Cetamura del Chianti
University of Texas Press (Verlag)
978-1-4773-1910-9 (ISBN)
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.
Nancy Thomson de Grummond is M. Lynette Thompson Distinguished Research Professor of Classics at Florida State University, director of excavations at Cetamura del Chianti, and coeditor of The Religion of the Etruscans and Caere.
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Preface and Acknowledgments
Album of Maps
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Early and Middle Etruscan Periods (Seventh–Fourth Centuries BCE)
Bucchero Pottery
A Ritual Crevice
Chapter 3. Late Etruscan Phase I (300–150 BCE)
Two Wells
The Artisans’ Quarter
Structure K: Making Brick and Tile
Structures B and C: Water Management and Textile Production
Structure J: A Workers’ Platform
Structure N: Iron Working
Pottery: A Typology
Artifacts in the Artisans’ Quarter
Fauna and Flora
Conclusion
Chapter 4. Late Etruscan Phase II (ca. 150–75/50 BCE)
Structures A, B, and D
Artifacts from Structures A and B
Building L: The Sanctuary of the Etruscan Artisans
Votive Features of Building L
Chapter 5. The Wells of Cetamura: From Etruscan to Roman
Well #2 (Structure M), on Zone II
Well #1, on Zone I
Chapter 6. Roman Cetamura (ca. 50 BCE to Late Antiquity)
The Settlement of a Roman Veteran
Baths and Production
The Early Roman Empire
The Later Roman Empire
Chapter 7. Cetamura as a Community
Chapter 8. Cetamura after Antiquity
Appendix. A Timeline of History for Cetamura del Chianti
Notes
References
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.01.2020 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cities and Communities of the Etruscans |
| Zusatzinfo | 108 b&w photos, 7 b&w maps |
| Verlagsort | Austin, TX |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 340 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4773-1910-7 / 1477319107 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4773-1910-9 / 9781477319109 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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