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Cetamura Del Chianti

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

AvNancy Thomson de Grummond

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Expanding the study of Etruscan habitation sites to include not only traditional cities but also smaller Etruscan communities, Cetamura del Chianti examines a settlement that flourished during an exceptional time period, amid wars with the Romans in the fourth to first centuries BCE.Situated in an ideal hilltop location that was easy to defend and had access to fresh water, clay, and timber, the community never grew to the size of a city, and no known references to it survive in ancient writings; its ancient name isn’t even known. Because no cities were ever built on top of the site, excavation is unusually unimpeded. Intriguing features described in Cetamura del Chianti include an artisans’ zone with an adjoining sanctuary, which fostered the cult worship of Lur and Leinth, two relatively little known Etruscan deities, and ancient wells that reveal the cultural development and natural environment, including the vineyards and oak forests of Chianti, over a period of some six hundred years. Deeply enhancing our understanding of an intriguing economic, political, and cultural environment, this is a compelling portrait of a singular society.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-01-10
Mått140 x 216 x 10 mm
Vikt340 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCities and Communities of the Etruscans
Antal sidor176
FörlagUniversity of Texas Press
ISBN9781477319109

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List of IllustrationsForewordPreface and AcknowledgmentsAlbum of MapsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Early and Middle Etruscan Periods (Seventh–Fourth Centuries BCE) Bucchero PotteryA Ritual CreviceChapter 3. Late Etruscan Phase I (300–150 BCE) Two WellsThe Artisans’ QuarterStructure K: Making Brick and TileStructures B and C: Water Management and Textile ProductionStructure J: A Workers’ PlatformStructure N: Iron WorkingPottery: A TypologyArtifacts in the Artisans’ QuarterFauna and FloraConclusionChapter 4. Late Etruscan Phase II (ca. 150–75/50 BCE) Structures A, B, and DArtifacts from Structures A and BBuilding L: The Sanctuary of the Etruscan ArtisansVotive Features of Building LChapter 5. The Wells of Cetamura: From Etruscan to Roman Well #2 (Structure M), on Zone IIWell #1, on Zone IChapter 6. Roman Cetamura (ca. 50 BCE to Late Antiquity) The Settlement of a Roman VeteranBaths and ProductionThe Early Roman EmpireThe Later Roman EmpireChapter 7. Cetamura as a CommunityChapter 8. Cetamura after AntiquityAppendix. A Timeline of History for Cetamura del ChiantiNotesReferencesIndex

[Cetamura del Chianti is] a model introduction to a small site and to the scholarly task of drawing connections between the micro and the macro...Cetamura is a case study of an artisan community and its infrastructure that could usefully inform more exploration of this phenomenon in Etruria...this is a book and a site with much to offer. (Ancient History Bulletin) [A] well-written study on the small hilltop settlement of Cetamura del Chianti in central Tuscany...[Cetamura del Chianti] provides an excellent example of how the evolution of a small Etruscan community can be described and understood effectively based on several decades of systematic research and archaeological excavation...This book, worthy in a multitude of ways, offers new insights into large and complex issues, seen from the unusual but fascinating and precisely described perspective of a small community, strengthening a type of archaeological and cultural analysis which will surely benefit from further development in the coming years. (Antiquity) This volume presents evidence from Cetamura in an accessible manner. It is best suited for students new to Etruscan archaeology and helps to broaden the discipline’s scope by focusing on a non-elite, rural community. Moreover, this volume underscores the value of rigorous palaeobotanical research. (The Classical Review) [Cetamura del Chianti has] much to offer scholars, students, and the general public interested in the intersections of archaeology, history, material culture, and science as it pertains to a unique settlement that flourished between 300 BCE and 300 CE in the Chianti countryside. (American Journal of Archaeology)