Cetamura del Chianti
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 writing…
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- Full title :Cetamura del Chianti / Nancy Thomson de Grummond.
Summary
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. --Publisher description.
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- Publication Date:©2020
- Edition:First edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Texas Press
- Place of Publication:Austin
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2020
The Physical Object
- Description:xvii, 149 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 23 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781477319109, 1477319107, 9781477319932, 147731993X
- oclc:on1090280548
- LC Classification:DG70.C398
- Dewey Decimal:937/.568
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Early and middle Etruscan periods (seventh-fourth centuries BCE) -- Late Etruscan phase I (ca. 300-150 BCE) -- Late Etruscan phase II (ca. 150-75/50 BCE) -- The wells of Cetamura : from Etruscan to Roman -- Roman Cetamura (ca. 50 BCE to late antiquity) -- Cetamura as a community -- Cetamura after antiquity -- Appendix. A timeline of history for Cetamura del Chianti.
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