Table of Contents
List of Illustrations viii
List of Tables xv
Notes on Contributors xvi
Acknowledgments xx
Map of Etruria xxi
Introduction xxiiAlexandra A. Carpino and Sinclair Bell
Part I History 1
1 Beginnings: Protovillanovan and Villanovan Etruria 3Simon Stoddart
2 Materializing the Etruscans: The Expression and Negotiation of Identity during the Orientalizing, Archaic, and Classical Periods 15Skylar Neil
3 The Romanization of Etruria 28Letizia Ceccarelli
Part II Geography, Urbanization, and Space 41
4 Etruscan Italy: Physical Geography and Environment 43Simon Stoddart
5 City and Countryside 55Simon Stoddart
6 The Etruscans and the Mediterranean 67Giovannangelo Camporeale
7 Urbanization and Foundation Rites: The Material Culture of Rituals at the Heart and the Margins of Etruscan Early Cities 87Corinna Riva
8 Poggio Civitate: Community Form in Inland Etruria 105Anthony S. Tuck
9 Southern and Inner Etruria: Benchmark Sites and Current Excavations 117Claudio Bizzarri
10 Etruscan Domestic Architecture, Hydraulic Engineering, and Water Management Technologies: Innovations and Legacy to Rome 129Claudio Bizzarri and David Soren
11 Rock Tombs and the World of the Etruscan Necropoleis: Recent Discoveries, Research, and Interpretations 146Stephan Steingräber
12 Communicating with Gods: Sacred Space in Etruria 162P. Gregory Warden
Part III Evidence in Context 179
13 Etruscan Skeletal Biology and Etruscan Origins 181Marshall J. Becker
14 Language, Alphabet, and Linguistic Affiliation 203Rex E. Wallace
15 Bucchero in Context 224Philip Perkins
16 Etruscan Textiles in Context 237Margarita Gleba
17 Etruscan Wall Painting: Insights, Innovations, and Legacy 247Lisa C. Pieraccini
18 Votives in their Larger Religious Context 261Helen Nagy
19 Etruscan Jewelry and Identity 275Alexis Q. Castor
20 Luxuria prolapsa est: Etruscan Wealth and Decadence 293Hilary Becker
21 Tanaquil: The Conception and Construction of an Etruscan Matron 305Gretchen E. Meyers
22 The Obesus Etruscus: Can the Trope be True? 321Jean MacIntosh Turfa
Part IV Art, Society, and Culture 337
23 The Etruscans, Greek Art, and the Near East 339Ann C. Gunter
24 Etruscan Artists 353Jocelyn Penny Small
25 Etruscan Bodies and Greek Ponderation: Anthropology and Artistic Form 368Francesco de Angelis
26 Myth in Etruria 388Ingrid Krauskopf
27 The “Taste” for Violence in Etruscan Art: Debunking the Myth 410Alexandra A. Carpino
Part V The Etruscan Legacy and Contemporary Issues 431
28 Annius of Viterbo and the Beginning of Etruscan Studies 433Ingrid D. Rowland
29 Tyrrhenian Sirens: The Seductive Song of Etruscan Forgeries 446Richard Daniel De Puma
30 Looting and the Antiquities Trade 458Gordon Lobay
Part VI Appendix 475
Appendix: Etruscan Art in North American Museums 477Richard Daniel De Puma
Index 483