Veii / / ed. by Jacopo Tabolli, Orlando Cerasuolo.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• MitwirkendeR: Acconcia, Valeria,; Bartoloni, Gilda,; Biagi, Folco,; Boitani, Francesca,; Campana, Stefano,; Carlucci, Claudia,; Cascino, Roberta,; Cerasuolo, Orlando,; Colonna, Giovanni,; De Santis, Anna,; Di Sarcina, Maria Teresa,; Drago, Luciana,; Edlund-Berry, Ingrid,; Gennaro, Francesco di,; Kampen, Iefke van,; Kortenaar, Silvia ten,; Maras, Daniele Federico,; Marchesini, Barbara Belelli,; Michetti, Laura M.,; Milletti, Matteo,; Neri, Sara,; Piergrossi, Alessandra,; Pitzalis, Federica,; Pulcinelli, Luca,; Rathje, Annette,; Smith, Christopher,; Tabolli, Jacopo,; Winter, Nancy A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Cerasuolo, Orlando,; Tabolli, Jacopo,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Cities and Communities of the Etruscans
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (238 p.)

Reputed to be the richest city of Etruria, Veii was one of the most important cities in the ancient Mediterranean world. It was located ten miles northwest of Rome, and the two cities were alternately allied and at war for over three hundred years until Veii fell to Rome in 396 BCE, although the city continued to be inhabited until the Middle Ages. Rediscovered in the seventeenth century, Veii has undergone the longest continuous excavation of any of the Etruscan cities. The most complete volume on the city in English, Veii presents the research and interpretations of multiple generations of Etruscan scholars who are at the forefront of the discipline. Their essays are grouped into four parts. The first provides a general overview of archaeological excavation at Veii and discusses the different types of methodologies employed over the years. The second part narrates the history of Etruscan occupation of the city and its role in the greater Mediterranean world. The third section examines the surviving material culture of Veii, including pottery, painting, sculpture, metalworking, and architectural terracottas. Finally, the legacy of Veii is discussed, and a chronology of the site is presented. This pioneering research offers all students of the ancient Mediterranean a new understanding of the development of Veii and its territory from the late Bronze Age to the Roman conquest, as well as of the interactions of Veii with nearby sites and territories in central Tyrrhenian Italy.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustration -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Album of Maps -- Introduction: Exploring Veii -- PART I . ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE CITY -- Chapter 1. Veii, the Stratigraphy of an Ancient Town -- Chapter 2. City and Landscape -- Chapter 3. The Emptyscapes Project -- PART II. HISTORY OF THE CITY -- Chapter 4. Toward Veii -- Chapter 5. Veii and Its Territory from the Final Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age -- Chapter 6. Veii in the Eighth Century BCE -- Chapter 7. Veii and the Others -- Chapter 8. The Orientalizing Period -- Chapter 9. Veii during the Seventh and Sixth Centuries BCE -- Chapter 10. Veii and the Greeks -- Chapter 11. Veii and the Near East -- Chapter 12. Veii during the Archaic Period (Sixth and Fifth Centuries BCE) -- Chapter 13. The Sanctuary of Portonaccio -- Chapter 14. Cult Evidence from the Urban Sanctuaries at Veii -- Chapter 15. The Epigraphical Evidence -- Chapter 16. The Defensive System -- PART III. MATERIAL CULTURE OF THE CITY -- Chapter 17. Early Iron Age Pottery -- Chapter 18. Orientalizing Pottery -- Chapter 19. Archaic, Late Archaic, and Classical Pottery -- Chapter 20. Metal Production -- Chapter 21. Wall Painting -- Chapter 22. Stone Sculpture -- Chapter 23. Kilns and Evidence of Ceramic Production -- Chapter 24. Architectural Terracottas -- PART IV. LEGACY OF THE CITY -- Chapter 25. Furius Camillus and Veii -- Conclusions -- Appendix. A Chronology of Veii -- Index of Names