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Etruscan Jewelry and Identity
Chapter 19 Etruscan Jewelry and Identity Alexis Q. Castor 1. Introduction When Etruscan jewelry is found, it is already displaced from its intended purpose. In a tomb, the typical archaeological context that yields gold, silver, ivory, or amber, the ornaments are arranged in a deliberate deposit intended for eternity. They represent neither daily nor special occasion costume, but rather are pieces selected and placed in ways that those who prepared the body, likely women, believed was significant for personal or ritual reasons. Indeed, there is no guarantee that the jewelry found on a body ever belonged to the dead. For an element of dress that the living regularly adapted to convey different looks, such permanence is entirely artificial. Today, museums house jewelry in special cases within galleries, further sep- arating the material from its original display on the body. Simply moving beyond these simu- lations requires no little effort of imagination on the part of researchers who seek to understand how Etruscans used these most personal artifacts. The approach adopted in this chapter draws on anthropological methods, especially those studies that highlight the changing self‐identity and public presentation necessary at different stages of life. As demonstrated by contemporary examples, young adults can pierce various body parts, couples exchange rings at weddings, politicians adorn their lapels with flags, and military veterans pin on medals for a parade. The wearer can add or remove all of these acces- sories depending on how he or she moves through different political, personal, economic, social, or religious settings. Cultural anthropologists who apply this theoretical framework have access to many details of life‐stage and object‐use that are lost to us. -
Volume 16 Winter 2014
Volume 16 Winter 2014 Tomb 6423 At right, the Below is the A Digger’s View: lastra sealing chamber as The Tomb of the Hanging the chamber found at the The perspective of a field Aryballos, Tarquinia shown in situ. moment of archaeologist by Alessandro Mandolesi Above it is the opening, by Maria Rosa Lucidi another lastra on the back The University of Turin and the possibly reut- wall a little The discovery of the tomb of the Superintendency for the Archaeological ilzed spolia aryballos still “hanging aryballos" has aroused great Heritage of Southern Etruria have been interest among the public in both Italy taken from hangs on its investigating the Tumulus of the Queen and internationally. The integrity of the original nail. and the necropolis surrounding it, the the tumulus unviolated tomb is definitely one of the Doganaccia, since 2008. The excava- of the queen, (photographs reasons for the attention it has received. tions have brought forth many important which stands by Massimo The uniqueness is even more pro- and unexpected results, thanks to subse- nearby. Legni). nounced when one considers that since quent research, and the infor- the second half of the nine- mation relating to the differ- teenth century the English ent phases of its use has made traveler George Dennis it possible to clarify many blamed the inability to recov- obscure points about the great er the contexts from intact era of the monumental tumuli chamber tombs in Etruscan at Tarquinia. Tarquinia on repeated looting Archaeologists working since ancient times. The -
Etruscan News 19
Volume 19 Winter 2017 Vulci - A year of excavation New treasures from the Necropolis of Poggio Mengarelli by Carlo Casi InnovativeInnovative TechnologiesTechnologies The inheritance of power: reveal the inscription King’s sceptres and the on the Stele di Vicchio infant princes of Spoleto, by P. Gregory Warden by P. Gregory Warden Umbria The Stele di Vicchio is beginning to by Joachim Weidig and Nicola Bruni reveal its secrets. Now securely identi- fied as a sacred text, it is the third 700 BC: Spoleto was the center of longest after the Liber Linteus and the Top, the “Tomba della Truccatrice,” her cosmetics still in jars at left. an Umbrian kingdom, as suggested by Capua Tile, and the earliest of the