Course teached as: B003583 - ETRUSCOLOGIA Second Cycle Degree in ARCHAEOLOGY Curriculum ARCHEOLOGIA CLASSICA
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Part I: Analysis of archaeological evidence of Orvieto and its territory.
Origin of the city and its evolution.
The necropolis of Crocefisso del Tufo and Cannicella. The painted tombs. The area of Campo della Fiera. Archaeological evidence on the plateau. Romanization and Volsinii Novi
Part II: Language and Etruscan writing.
- G. Camporeale, Gli Etruschi. Storia e civiltà, UTET.
- M. Bonamici, S. Stopponi, P. Tamburini, La necropoli della Cannicella di Orvieto
- S. Stopponi, Itinerari etruschi 2. Orvieto.
- Annali Museo Claudio Faina Orvieto (Serie)
- Cataloghi Museo Claudio Faina di Orvieto
- P. Tamburini, La necropoli di Crocefisso del Tufo, MonStEtr.
- M. Cristofani, Introduzione allo studio dell'etrusco, Olschki.
Learning Objectives
Knowledge of the history of Orvieto from the first witnesses to the Romanization.
Knowledge and recognition of culture orivetana material in Etruscan times.
Knowledge of the main archaeological sites of Orvieto and its territory.
Knowledge and recognition of Etruscan writers traditions.
Reading Etruscan texts and their interpretation.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of the history and geography of Etruria.
development and knowledge of the aspects (art, language, religion, daily life, society) of the Etruscan civilization.
Knowledge of the major historical events in Etruria between VII and II sec. B.C.
Teaching Methods
Lectures and analysis of Etruscan remains through presentations.
Analysis of scientific texts.
Guided tours and tutorials offsite (Orvieto)
Type of Assessment
Presentation of the issues addressed during the course and comments of some of the most important Etruscan remains.
Course program
1. Territorial organization of Orvieto.
2. Origins of the city and the oldest evidence.
3. The Orientalizzante in Orvieto and in the territory.
4. The demographic explosion of the Archaic period.
5. The necropolis of Cannicella.
6. The necropolis of Crocefisso del Tufo.
7. The monumental evidence on the Orvieto plateau.
8. The new discoveries in Campo della Fiera.
9. The painted tombs Golini I and II.
10. Relations with Chiusi and Vulci.
11. The figure of Porsenna to Orvieto.
12. The crisis and the romanization
13. Volsinii Novi and Volsinian territory.
14. The Etruscan language.
15. The alphabet.
16. Writers traditions in time and space.
17. The knowledge on grammar and other linguistic aspects.
18. Exercise of Etruscan texts, reading and interpretation.