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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Etruria"”.
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CIRCOLAZIONE DEGLI OGGETTI ISCRITTI DI EPOCA ORIENTALIZZANTE IN ETRURIA. AGGIORNAMENTO E APPARATO CRITICO
… objects from the Orientalizing period in Etruria. The main aim of this work has been, in particular, the evaluation of the inscribed object as a historical source useful for reconstructing certain cultural aspects of the Orientalizing period related to the appearance of writing, such as …
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Invisible Etruscans: a study on rural landscape and settlement organisation during the urbanisation of Etruria (7th - 5th centuries BC)
… study focuses on the rural settlement data from Etruria, Central Italy during the key centuries, from the 7th and the 5th centuries BC, when urbanised institutions (and lifestyles) consolidated. Despite responding to similar stimuli, Etruscan centres adopted different strategies to control their …
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An Alternate Antiquity: The Etruscans in Renaissance Florence and Rome
… but the period's fascination with ancient Etruria is underappreciated. The Etruscan legacy was a source of special pride for Renaissance Tuscans, who sought in the ancient civilization a pristine ancestry which rivaled Rome with its great antiquity, piety, and strength. Consequently, to …
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The iconography of ancient Greek and Roman jewellery
… divided into sections dedicated to Greece (with Etruria as an afterthought) and Rome respectively, discusses the symbolism and iconography by introducing the most important deities and making the connection between them and the motifs occurring in jewellery. Naturally, a selection had to be made …
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Population dynamics in first millennium BCE Italy: mobility and ancestry at Fermo, Marche
… culture was documented in the main territory of Etruria(current Latium, Tuscany and Umbria) and other places scattered across the peninsula. Nonetheless, little is known about the Villanovan group and even less about the Villanovan geographical expansion. Traditional research was mainly based on …
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Modelling Roman agricultural production in the Middle Tiber Valley, Central Italy
… agricultural production of the regions of South Etruria and Sabina, north of Rome in the Middle Tiber Valley, Central Italy. Historical evidence from Roman authors is combined with archaeological evidence from field survey and geographical resource data, and modelled within a Geographical …
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The Emergence of Ceramic Roof Tiles in Archaic Greek Architecture
… whether ceramic tiles were first invented in Etruria, the northern Peloponnese, or central Anatolia.
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Monumental Building Complexes in Orientalizing and Archaic Central Italy
… were erected in proto-urban settlements in Etruria and Latium. Located on prominent positions within settlements and comprising large central courtyards and surrounding building wings, the complexes appear to have been constructed and used by the elite both as residences and as centers of …
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Visualizing Vulci: Reimagining an Etruscan-Roman City
… transformation during Rome’s expansion into Etruria. Furthermore, the success of the multi-perspective, layered approach allows for its use in other studies as well as further refinement and advancement of the methodology.</p>
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The Gorgoneion in Greek Architecture
… (Phrygia, Iycia and Cyprus in the East, and Etruria, Central and Southern Italy in the West) from the 6th century B.C. to the Roman period in order to understand the Greek use of the motif in its proper context. Conclusions summarize the evidence, suggest some patterns of transmission, and …
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Feeding the Etruscans - An Archaeobotanical study of Etruscan Agriculture
… core specialisations of the urban centres in Etruria where such occupational differentiation became gradually visible during the 7th century BCE. As of yet the results from Tarquinia stand isolated within the Etruscan context and offer a local rather than structural model for early Etruscan …