three, Bottom, a warrior’s iron and bronze short spear with a coiled handle. the new finds from the Orientalizing securely dated to the end of the 6th cen- necropolis of Piazza d’Armi that was tury BCE. It is also the only one of the It all started in January 2016 when even the heavy stone cap of the chamber partially excavated between 2008 and three with a precise archaeological con- the guards of the park, during the usual cover. The robbers were probably dis- 2011 by the Soprintendenza text, since it was placed in the founda- inspections, noticed a new hole made by turbed during their work by the frequent Archeologia dell’Umbria. The finds tions of the late Archaic temple at the grave robbers the night before. nightly rounds of the armed park guards, were processed and analysed by a team sanctuary of Poggio Colla (Vicchio di Strangely the clandestine excavation but they did have time to violate two of German and Italian researchers that Mugello, Firenze). -
Volume 14 Winter 2012 the Etruscans in Leiden and Amsterdam: “Eminent Women, Powerful Men” Double Exhibition on Ancient Italian Culture Perspective
Volume 14 Winter 2012 The Etruscans In Leiden and Amsterdam: “Eminent Women, Powerful Men” Double Exhibition on Ancient Italian culture perspective. The exhibition in Leiden tombs still adorn the romantic land- focuses on Etruscan women, the exhibi- scapes of Umbria and Tuscany. tion in Amsterdam on Etruscan men. Etruscan art, from magnificent gold On display will be more than 600 jewels to colorful tomb paintings, con- pieces from the museums’ own collec- tinues to fire the imagination of lovers tions and from many foreign museums. of Italy and art. “Etruscans: Eminent The ruins of imposing Etruscan Women, Powerful Men,” provides a October 14 - March 18, 2012 detailed introduction to Etruscan civi- The National Museum of lization in a visually delightful exhibi- Antiquities in Leiden and the Allard tion. Pierson Museum in Amsterdam pres- The Etruscans flourished hundreds ents the fascinating world of the of years before the Romans came to Etruscans to the public in a unique dou- power in Italy. Their civilization ble exhibition. The two museums tell reached its height between 750 and 500 the tale of Etruscan wealth, religion, BC, Etruscan society was highly devel- power and splendor, each from its own Left & Right: Brolio bronzes. Center: Replica of the Latona at Leiden. oped; women continued on page 15 Scientists declare the XXVIII Convegno di tions with Corsica and featured specific studies of Etruscan material found in the Fibula Praenestina and its engraved with the earliest archaic Latin Studi Etruschi ed Italici inscription. The matter of its authentic- Corsica and Populonia excavations at Aleria. Rich in minerals inscription to be genuine ity has been a question for a long time. -
Testo Ambientale Che Si Voglia a Dimensio- Ne Umana
I Sistema museale del lago di Bolsena (Provincia di Viterbo) Comuni di: Acquapendente, Bagnoregio, Bolsena, Cellere, Farnese, Gradoli, Grotte di Castro, Ischia di Castro, Latera, Lubriano, Montefiascone, Valentano www.simulabo.it www.culturalazio.it/sistermusei/sist_bolsena/index.php Comune capofila: Bolsena L.go San Giovanni Battista de la Salle, 3 01023 Bolsena (VT) Tel. 0761 795317 - Fax 0761 795555 e-mail: [email protected] Quaderno realizzato dal Museo Civico “F. Rittatore Vonwiller” di Farnese 01010 -I- Farnese (VT) ISBN: 978-88-95066-29-5 IMMAGINE DI COPERTINA B. Croce, Carta del Patrimonio di S. Pietro in Tuscia, Viterbo, Sala Regia del Palazzo Comunale, 1592. Autori schede: C. Casi-L. Frazzoni: n. 222; G.A. Baragliu: nn. 7, 8, 10, 13-20, 25-30, 33, 34, 36, 37, 39, C. Casi-G. Vatta: nn. 148, 149, 173; 42, 46, 50, 51, 54, 57-60, 66, 68, 69, 73, 76, 78, 79, 81, 83, O. Cerasuolo-L. Frazzoni – L. Pulcinelli: nn. 75b, 146; 86, 92, 93, 96, 97, 99-104, 107, 109, 111, 114-118, 120, 121, O. Cerasuolo-L. Pulcinelli: nn. 4, 61, 63, 67, 70, 74, 77, 95, 122, 124, 126, 127, 130 133, 134, 137, 143, 144, 145, 151- 123, 135, 138, 139, 140, 142, 160, 162, 180, 213, 214, 216, 154, 156, 158, 161, 167, 168, 169, 171, 175, 176, 177, 183, 217, 228, 232, 248, 260, 261; 186, 189, 192, 194, 195, 196, 200, 202-206, 208, 212, 215, L. Frazzoni: nn. 2, 12, 75a, 94, 98, 147, 157, 172, 174, 193, 218, 223, 225, 226, 231, 234, 236, 237, 239-244, 246, 247, 197, 207, 211, 219, 258; 250-253, 255, 256, 257, 259, 262; L. -
