Etruscans Archive
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Weaving, Writing, and Women: A Case Study of Etruscan Sigla on Loom Weights
Posted on March 17, 2013 | No CommentsThis thesis examines sigla found on a particular artifact, loom weights, from four sites in Etruria in an effort to interpret these marks -
Social significance of communal dining in Etruscan Italy from the seventh to the fourth century BC: an iconographical approach
Posted on February 24, 2013 | No CommentsImagery relating to communal dining or banqueting in ancient Etruria is relatively abundant and provides a useful source of potential information about the workings of Etruscan society, not least because of the semantic value of banquet scenes. -
Shape of the Beast: The Theriomorphic and Therianthropic Deities and Demons of Ancient Italy
Posted on January 7, 2013 | No CommentsUntil recent times, the idea of a human-animal hybrid belonged only in tales of folklore and fantasy and the realm of science fiction. -
Roman Mater: The Etruscan influence on the role of Roman women
Posted on December 23, 2012 | No CommentsThe Etruscan culture, as can be understood by the material remains, gave a higher status to women and their role in the family than did their Athenian contemporaries. The Romans eventually subsumed the Etruscan culture into their own and took on many Etruscan practices. -
Violence in Sports: A Comparison of Gladiatorial Games in Ancient Rome to the Sports of America
Posted on September 24, 2012 | No CommentsAristocrats' funerals celebrated their victories and enhanced their reputations. Emperors presented the games to show the public how much power they had. Among the gladiators were thousands of prisoners of war. -
The mystery of Etruscan origins: novel clues from Bos taurus mitochondrial DNA
Posted on September 2, 2012 | No CommentsThe history of the Etruscans is at the roots of Mediterranean culture and civilization, but their origin is still debated: local or Eastern provenance? -
Metallurgy and the Development of Etruscan Civilisation
Posted on February 19, 2012 | No CommentsThis dissertation examines the role that technology and particularly the transfer of technology played in the growth of metal production in Etruria between the 8th and the 1st centuries BC. It describes the period of change, from bronze to iron, together with the establishment of a basic iron technology. -
The Etruscans: A Population-Genetic Study
Posted on February 1, 2012 | No CommentsThe origins of the Etruscans, a non-Indo-European population of preclassical Italy, are unclear. There is broad agreement that their culture developed locally, but the Etruscans -
Gods and Places in Etruscan Religion
Posted on November 27, 2011 | No CommentsMuch of what we know about Etruscan religion is colored by Roman beliefs. One suspects a mixture of envy and admiration in the Roman statements that the Etruscans had a special way of communicating with the gods. What means do we have to get the Etruscans to speak to us directly without Roman prejudice? -
Ancient depiction of childbirth found at Etruscan site in Tuscany
Posted on October 28, 2011 | No CommentsAn archaeological excavation at Poggio Colla, the site of a 2,700-year-old Etruscan settlement in Italy
