Programme

The course will address the following main topics: the archaeological foundations of the study of the civilizations of pre-Roman Italy; the definition of an Etruscan culture and its correlations with other neighboring cultures; the cultural aspects of the Etruscan world and their articulations in space and time; Etruscan art and handicraft; the epigraphic and linguistic evidence; the political-cultural mosaic of Italy in the 1st millennium BC; the historical, social and cultural context of the political unification of the peninsula under Roman rule. The first module is devoted to some methodological issues and to the formative phases of this system, up to the emergence of formalized political-administrative and cultural structures, between the end of the 6th and the beginning of the 5th century BC.

Core Documentation

G. Bartoloni (ed.), Introduzione all’etruscologia, Hoepli, Milano, 2012 (and reprints): chapters 1, 3-6, 8-12.
M. Cristofani (ed.), Etruschi: una nuova immagine, Giunti, Firenze, 1985 (and reprints): pp. 33-72.

Type of delivery of the course

The course includes lectures and visits to museums and archaeological sites.

Attendance

Non-attending students are kindly requested to contact the teacher for any supplementary materials.

Type of evaluation

The exam will be an oral test on the topics covered in class and by reference texts.