Tarquinia

An Etruscan City

By: Robert Leighton

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Paperback | 22 January 2004 | Edition Number 1

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Tarquinia was one of the principal cities of ancient Etruria, the most powerful nation in pre-Roman Italy, and has been at the forefront of Etruscan studies since the early days of antiquarian scholarship. The lack of Etruscan literature and problems with the interpretation of ancient sources have given archaeology a very significant role to play in understanding this elusive civilisation. Robert Leighton charts the history of the site and its interpretation, from its use in early propaganda under the Medici and other Tuscan rulers, to nineteenth-century interest in the discovery of the painted tombs, for which the site is famous, and twentieth-century concentration on the extensive prehistoric burial grounds which provide evidence for the 'proto-Etruscan' Villanovan culture. He considers the significance of Etruscan art in the Archaic period, a topic of hot debate, setting it in the context of economic organisation, long-distance trade and the important role of Tarquinia's port of Gravisca. Recent explorations of the city walls and public and religious buildings of Hellenistic and later date are also discussed.

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University of Edinburgh Archaeology Lecturer Robert Leighton presents Tarquinia: An Etruscan City, a historical account of one of the great cities of ancient Etruria, one of the most powerful and creative civilizations of pre-Roman Italy. Charting Tarquinia's growth from prehistory to late antiquity, Tarquinia: An Etruscan City covers everything from what modern archaeology can tell us about the society to literary impressions of Tarquinia by great writers and poets such as Stendhal and D.H. Lawrence. An extensively researched and scholarly historical account, illustrated throughout with black-and-white diagrams and photographs, ideal for college library collections and historical reference shelves.

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Preface	p. ix
List of Illustrations	p. x
Discovery and Loss	p. 1
Sepulchral treasures	p. 2
The lucrative adventure	p. 10
Literary encounters	p. 19
New aims and methods	p. 24
Origins and Growth	p. 32
Site and setting	p. 32
Prehistory	p. 38
A Villanovan township	p. 39
Regional links and trade	p. 45
Cemeteries and symbols	p. 48
Illustrious corpses	p. 54
The Rise of the City State	p. 59
Social dynamics	p. 59
East meets West: arts and crafts	p. 68
Settlement and territory	p. 70
Legend, literature and literacy	p. 75
Urban transformations	p. 81
Urbs Florentissima	p. 86
City of the dead	p. 86
Tomb painting	p. 100
City of the living	p. 121
Gravisca	p. 128
Text, epigraphy and society	p. 131
Tarquinia and Rome	p. 137
History according to Livy	p. 137
Monterozzi and Scataglini	p. 143
Names and faces: sarcophagi and inscriptions	p. 156
Painted tombs	p. 163
Urban topography	p. 169
Municipium and oblivion	p. 175
Notes	p. 183
Chronological Table	p. 196
Bibliography	p. 197
Index	p. 210
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