April, 2012
Memo
To: all Legacy of Ancient Italy CCHA/NEH Summer Institute Scholars
From: Greg Warden, Carole Lester, and Marsha Anderson
This informational mailing should address many of your logistical questions. We are excited
about the Legacy of Ancient Italy Institute and we are looking forward to seeing all of you in
Orvieto, Italy! We have enclosed a very extensive travel information document, final institute
daily schedule and an attendee list so that you can see what we will be doing, and who your
fellow participants will be. Some Scheduling adjustments may have to be made, but few, we
hope.
Lodging and Meals: All hotel addresses and telephone numbers will be included at the
end of this information memo.
Orvieto, our primary lodging for the first part of the institute, rests on a cliff above the main train
line between Rome and Florence and is easily reached in an hour from Rome and an hour and a
half from Florence, making it ideally located base for a study of the Etruscans and the other
Summer Institute sites.
While the hotel is convenient and clean, it is not fancy. Bathing facilities are inside the rooms, but
because of the historic nature of the buildings some accommodations may seem unusual to
American guests. Double occupancy rooms will be arranged for CCHA/ NEH Summer Institute
Scholars. In addition to our home hotel in Orvieto, a notable historical landmark with charming
quirks; other accommodations include a small, simple and clean centrally located student travel
hotel in Florence and a quiet dignified residence located in one of the most charming areas of
Rome. If you wish a single room in Orvieto the cost will be €21.00/night. Please let Marsha
Anderson know so that she can reserve it for you.
When in Florence for the five days, we will stay in the Hotel Cordova which is in easy walking
distance to the central museums. The cost for a single room in Florence is €15.00/ night. We will
stay in the guest house of the Villa Maria, a centrally located convent, for our stay in Rome. The
cost for a single room in Rome will be €17.00/night. Remember to let Marsha Anderson know of
your wish for a single room as soon as possible.
When possible you can take your meals at the hotel. Breakfast is included with your room at the
Grand Reale, and some of our events will be catered, but for most lunches and dinners you will
be on your own. We are arranging with the hotel owners to provide a “set plate price” option for
major evening meals. You do not have to decide on a meal plan at this time we will be arranging
this when you arrive at Orvieto.
Transportation
Detailed International travel information for getting to the institute will be attached to this
information memo. We are also including some travel tips and packing information to help those
of you who are not seasoned travelers. Use what you need and pass along your expertise to your
fellow attendees if they need some extra help. We have arranged all in-country travel for the
group when we travel to institute study locations. Remember we will be in Italy in the summer so
be prepared for walking in hot sun over uneven terrain.
Workshop Needs:
The daily sessions will be conducted seminar style, with many opportunities for scholarly
interaction. Internet service is available at the hotel and most of the libraries and lecture
locations we will visit.
We will provide each of you with a copy of the major text, The Etruscans, by Barker and
Rasmussen. The text will be mailed to your home address within the next few weeks. Some of
the material that the institute scholars will be using you might want to access ahead of time.
Most of it can be found at your local libraries. We have also attached a “beginning” bibliography
of texts and sources related to our topic. In addition, we will be providing on-line resources you
can access for your research in the blog we have created for this Institute. We will enroll each of
you in the blog and send you the address and login password when it has been completed.
We have been granted the opportunity to research in the Library of the American Academy in
Rome. Their research protocol requires that each of you register on their site. We are sending
the librarian at the Academy a list of your names which she will pair with your registration.
Please go to the following web address to access the registration form:
http://library.aarome.org/About/libraryaccessform.html
Contacting the Institute Staff: Staff Italian Cell Phones: (See below for how to call.)
Marsha Anderson: (Arrangements) 327 1450360.
Carole Lester: 389 8938474
Greg Warden: 368 7431616
Here’s how to dial: Italy’s country code: 39
From the US or from a US cell phone, first dial 011 39 then the number above
If you purchase an Italian phone or are calling from another Italian phone, just do the
numbers above without the prefixes.
