Caere / / ed. by Lisa Pieraccini, Nancy Thompson de Grummond.

• MitwirkendeR: Ambrosini, Laura,; Bellelli, Vincenzo,; Bonfante, Larissa,; Camporeale, Giovannangelo,; Causey, Faya,; Cerasuolo, Orlando,; De Puma, Richard Daniel,; Edlund-Berry, Ingrid,; Grummond, Nancy Thomson de,; Harari, Maurizio,; Lulof, Patricia S.,; Michetti, Laura M.,; Nagy, Helen,; Naso, Alessandro,; Pieraccini, Lisa C.,; Rasmussen, Tom,; Roncalli, Francesco,; Steingräber, Stephan,; Torelli, Mario,; Turfa, Jean Macintosh,; Wallace, Rex,; Winter, Nancy A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Pieraccini, Lisa,; de Grummond, Nancy Thompson,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

The Etruscan city of Caere and eleven other Etruscan city-states were among the first urban centers in ancient Italy. Roman descriptions of Etruscan cities highlight their wealth, beauty, and formidable defenses. Although Caere left little written historical record outside of funerary inscriptions, its complex story can be deciphered by analyzing surviving material culture, including architecture, tomb paintings, temples, sanctuaries, and materials such as terracotta, bronze, gold, and amber found in Etruscan crafts. Studying Caere provides valuable insight not only into Etruscan history and culture but more broadly into urbanism and the development of urban centers across ancient Italy. Comprehensive in scope, Caere is the first English-language book dedicated to the study of its eponymous city. Collecting the work of an international team of scholars, it features chapters on a wide range of topics, such as Caere’s formation and history, economy, foreign relations, trade networks, art, funerary traditions, built environment, religion, daily life, and rediscovery. Extensively illustrated throughout, Caere presents new perspectives on and analysis of not just Etruscan civilization but also the city’s role in the wider pan-Mediterranean basin.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to the Volume -- Abbreviations -- A Note on Terminology -- ALBUM OF MAPS -- Caere An Overview -- Part I HISTORICAL IDENTITY AND PHYSICAL SETTING -- Chapter 1 The History -- Chapter 2 Topography and Natural Resources, Agriculture and Economy -- Chapter 3 The Orientalizing Period Material and Cultural Connection -- Chapter 4 Literacy and Epigraphy of an Etruscan Town -- Chapter 5 The Urban Area -- Part II CONNECTIONS AND INTERACTIONS AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN -- Chapter 6 Innovations Myth, Inscriptions, and Meaning -- Chapter 7 Ports Trade, Cultural Connections, Sanctuaries, and Emporia -- Chapter 8 Prisoners and Plagues The Battle over Alalia -- Part III CITIES OF THE DEAD -- Chapter 9 Architecture of the Tombs -- Chapter 10 Early Painted Tombs in Context -- Part IV RELIGION AND CIVIC IDENTITY -- Chapter 11 Temple Decor and Civic Pride Caere’s Place in the Evolution of Etruscan Architectural Terracotta Decoration, 550–510 BCE -- New Perspectives on the Acroteria of Caeretan Temples -- Chapter 12 Funerals and Feasting Life at the Tomb -- Chapter 13 Ritual and Religion Life at the Sanctuaries -- Part V ART AND ARTISANS -- Chapter 14 Workshops, Artistic Exchange, and the Economy -- Chapter 15 Bucchero -- Chapter 16 Terracotta “Sarcophagi” and Ash Urns -- Chapter 17 Stamped Braziers and Pithoi -- Chapter 18 Gold and Ivory -- Chapter 19 Amber -- Chapter 20 The Terracotta Votives Aspects of Cult, Artistic Exchange, and Workshop Practices -- Chapter 21 Painted Plaques -- Chapter 22 Archaic Painted Pottery (700 –500 BCE) -- Chapter 23 Classical and Hellenistic Painted Pottery -- Part VI LATER YEARS -- Chapter 24 The Roman Period -- Chapter 25 Rediscovery and Recognition -- Appendix A A Chronology of Caere -- Appendix B Complete List of Publications and Excavations by Professor Mario A. Del Chiaro -- Index