Archaeological Work at Poggio Colla (Vicchio Di Mugello) P
Etruscan Studies Journal of the Etruscan Foundation Volume 9 Article 10 2002 Sanctuary and Settlement: Archaeological Work at Poggio Colla (Vicchio di Mugello) P. Gregory Warden Michael Thomas Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/etruscan_studies Recommended Citation Warden, P. Gregory and Thomas, Michael (2002) "Sanctuary and Settlement: Archaeological Work at Poggio Colla (Vicchio di Mugello)," Etruscan Studies: Vol. 9 , Article 10. Available at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/etruscan_studies/vol9/iss1/10 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Etruscan Studies by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact [email protected]. SaNctuary aNd SettLeMeNt: ArchaeoLogicaL WorK at Poggio CoLLa (Vicchio di MugeLLo) by P. Gregory Warden and Michael Thomas he EtruscaN settleMeNt of Poggio Colla, about thirty-five kiloMeters Northeast of FloreNce, has beeN excavated siNce 1995 by the Mugello Valley Archaeological TProject (MVAP), a joiNt veNture of SoutherN Methodist UNiversity aNd the UNiversity of PeNNsylvaNia MuseuM of Archaeology. 1 The site, a rectaNgular acropolis at a height of 390 Meters surrouNded by fortificatioN walls aNd a series of terraces, was iNhabited froM at least the 7th ceNtury uNtil the first quarter of the 2Nd ceNtury BC. The acropolis of Poggio Colla doMiNates the juNcture of the Mugello basiN aNd the Sieve River valley, a key route that coNNects the ArNo river valley to NortheasterN passes of the ApeNNiNes that lead up to the Adriatic coast aNd to the plaiN of the BologNese. This is a liMiNal regioN at the NortheasterN edge of Etruria that has beeN relatively igNored archaeologically. -
STUDI ETRUSCHI ED ITALICI FIRENZE L STUDI ETRUSCHI
Estratto ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI STUDI ETRUSCHI ED ITALICI FIRENZE l STUDI ETRUSCHI VOL. LXXVIII - MMXV - (SERIE III) GB GIORGIO BRE TSCHNEIDE R EDITORE OSTRAKAISCRITTIDALLETRURIA (Con le tavv. XXII-XXIII f.t.) Nel pur rilevantissimo dossier delle iscrizioni restituite dall'Etruria non sono stati finora segnalati, per quanto mi è noto, casi di testi incisi o dipinti su frammenti ceramici appositamente utilizzati come superfici scrittorie. Esiste bensì il caso di un'iscrizione di carattere commerciale su un 'coccio' da Adria; ma si tratta di un caso isolato e per di più il 1 testo è in greco • D'altronde, anche in Grecia, dove le testimonianze sono numerose, l'uso di incidere un antroponimo su un frammento di ceramica è praticamente limitato all'isti 2 tuzione politica che conserva il nome della tecnica, ossia l'ostracismo • Come sapevano gli autori antichi, questo strumento di lotta politica, tipico di forme di governo democratico, 3 non era però esdusivo di Atene • In questo senso è stato del resto interpretato anche 4 il caso, raro, del frammento iscritto da Thurii • Diverso, e molto più interessante per il luogo dove sono state rinvenuti e per l'uso che ne è stato fatto, è il caso degli ostraka iscritti dal santuario occidentale di Olbia Pontica, dedicato forse a Hermes e Aphrodite e più tardi alla triade eleusinia: si tratta di una serie di fondi di kylikes attiche a vernice nera, di tardo V e prima metà del IV secolo a.C., che recano tutti lunghe iscrizioni in circolo su una faccia e alcune, sull'altra, teste umane graffite. -
The Etruscan Castellum: Fortified Settlements and Regional