From Europe: (in case you get stuck in a European airport, etc. Just dial 00 39 then the
number above
Our Hotels:
Orvieto:
Grand Hotel Reale
Piazza del Popolo 27
Orvieto 05018 Italia
Tel: 0763/341247 from Italy
Fax: 0763/341247
From USA begin number above with: 0011 39
Florence: June 14 – 19, 2012
Hotel Cordova
Via Cavour 96
50129 Florence
Tel: 0011 39 055 587949 / 0011 39 055 573770
Fax: 0011 39 055 582850
info@hotelcordova.it
Rome: June 19 – 25, 2012
Casa per Ferie Villa Maria
Largo G. Berchet n° 4 –
00152 Roma
Tel. 0011 39 06 58.52.031
Fax 0011 39 06 58.52.03.21/4
villamaria@congsds.org
Schedule and Bibliography
Our handbook will be Barker and Rasmussen 1998. You will receive a copy of it in the mail soon.
We recommend that you read it before arrival. Spivey and Brendel are useful for Etruscan art.
Nancy de Grummond’s books have some of the latest scholarship on religion. Bonfante and
Swaddling’s straightforward introduction to Etruscan myth is excellent.
Also, before you arrive please read:
Osborne, R. 2005 “Urban Sprawl: What is urbanization and why does it matter?” In
Mediterranean Urbanization, edited by R. Osborne and B. Cunliffe, 1-16. Oxford.
Detailed readings (items marked with an asterisk will be included in the course packet).
Monday, June 4: Attendees may arrive on this day
Tuesday, June 5: Institute begins in Orvieto
4-6 PM An introduction to the Etruscan city
Informal walking tour of Orvieto
6-8 PM Introduction to the Institute
Barker, G. & T. Rasmussen, Introduction & “The Landscape,” chapter 1, pp. 1-42
8 PM Welcome Dinner
Wednesday, June 6:
9-12 AM An introduction to Etruscan material culture
Visit the Faina Museum and the Orvieto Archaeological Museum
3-6 PM Seminar - The Formation of Culture in the Early Iron Age
Barker, G. & T. Rasmussen, “Origins,” chapter 2, “Sources and Society,” chapter 3, and “Cultural
Transformations,” chapter 4, pp. 117-140.
*Tuck, A.S. 1994 “The Etruscan Seated Banquet: Villanovan Ritual and Etruscan Iconography,”
American Journal of Archaeology 98: 617-28.
*Warden, P.G. 2009 “The Etruscan Social and Urban Landscape,” From the Temple and the Tomb,
pp. 21-39. Dallas.
6 PM Visit the Crocifisso del Tufo Necropolis
Thursday, June 7:
9-12 AM Seminar- Etruscan Urbanization
*Damgaard Andersen, H. 1997 “The archaeological evidence for the origin and development of
the Etruscan city in the 7th and 6th centuries BC.” Acta Hyperborea 7: 343-382.
*Harris, W.V. 1989 “Invisible cities: the beginnings of Etruscan urbanization.” In Atti del Secondo
Congresso Internazionale Etrusco, 285-292. Rome.
*Rasmussen, T. 1989 “Urbanization in Etruria.” In Mediterranean Urbanization, edited by R.
Osborne and B. Cunliffe, 71-90. Oxford
3 PM Visit the Campo della Fiera excavations with Prof. Alba Frascarelli
Read before you go:
*Stopponi, S. 2011 “Campo della Fiera at Orvieto: new discoveries.” In The Archaeology of
Sanctuaries and Ritual in Etruria, edited by N.T. de Grummond and i. Edlund-Berry, 16-44. JRA
Supplement 81. Portsmouth.
Friday, June 8: Day trip to Tarquinia
8 AM Depart for Tarquinia
11 AM Visit to the Monterozzi Necropolis and the National Museum of Tarquinia with
Prof. Stephan Steingraeber.
Read before you go:
Barker, G. & T. Rasmussen, “Settlement and Territory,” chapter 5, pp. 141-178.
