The Archaeology of Etruscan Society (Google eBook)

Vedia Izzet

Cambridge University Press, Dec 13, 2007 - Social Science - 320 pages

The late sixth century was a period of considerable change in Etruria; this change is traditionally seen as the adoption of superior models from Greece. In a radical re-alignment of agency, this book examines a wide range of Etruscan material culture - mirrors, tombs, sanctuaries, houses and cities - in order to demonstrate the importance of local concerns in the formation of Etruscan material culture. Drawing on recent theoretical developments, the book emphasises the deliberate nature of the smallest of changes in material culture form, and develops the concept of surface as a unifying key to understanding the changes in the ways Etruscans represented themselves in life and death. This concept allows a uniquely holistic approach to the archaeology of Etruscan society and has the potential for other archaeological investigations. The book will interest all scholars and students of classical archaeology.

Contents

• 1: 10
• reflections on personal and: 43
• 3: 87
• 4: 122
• 5: 143
• 6: 165
• culture contact and: 208

Popular passages

Page 17 - Etruscan Culture. Land and people. Archaeological research and studies conducted in San Giovenale and its environs by members of the Swedish Institute in Rome. Written with the collaboration of KING GUSTAF ADOLF OF SWEDEN by A.‎

About the author

VEDIA IZZET is Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Southampton, having previously been a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge. She has directed the British team at the excavation of a sanctuary site at Cerveteri and is about to start a project at the major Etruscan port of Spina.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Archaeology of Etruscan Society
• Author: Vedia Izzet
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007
• ISBN: 1107320917, 9781107320918
• Length: 320 pages
• Subjects: History / Ancient / General; Social Science / Archaeology