The Etruscans : a very short introduction / Christopher Smith.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Very short introductions ; 389 | Very short introductions ; 389Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: First editionDescription: xvi, 148 pages illustrations (black and white), maps 18 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780199547913
- 937.501 23
- Jaao
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Includes bibliographical references.
The origins of the Etruscans -- The Etruscan language -- Towards the Etruscan city-state -- The Villanovan revolution -- The transformation of Etruria -- Etruscan tomb painting and Etruscan art -- Empire, crisis, and response, 600-300 BC -- Etruscan religion -- The Roman conquest -- Clothing and the Etruscan body -- Imperial epilogue -- Etruscology: its origins and development
"Between c. 900-400 BC the Etruscans were the innovative, powerful, wealthy, and sophisticated elite of Italy. Their archaeological record is both substantial and fascinating, including tomb paintings, sculpture, jewellery, and art."