Caere

Caere
Author: Nancy Thompson de Grummond
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2016-08-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1477308431

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.

The Early Roman Expansion into Italy

The Early Roman Expansion into Italy
Author: Nicola Terrenato
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2019-05-02
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1108422675

Argues that Roman expansion in Italy was accomplished more by means of negotiation among local elites than through military conquest.

Mapping the Future of the Past

Mapping the Future of the Past
Author: Leonardo García Sanjuán
Publisher: Universidad de Sevilla
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2002
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9788447207312

Actas del Encuentro sobre Patrimonio y Arqueología Territorial, organizado por los miembros del Grupo de Investigación ATLAS. Se trató la relación con la problemática general de la gestión de inventarios de yacimientos y entidades arqueológicas. Los técnicos y responsables de organizaciones vinculadas a la gestión patrimonial de toda Europa, estudiaron aspectos legales, teóricos, técnicos y metodológicos relativos a esta materia.

The Man Behind the Microchip

The Man Behind the Microchip
Author: Leslie Berlin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2006-11-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 019531199X

This is the life of a giant of the high-tech industry - co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel - and inventor of the integrated circuit, which is used in every modern computer, microwave, telephone and car.

Etruscan Italy

Etruscan Italy
Author: John Franklin Hall
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 458
Release: 1996
Genre: Art, Etruscan
ISBN: 9780842523349

Livy describes the Etruscans as filling the whole of ancient Italy with their power and influence. While Etruscan rule throughout large parts of the Italian peninsula endured for but a few centuries, Etruscan influence was so extensive that in some respects it continues into the present. Outside the Etruscan heartland, Rome itself was perhaps the best preserver of things Etruscan. The fourteen essays comprising this volume explore Etruscan Italy and examine the influence exerted by Etruscan civilization upon the cultures of Italy in Roman and post-Roman times. Represented are contributions from various disciplines which converge to employ multiple methodologies in a comprehensive approach to delineating the enduring themes of Etruscan Italy.