colonies 5. Political Changes 6. Romanization as Latinization 7. The Hellenistic Gods 8. Religion 9. Funerary Iconography 10. The Revival of the Etruscans 11. Conclusion REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

PART II: Geography, Urbanization, and Space

CHAPTER 4: Etruscan Italy

1. Introduction 2. The Structural Landscape 3. Conclusions REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 5: City and Countryside

1. Introduction 2. Countryside 3. The Rural Landscapes of Urbanism 4. Conclusion REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 6: The Etruscans and the Mediterranean

1. Introduction 2. Sources of Evidence 3. The Etruscans in the Mediterranean: A Chronological Survey 4. Conclusions REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 7: Urbanization and Foundation Rites

1. Introduction 2. From the Classicistic Prejudice to the Etruscan Non-polis 3. Urban Networks and Diversity 4. Urban Beginnings and Ritual Foundations 5. At the Heart and on the Margins of Settlements 6. Conclusion REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 8: Poggio Civitate

1. Introduction 2. Poggio Civitate during the Orientalizing Period (c.675–650 – c.600) 3. Poggio Civitate in the Archaic Period (c.600–550/530) 4. Conclusions REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 9: Southern and Inner Etruria

1. Introduction 2. Orvieto/Volsinii/Velzna 3. Tarquinia/Tarchna 4. Cerveteri/Caere/Cisra(Greek Agylla) 5. Vulci 6. Veio/Veii 7. Sovana 8. Conclusion REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 10: Etruscan Domestic Architecture, Hydraulic Engineering, and Water Management Technologies

1. Introduction 2. Domestic Architecture 3. Hydraulics and Water Management 4. The Manufacturing of Architectural Elements 5. Conclusions REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 11: Rock Tombs and the World of the Etruscan Necropoleis

1. Introduction 2. The Rock Tombs of Southern Etruria 3. Case Study: The Rock Tombs at Pian di Mola in Tuscania 4. Hellenistic Period Barrel-Vaulted Tombs in Etruria 5. Conclusions REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 12: Communicating with Gods

1. Introduction: Ritual, Religion, and Space 2. Sacred Space: Sanctuary, Altar, and Temple 3. Sacred Space and the Topography of Ritual 4. Conclusion REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

PART III: Evidence in Context

CHAPTER 13: Etruscan Skeletal Biologyand Etruscan Origins

1. Introduction 2. A Brief History of Skeletal Studies in Etruria 3. Skeletal Studies at Tarquinia: 1981–2013 4. Interpretive Problems: Biological Evidence for Genetic Continuity or Cultural Change 5. DNA Studies and the Origins of the Etruscans 6. Conclusions Acknowledgments REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 14: Language, Alphabet, and Linguistic Affiliation

1. The Etruscan Language 2. The Origins of the Alphabet in Italy 3. Etruscan Alphabets and Orthography 4. Etruscan Texts 5. Language 6. Linguistic Affiliation 7. Conclusion REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 15: Bucchero in Context

1. Introduction 2. Context of Production 3. Geographical and Economic Contexts 4. Context of Use 5. Context of Recovery 6. Context of Display 7. Conclusions: Context of Study REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 16: Etruscan Textiles in Context

1. Introduction 2. The Material Remains of Textiles and Textile Implements in Etruria 3. Case Study: Poggio Civitate and Poggio Aguzzo (Murlo) 4. Conclusions REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 17: Etruscan Wall Painting

1. Introduction 2. Chronology 3. Themes 4. Conclusion REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 18: Votives in their Larger Religious Context

1. Introduction 2. The Votive Offering 3. Conclusion REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 19: Etruscan Jewelry and Identity

1. Introduction 2. Evidence for Etruscan Jewelry: Objects and Images 3. The Bulla: A Case Study for Life-Stage Use 4. Beyond the Bulla: Children’s Jewelry 5. Adult Women 6. Male Etruscan Jewelry 7. The Materials of Jewelry 8. How Did They Do That? 9. The Afterlife of Etruscan Jewelry 10. Conclusions REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 20: Luxuria prolapsa est

1. Introduction 2. Etruscan Wealth 3. Etruscan Dominance 4. Etruscan Opulence and Decadence 5. Etruscan Wealth at War 6. Lars Porsenna and Conspicuous Consumption 7. Conclusion REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 21: Tanaquil

1. Introduction 2. Tanaquil, the Etruscan Queen 3. Tanaquil and Ceremonial Textiles 4. Elite Etruscan Women and Ceremonial Textiles 5. Conclusion REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 22: The Obesus Etruscus

1. Introduction 2. The Literary Trope 3. Perpetrating the Slur: The Link to Artistic Representations 4. Conclusion REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

PART IV: Art, Society, and Culture

CHAPTER 23: The Etruscans, Greek Art, and the Near East

1. Introduction 2. Sources and Chronology 3. “Orientalizing” Etruria 4. Etruscans, Greeks, and Phoenicians 5. Developments in Funerary Practices 6. Foreign Artisans and Artistic Technologies 7. Banqueting and Its Visual and Material Culture 8. Conclusion REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 24: Etruscan Artists

1. Introduction 2. What is Art? 3. Who are the Artists? Greeks or Etruscans? 4. Conclusion Abbreviations REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 25: Etruscan Bodies and Greek Ponderation

1. Introduction 2. Ponderation 3. The Reception of Ponderation in Etruria 4. Ponderation in the François Tomb 5. Ponderation in Etruscan Bidimensional Art from the Late Classical Period 6. Conclusions REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 26: Myth in Etruria

1. Introduction 2. The Villanovan and Orientalizing Periods 3. The Archaic Period 4. The Classical Period 5. The Late Fourth Century and the Hellenistic Period 6. Conclusion Abbreviations REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 27: The “Taste” for Violence in Etruscan Art

1. Introduction 2. The Contexts of Violent Imagery in Etruria 3. Case Study: Violent Imagery on Engraved Bronze Mirrors 4. Violence and Gender in Etruria 5. Conclusions REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

PART V: The Etruscan Legacy and Contemporary Issues

CHAPTER 28: Annius of Viterbo and the Beginning of Etruscan Studies

REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 29: Tyrrhenian Sirens

1. Introduction 2. Enhanced Etruscan Bronzes 3. Etruscan Terracotta Forgeries 4. Conclusions REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 30: Looting and the Antiquities Trade

1. Losing Context: An Introduction to Looting in Central Italy 2. The Antiquities Market 3. National and International Approaches to Protecting Central Italian Antiquities 4. Conclusion REFERENCES GUIDE TO FURTHER READING

PART VI: Appendix

Appendix

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