P. 8. Post-Antique Reception Of Etruscan Culture. Annius of Viterbo -- The reception of Etruscan culture : Dempster and Buonarotti -- Modern approaches to Etruscan culture
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Pt. 1. Environment, Background And The Study Of Etruscan Culture. Etruscan environments -- Massimo Pallottino's "Origins" in perspective -- Etruscan origins and the ancient authors -- Fleshing out the demography of Etruria
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Pt. 2. Historical Development Of Etruria. Villanovan culture : at the beginning of Etruscan history -- Orientalizing Etruria -- Urbanization in southern Etruria from the tenth to the sixth century BC : the origins and growth of major centers -- A long twilight : "Romanization" of Etruria vet -- The last Etruscans: family tombs in northern Etruria
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Pt. 3. Etruscans And Their Neighbors. The western Mediterranean before the Etruscans -- The Nuragic heritage in Etruria -- Phoenician and Punic Sardinia and the Etruscans -- Etruria and Corsica -- The Faliscans and the Etruscans -- Etruria on the Po and the Adriatic -- Etruscans in Campania -- Etruria Marittima, Carthage and Iberia, Massalia, Gaul
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Pt. 4. Etruscan Society And Economy. Political systems and law -- Economy and commerce through material evidence : Etruscan goods in the Mediterranean world and beyond -- Mothers and children -- Slavery and manumission -- Etruscan language -- Numbers and reckoning : A whole civilization founded upon divisions
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Pt. 5. Religion In Etruria. Greek myth in Etruscan culture -- Gods and demons in the Etruscan pantheon -- Haruspicy and Augury : Sources and procedures -- Religion : the gods and the places -- Archaeological evidence for Etruscan religious rituals -- Tarquinia, sacred areas and sanctuaries on the Civita plateau and on the coast : "monumental complex" -- The sanctuary of Pyrgi -- Orvieto, Campo della Fiera -- Fanum Voltumnae -- Worshiping with the dead : new approaches to Etruscan necropoleis -- The imagery of tomb objects (foreign and imported) and its funerary relevance
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Pt. 6. Special Aspects Of Etruscan Culture. The science of the Etruscans -- The architectural heritage of Etruria -- Etruscan Town Planning and Related Structures -- Villanovan and Etruscan Mining and Metallurgy -- Technology, ideology, warfare and the Etruscans before the Roman conquest -- The art of the Etruscan armourer -- Seafaring : shipbuilding, harbors, the issue of piracy -- Princely chariots and carts -- The world of Etruscan textiles -- Food and drink in the Etruscan world -- The banquet through Etruscan history -- Etruscan spectacles : Theater and sport -- Music and musical instruments in Etruria -- Health and medicine in Etruria
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Pt. 7. Etruscan Specialties In Art. Foreign artists in Etruria -- The phenomenon of terracotta : architectural terracottas -- Jewelry -- Engraved Gems -- The Etruscan painted pottery -- The meanings of Bucchero -- Etruscan terracotta figurines -- Portraiture -- Landscape and illusionism : qualities of Etruscan wall paintings -- The bronze votive tradition in Etruria -- Mirrors in art and society -- Science as ar: Etruscan anatomical votives -- Animals in the Etruscan household and environment