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 Volterra
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.
2PM 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
