Etruscan Civilization A Cultural History

Name: Etruscan Civilization A Cultural History
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ISBN: 9780892366002

ISBN-10: 0892366001

ISBN-13: 9780892366002

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Authors: Sybille Haynes

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This comprehensive survey of Etruscan civilization, from its origin in the Villanovan Iron Age in the ninth century B.C. to its absorption by Rome in the first century B.C., combines well-known aspects of the Etruscan world with new discoveries and fresh insights into the role of women in Etruscan society. In addition, the Etruscans are contrasted to the Greeks, whom they often emulated, and to the Romans, who at once admired and disdained them. The result is a compelling and complete picture of a people and a culture. This in-depth examination of Etruria examines how differing access to mineral wealth, trade routes, and agricultural land led to distinct regional variations. Heavily…

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List price: $50.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 452
Size: 7.52" wide x 10.16" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 3.542
Language: English



Foreword




The Villanovan civilization, CA. 900-720 B.C.



The orientalizing period and the emergence of the Etruscan cities, 720-575 B.C.



The archaic period, about 575-480 B.C.



Crisis and renewal : the fifth and fourth centuries



The Hellenistic period : third to first century