Etruscan Studies Journal of the Etruscan Foundation Volume 9 Article 9 2002 The trE uscan Castellum: Fortified ettleS ments and Regional Autonomy in Etruria Hilary W. Becker Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/etruscan_studies Recommended Citation Becker, Hilary W. (2002) "The trE uscan Castellum: Fortified Settlements and Regional Autonomy in Etruria," Etruscan Studies: Vol. 9 , Article 9. Available at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/etruscan_studies/vol9/iss1/9 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Etruscan Studies by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The EtruscaN CastelluM : Fortified SettLeMeNts aNd RegioNaL AutoNoMy iN Etruria by Hilary W. Becker INde iN FaLiscuM agruM copiis reductis, cuM iMpediMeNta FaLeriis cuM Modico praesidio reLiquisset, expedito agMiNe ad popuLaNdos hostiuM fiNes iNcedit. OMNia ferro igNique vastaN - tur; praedae uNdique actae. Nec soLuM Modo vastuM hosti reLictuM sed casteLLis etiaM vicisque iNLatus igNis: urbibus oppugNaNdis teMperatuM, iN quas tiMor Etruscos coMpuLerat (Livy 10.12.7-8). he accouNts of RoMaN historiaNs describe Etruria as a laNdscape that was pep - pered with differeNt types of settleMeNts raNgiNg froM cities to villages. ExteNsive Tsurveys aNd excavatioNs such as those iN the area of Veii, Falerii, Volterra aNd Fiesole have coNfirMed this variety aNd iNdeed have doNe Much to eNrich our uNder - staNdiNg of Not oNly EtruscaN cities but also of sMaller settleMeNts. 1 It is withiN this lat - ter category that a New group of settleMeNts seeMs to be discerNible oN the basis of archaeological iNvestigatioNs coNducted iN the last 50 years aNd corroborated by the aNcieNt authors theMselves. -
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Etruschi nel Lamone - progetto di scavo e valorizzazione La fortezza di Rofalco vita quotidiana degli ultimi etruschi - guida breve - Guida breve alla mostra «La fortezza di Rofalco. Vita quotidiana degli ultimi etruschi» organiz- zata dal Gruppo Archeologico Romano. A cura di Orlando Cerasuolo e Luca Pulcinelli Ideazione e realizzazione Rofalco - Etruschi nel Lamone. Progetto di scavo e valorizzazione Testi Cecilia Attanasio Ghezzi (CAG), Orlando Cerasuolo (OC), Ludovica Di Gregorio (LDG), Luca Pulcinelli (LP), Martina Sabbatini (MS), Lorenzo Somma (LS) e Marta Valerio (MV) Fotografie e disegni Orlando Cerasuolo e Luca Pulcinelli Elaborazioni fotografiche Ludovica Di Gregorio Restauro dei reperti Monica Albini, Ludovica Di Gregorio, Maurizio Stasi, il settore restauro del GAR diretto da Paola Castagneris (Vincenzo Arnese, Mauro Bacchilega, Lori Barbieri, Giovanni Meschino, Pietro Virili, Sabrina Zollo) Si ringraziano: Soprintendenza per l’Etruria Meridionale, dott. A. M. Moretti, P. Petitti e G. Gazzetti, Museo Civico «Ferrante Rittatore Vonwiller» di Farnese, Sistema museale del Lago di Bolsena, Riserva naturale «Selva del Lamone», Comune di Farnese, Fondazione Carivit, Gruppo Archeologico Romano, Gruppo Archeologico Subalpino e tutti i volontari italiani e stranieri che nel tempo hanno lavorato a Rofalco Dedichiamo questa mostra alla memoria di Mauro Incitti, iniziale promotore delle ricerche a Rofalco Finito di stampare nel mese di agosto 2010 Questo volume è stato rea- dalla Tipolitografia Ambrosini Gianfranco lizzato con il contributo di 01020 - Acquapendente (VT) ISBN 978-88-904622-4-5 Etruschi nel Lamone - progetto di scavo e valorizzazione La fortezza di Rofalco vita quotidiana degli ultimi etruschi - guida breve - Gruppo Archeologico Comune di Farnese Museo Civico Romano onlus «F. -
Ucl Institute of Archaeology Arcl0070 the Archaeology
UCL INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY 1 ARCL0070 THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ETRUSCAN ITALY 2018-2019 Year 2/3 Module, 15 credits Turnitin Class ID: 3884530 Turnitin Password: IoA1819 Deadlines for coursework for this module: Monday 26 November 2018; Friday 11th January 2019 Target dates for return of marked coursework to students: 13th December 2018; 11th February 2019 Coordinator: Dr. Corinna Riva Room: 406; Telephone: 07679 7536 Email: [email protected] Please see the last page of this document for important information about submission and marking procedures, or links to the relevant webpages. 