29647 - Etruscology and Italic Archaeology (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

The aim of this course is to offer a thorough knowledge on some aspects and contexts of the Etruscan civilization. It will provide the critical tools needed to read archaeological documents as well as outlining  methods to carry out research on this civilization.

Course contents

Etruria and the relations with the East between VIII and VI century B.C. The birth of the aristocracy and the formation of cities. The models of kingship and power and transmission in the West. The aristocratic houses: palaces ed architectonical decoration. Funerary architecture: the birth of chamber tomb and mound and the first experiences of wall painting. Cerimonies and ancestor worship in palaces and in tomb. The imports from East and the local artistic production in relation to the aristocracy. The introduction of greek myth in Etruria. Votive practice and trades. Etruria and relations with transalpine Europe. Bologna and the Po valley area as trought to italic cultures of north Italy and to Europe of celtic princes. Halstattian graves and arrival in northern of mediterranean aristocratic lifestyle.

Readings/Bibliography

 -AA.VV., Principi etruschi tra Mediterraneo ed Europa (Catalogo della Mostra, Bologna), Bologna 2000 (solo i saggi introduttivi alle diverse sezioni tematiche).

- A. Naso, I tumuli monumentali in Etruria meridionale: caratteri propri e possibili ascendenze orientali, in "Archaeologische Untersuchungen zu den Beziehungen zwischen Altitalien und der zone nordwaerts der Alpen waehrend der fruehen Eisenzeit Alteuropas" (Ergebnisse eines Kolloquiums Regensburg, 1994), Regensburg 1998, pp. 117-157.

- G. Colonna -F. v. Hase, Alle origini della statuaria etrusca: la tomba delle statue presso Ceri, in "Studi Etruschi", LII, 1984 (ed. 1986), pp. 13-59.

- G. Colonna-E. Di Paolo, Il letto vuoto, la distribuzione del corredo e la "finestra" della tomba Regolini Galassi, in "Etrusca et Italica". Scritti in ricordo di Massimo Pallottino, Pisa-Roma 1997, pp. 131-172.

- A. Naso, Nuovi dati sulla pittura funeraria di età orientalizzante in Etruria meridionale, in "Pittura etrusca. Problemi e prospettive" (Atti del Convegno, Sarteano 2001), Siena 2003, pp. 13-35.

- M. Menichetti, Il vino dei principes nel mondo etrusco-laziale. Note iconografiche, in "Ostraka", gennaio-giugno 2002, 1, pp. 75-99.

Studens who don't attend the lessons must prepare also M. Menichetti, Archeologia del potere, Milano 1994.

 

Teaching methods

 The teaching will include seminars. Students can also integrate lessons with practical activities such as workshop activities offered by the Archaeology Departments. It is also possible to join excavation activities in the Etruscan town of Marzabotto (Bologna).

Assessment methods

 Final test consists of an oral examination only

Teaching tools

 During the lessons visual aids will be widely used, especially power-point. Handouts concerning specific subjects of the course will be provided

 

Office hours

See the website of Giuseppe Sassatelli