Author

Publication

2021 - University of Texas Press

Language

English

Word Count

44,500 words, Guess

Page Count

178 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCDG70.P64T835 2021

Description

"Poggio Civitate (often called Murlo for the municipality it's in) is one of the best preserved Etruscan communities of the 8th through 6th centuries BCE. This time period was one of significant change in the region, as communities innovated, evolved, and competed with one another through a process of dynamic urbanization. Poggio Civitate's major phases of social development are reflected in the site's aristocratic domestic architecture, the latest phase of which preserves some of the most evocative and enigmatic architectural sculpture in the region. This work also explores industrial production and the site's final destruction and abandonment"--

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Other Editions

  • Poggio Civitate (Murlo)University of Texas Press2021

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