1 Roselle (Grosseto) 1 | Page 1. OVERVIEW Module contents: Etruria is no longer known exclusively through its cemeteries, nor can it be studied in isolation from its neighbours, Rome and other Italic regions. Through archaeological and landscape surveys and new excavations, we have today a detailed picture within which to place the enormous wealth of archaeological material. Attention is now devoted to a whole range of study areas, from urban settlements, to aristocratic residences and small farms, and sanctuaries. More importantly, we are now in a position to situate Etruria and Central Italy at the centre of an increasingly vibrant context of cultural interaction within the Mediterranean. The module is organized through thematic lectures (death, social and economic landscapes, production and trade, urbanism and social complexity, religion and symbolism), but is also chronologically progressive from the beginning of the Iron Age or Villanovan period (c. 1000 BC) to the Roman period (c. 2nd century BC) with particular emphasis on the Iron Age and Archaic period. The material culture will be explored from multiple points of view (socio-cultural, economic, political, ritual and symbolic) in order to provide the students with analytical tools as well as knowledge of the material. -
More on Dioscorides' Etruscan Herbs the Capitoline Museum and The
VOLUME: 6SUMMER, 2006 Moreon The Capitoline Museumand Dioscorides’ the Castellani Collection Etruscan by AntonellaMagagnini CuratoreArcheologo,Musei Capitolini Herbs OnDecember 23, 2005, theCapitoline Museums,after along effort coordinated by by JohnScarborough AnnaMuraSommella, Director of theMusei University of Wisconsin Capitolini,andagreat financialcommitment, wereenriched by anew wing,focused on a Inhis “AnEtruscanHerbal?” ( Etruscan largelight-filled, glassed-in hall in the spaces News,5[Winter, 2006]),KyleP. Johnson previously occupied by theRomanGardenof makes someinteresting points regarding the thePalazzodeiConservatori. Theoriginal manuscript traditions that include alternative bronzeequestrian statueof Marcus Aurelius names for theplants andherbs in Dioscorides’ has finally foundits worthy homein this piaz- Materiamedica. 1 It was beyond the scopeof za-like space, along with thelargebronzes Johnson’s briefintroductory note, however, donated by Sixtus IVto theRomanpeoplein andhence it is thegoalof this article, to sug- Pimpernel,from the ViennaDioscurides 1472. From this hall onecanmarvelat the gest how and why these synonyms,not (WikimediaCommons) enormous,imposing remains of thefounda- included by Dioscorides in his original work, 2 5 tions of theTempleof Jupiter Capitoline enter themanuscript history,andmoreimpor- inal work. revealed by recent archaeologicalexcava- tantly, why thesenames might indicateapar- Inestablishing his Greek text of the tions. ticularly Etruscanherbalism. Materiamedica,Max Wellmann pulled most In thegalleries -
The Archaeology of Sanctuaries and Ritual in Etruria Gretchen Meyers Franklin and Marshall College, [email protected]
Rasenna: Journal of the Center for Etruscan Studies Volume 3 | Issue 1 Article 4 2011 Review of Nancy T. de Grummond and Ingrid Edlund-Berry (eds.), The Archaeology of Sanctuaries and Ritual in Etruria Gretchen Meyers Franklin and Marshall College, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/rasenna Recommended Citation Meyers, Gretchen (2012) "Review of Nancy T. de Grummond and Ingrid Edlund-Berry (eds.), The Archaeology of Sanctuaries and Ritual in Etruria," Rasenna: Journal of the Center for Etruscan Studies: Vol. 3: Iss. 1, Article 4. Available at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/rasenna/vol3/iss1/4 This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the CES Electronic Resources at ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Rasenna: Journal of the Center for Etruscan Studies by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Archaeology of Sanctuaries and Ritual in Etruria. Edited by NANCY T. DE GRUMMOND and INGRID EDLUND-BERRY. (Journal of Roman ArChaeology Supplementary Series Number 81.) Portsmouth, RI: Journal of Roman ArCheology, 2011. Pp. 167. ISBN: 978-1-8878289-81-6. Reviewed by GRETCHEN MEYERS, Franklin & Marshall College This book is a welCome addition to the ample scholarship on Etruscan religion.1 Its particular contribution is its focus on the spaCes in whiCh both Communal and individual religious actions took place. The interpretation of Etruscan ritual in its spatial environment has often been taken to refer to arChiteCtural elements such as temples and altars.