*Ridgway, F. S. 2004-2006 “Revisiting the Etruscan Underworld,” Accordia Research Papers 10:
127-141
*Steingraeber, S. 2001 “The Process of Urbanization of Etruscan Settlements from the Late
Villanovan to the Late Archaic Period (End of the Eighth to the Beginning of the Fifth Century BC):
presentation of a Project and Preliminary Results.” Etruscan Studies 8: 7-33.
4 PM Research Time
Saturday, June 9: Day Trip to Cortona
8 AM Depart for Cortona
Walking Tour of Cortona and visit to the Cortona Archaeological Museum
3-5 PM Visit the Melone del Sodo necropolis (and future archaeological park) with Dr. Luca
Fedeli
Read before you go:
Barker, G. & T. Rasmussen, “Life, Cult, and Afterlife,” chapter 7, pp. 216-261.
*Warden, P.G. 2009 “The Etruscan Way of Death,” From the Temple and the Tomb, pp. 95-113.
*Warden, P.G. 2009 “The Blood of Animals: Predation and Transformation in Etruscan Funerary
Representation.” In New Perspectives on Etruria and Rome: Papers in Honor of Richard D. De
Puma, edited by I. Nagy. Madison.
Sunday, June 10: Orvieto, This is a major holiday in Orvieto – pageantry and urban festivities
Monday, June 11:
9 AM-noon Seminar - Etruscan Religion and Belief System
*Edlund Berry, I.E.M. 2009 “Temples and the Etruscan Way of Religion,” From the Temple and the
Tomb, pp. 67-93. Dallas.
*Warden, P.G. 2007 “Etruscan Mythologies.” Journal of Roman Archaeology 20: 388-392.
4 PM Visit to the Cannicella Necropolis with Dr. Claudio Bizzarri
Tuesday, June 12: Day trip to Murlo and Chiusi
8 AM Depart for the archaeological site of Poggio Civitate (Murlo)
Visit the Murlo Antiquarium and excavations with Prof. Anthony Tuck
3 PM Visit the Chiusi National Archaeological Museum
Read before you go:
*Edlund-Berry, I. E. M. 1994 “Ritual destruction of cities and sanctuaries: The ‘un-founding’ of the
Archaic monumental building at Poggio Civitate,” in De Puma, R. D., and J. P. Small, eds. Murlo
and the Etruscans. Madison.
*de Grummond, N. 1997 “Poggio Colla: A Turning Point.” Etruscan Studies 4: 23-40.
*Warden, P.G. 2002-3 “The Anatomy of an Etruscan Tomb Forgery: Case Unresolved.”
International Foundation for Art Research Journal 5, 4: 36-42.
Wednesday, June 13:
9-11 AM Seminar - Regionality and Material Culture
*Riva, C. 2005 “The Culture of Urbanization in the Mediterranean c. 800-600 BC.” In
Mediterranean Urbanization, edited by R. Osborne and B. Cunliffe, 203-232. Oxford.
*Torelli, M. 2000 “The Etruscan City-State.” in Hansen, M.H. ed. A Comparative Study of Thirty
City-State Cultures. Copenhagen.
*Warden, P.G. In press. 2011 “The Importance of Being Elite: The Archaeology of Identity in
Etruria (500-200 BCE).” In J.D. Evans, ed., A Companion to the Archaeology of the Roman
Republic. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell.
2- 4 PM Discussion of Research Topics
4-6 PM Seminar- The Economy of Early Italy
*de Grummond, N.T. 2009 “Etruscan Women.” From the Temple and the Tomb, pp. 115-141.
*Warden, P.G. 1983 “The Colline Metallifere: Prolegomena to the Study of Mineral Exploitation in
Central Italy.” in T. Hackens, N.D. Holloway, and R.R. Holloway, eds. Crossroads of the
Mediterranean, 349-364. Louvain-la-Neuve.
