Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

by University of Pennsylvania

• ISBN13: 9781931707374
• ISBN10: 1931707375
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr

Summary

The University Museum's classical collections are among the largest, most diverse, and most systematically collected of those of any museum in the United States. Of particular importance is the Etruscan material, spanning the entire history of the Etruscan peoples, from the ninth to the second centuries B.C. The strengths of the Roman collection are its glass, coins, sculpture, and the excavated objects from the Italian sites of Colonia Minturnae and the Sanctuary of Diana at Nemi. TheGuidecovers religion, daily life, language, commerce and trade, and death and burial among the Etruscans and Romans, and the legacy of the classical world in Western culture. It celebrates the completion of a suite of galleries at the University Museum--Worlds Intertwined: Etruscans, Greeks, and Romans--and is a companion guide to The Ancient Greek World (1995).

Author Biography

Ann Brownlee is Senior Research Scientist, Irene Bald Romano is Research Associate, and Donald White is Curator of the Mediterranean Section of the University Museum.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	viii
Preface and Acknowledgments	xi
The Etruscan and Roman Collections of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology	1	(8)
The Etruscan Collections	1	(2)
The Roman Collections	3	(6)
The Etruscan World	9	(32)
The Earliest Etruscans	10	(2)
The Villanovan Period	12	(1)
The Orientalizing Period	12	(1)
Faliscan Warriors and Weavers	13	(4)
Daily Life in Etruria	17	(6)
The Etruscan Language	23	(1)
Technology and Commerce	24	(6)
Religion	30	(3)
Sacred Architecture	33	(4)
Final Days	37	(4)
The Roman World	41	(48)
The Roman Emperors	42	(3)
The Puteoli Marble Block	45	(4)
Roman Religion	49	(8)
Colonia Minturnae	57	(2)
Trade and Industry under the Empire	59	(9)
Domestic Life	68	(14)
Death and Burial	82	(7)
The Legacy of Ancient Classical Civilizations	89	(1)
Suggested Reading	90	(2)
About the Authors	92	(2)
Concordance of Object Numbers and Illustrations	94	(1)
Index	95