Thursday, June 14: Florence
8 AM Depart for Florence
4 PM Visit to the Florence Archaeological Museum accompanied by Dr. Mario Iozzo,
Deputy Director, and Dr. Luca Fedeli, Archaeological Inspector.
Read before you go:
*Small, J.P. 1994. “Scholars, Etruscans, and Attic Painted Vases.” Journal of Roman Archaeology
7: 334-58.
*Steiner, A. 2009 “The Etruscans and the Greeks,” In From the Temple and the Tomb, pp. 143-
163. Dallas.
Friday, June 15: Day Trip to Bologna and Marzabotto
8 AM Depart for Bologna
9:30-12 AM Visit the Bologna Archaeological Museum
Read before you go:
*Sassatelli, G. 2001 (2004) “The Etruscans on the Po Plain,” in Camporeale, G., ed. The Etruscans
Outside Etruria. Los Angeles. 168-191.
3-6 PM Visit the archaeological zone and museum at Marzabotto
Saturday, June 16: Day Trip to VolCommunity College Humanities
Associationterra
8 AM Depart for Volterra
Visit the Guarnacci Museum in Volterra
Read before you go:
*Nielsen, M. 1992 “Portrait of a Marriage; the old Etruscan couple from Volterra,” Acta
Hyperborea 4: 89-141.
3-5 PM Tour the Etrusco-Roman gate and walls Roman archaeological zone
Sunday, June 17: Day Trip to Fiesole and Poggio Colla
9 AM Depart for Fiesole
9:30 -12 AM Visit the Fiesole archaeological site and museum
3-6 PM Visit the Archaeological site of Poggio Colla and Dicomano Museum
Read before you go:
*Meyers, G. In Press. 2012 “Women and the Production of Ceremonial Textiles: Interpreting
Textile Tools in Etrusco-Italic Sanctuaries.”
*Thomas, M.L. In preparation. “One Hundred Victoriati from the Etruscan Sanctuary at Poggio
Colla (Vicchio di Mugello): Ritual Context and Roman Expansion.”
Monday, June 18: Florence
9-12:20 Seminar – The Chimaera of Arezzo, Identity, Ethnicity, and Historicity, with Prof.
Andrea Galdy on the Chimaera and the Medici
*Cohen, B. 2010. “New Light on a Master Bronze from Etruria.” American Journal of Archaeology,
Online Museum Review: 114.3: 1-10.
*Warden, P.G. 2011. “Made in Etruria, or too good to be Etruscan?” American Journal of
Archaeology 115.1 Online Forum.
*Warden, P.G. 2012. In press. “Pinning the Tale on the Chimera of Arezzo: The Monster as Ritual
Sacrifice.” In Myth, Allegory, Emblem: The Many Lives of the Chimera of Arezzo, edited by M.
Iozzo. Proceedings of the Symposium held at the J. Paul Getty Museum, December 2009.
Florence: Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana.
PM Afternoon free for research
Tuesday, June 19: Rome
9 AM Depart for Rome
4-8 PM Visit to the Roman Forum and surrounding areas with Dr. Michael Thomas
Barker, G. & T. Rasmussen, “Romanization,” chapter 8, pp. 262-298.
*Cornell, T. J. 1997 “Ethnicity as a factor in early Roman history,” in Cornell, T. J and K. Lomas,
eds. Gender and Ethnicity in Early Roman Italy, 9-21. London.
*Livy, Book 5, the sack of Veii.
*Smith, C. 1989 “The Beginnings of Urbanization in Rome.” In Mediterranean Urbanization,
edited by R. Osborne and B. Cunliffe, 91-111. Oxford.
*Rasmussen, T. 1997 “The Tarquins and ‘Etruscan Rome,’” in Cornell, T. J and K. Lomas, eds.,
Gender and Ethnicity in Early Roman Italy, 23-30. London.
Wednesday, June 20: Rome
9-12 AM Visit the Villa Giulia Museum
*Small, J.P. 2009 “Looking at Etruscan Art,” From the Temple and the Tomb, pp. 41-65.
4-7 PM Seminar – Etruria and Rome and issues of gender with Prof, Gretchen Meyers
Thursday, June 21: Rome
8 AM- noon Free time for research
2 – 6 PM Schedule individual meetings to discuss research
Friday, June 22: Rome
9-12 AM Optional visit to the Museo Gregoriano Etrusco
2-6 PM Seminar discussion (optional)
Saturday, June 23: Free day for research
Sunday, June 24: Rome
2-6 PM Research Presentations
8 PM Farewell Dinner
Monday June 25: DEPARTURE – leave for home
Essential Bibliography on the Etruscans
Barker, G., and T, Rasmussen. 1998. The Etruscans. Oxford.
Bonfante, L., ed. 1986. Etruscan Life and Afterlife. Detroit.
Bonfante, L. and J. Swaddling. 2006. Etruscan Myths. London and Austin.
Bradley, G., E. Isayev, and C. Riva, eds. 2007. Ancient Italy. Regions without Boundaries. Exeter.
Brendel, O. 1995 Etruscan Art. New Haven.
Camporeale, G. ed. 2004. The Etruscans Outside Etruria. Los Angeles.
De Puma, R., and P. Small, eds. 1994. Murlo and the Etruscans. Madison.
de Grummmond, N.T. and E. Simon, eds., 2006. The Religion of the Etruscans. Austin.
de Grummond, N.T. 2006. Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend. Philadelphia.
Edlund-Berry, I. 1987. The Gods and the Place. Location and Function of Sanctuaries in the
Countryside of Etruria and Magna Graecia (700-400 B.C.). Gothenburg.
Gleba, M. and H. Becker, eds. 2009. Votives, Places, Rituals in Etruscan Religion. Studies in Honour
of Jean MacIntosh Turfa. Leiden.
Hall, J. F., ed. 1996. Etruscan Italy. Provo.
Haynes, Sybille. 2000. Etruscan Civilization. A Cultural History. Los Angeles.
Herring, E., and K. Lomas, eds. (2000) The emergence of state identities in Italy in the first
millennium BC. London.
Izzet, V.E. 2007. The Archaeology of Etruscan Society. Identity, Surface, and Material Culture in
Archaic Etruria. Cambridge.
Jannot, J.-R. 2006. Religion in Ancient Etruria. Madison.
Pallottino, M. 1991. A history of the Earliest Italy. London.
Perkins, P. 1999. Etruscan Settlement. Society and Material Culture in Central Italy. Oxford.
Phillips, Kyle M., Jr. 1993. In the Hills of Tuscany: Recent Excavations at the Etruscan Site of
Poggio Civitate (Murlo, Siena). Philadelphia.
Riva, C. 2010. The Urbanization of Etruria. Funerary Practices and Social Change. Cambridge.
Summer Institutes & Seminars are supported by a major award from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Spivey, Nigel. 1997. Etruscan Art. London.
Sprenger, M. and G. Bartoloni. 1983. Etruscans: their History, Art, and Architecture. New York.
Steingräber, Stephan. 2006. Abundance of Life, Etruscan Wall Painting. Los Angeles.
Stoddart, S. 2010. Power and Place in Etruria. Oxford.
Swaddling, J. and P. Perkins, eds. 2009. Etruscans by Definition. London.
Torelli, M. 2001. The Etruscans. Venice.
Warden, P.G., ed. 2009. From the Temple and the Tomb. Dallas.
Again, congratulations! If you arrive early we will be at the hotel to help you get settled. And of
course, we will be available in and around the hotel lobby on Tuesday June 5 in the mid
afternoon for an informal greeting. We look forward to our first formal session at the Grand
Hotel Reale on June 5th at 3:00 p.m. in the breakfast room. Remember to print this memo and
the travel attachments and the schedule so that you will be able to refer to them as needed.
See you in June,
Greg Warden Carole Lester Marsha Anderson
gwarden@mail.smu.edu cnlester46@yahoo.com manderson@dcccd.edu
