Etruscan Studies
Journal Data
| Type | JOURNAL |
|---|---|
| Publisher | De Gruyter (DE) |
| ISSN | 1080-1960 / 2163-8217 |
| OpenAlex | S2764633412 |
| MAG | 2764633412 |
| Total publications | 44 |
| Coverage period | 1994 - 2021 |
| Country | DE |
| Language | EN |
| Cited by | 15 |
| Impact factor | 0.05 |
| h-index | 2 |
Etruscan Studies is dedicated to the archaeology and history of the Etruscan civilization. While archaeology is a subfield of anthropology, this journal's specific focus on ancient history and classical archaeology makes it a cognate venue with regular but not central intersection with social anthropology
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Side B of the Aristonothos Vase
Figural Etrusco-Corinthian Pottery in Context
Gender, Identities, and Material Culture in the Italic Peninsula
This paper discusses the complex relationship between material culture and gender studies from a methodological point of view, with the aim of contributing to discussions in the field of Classical archaeology. First, we provide a few historiographical benchmarks for key epistemological developments, while evidencing the methodological difficulties inherent in the variability of our interpretations of burial practices and data. Then, in a second s…
Imagining the Etruscans
The Etruscans, ancient people of pre-Roman Italy, have been the subject of lively discussions among both scholars and disseminators of popular pseudo-scientific theories from the late Humanistic age, an interest and popularity that reached a crescendo in the 18th to 20th centuries. This paper aims to explore the ideological features of the foundation of the highly specialized but often self-referential discipline, the so-called “Etruscology” that…
A Late Archaic Boxing-Dance in Etruria
A Blurring Frontier
At the end of a long history of increasingly close relationships with its neighbor, the Etruscan city of Caere became a sort of “satellite state” of Rome and was eventually transformed into a praefectura in 273 B. C. E. Historians have focused on the institutional aspect of the process, with its progressive “softening” of the political frontier between the two cities through the ciuitas sine suffragio , which paved the way for eventual assimilati…
Athenian Vases and Heroes out of Context
“Reading the Ritual”
An unusual circular funerary monument in the National Archaeological Museum in Perugia (inv. no. 634) depicts a remarkable, multifigured narrative combining generic and unique scenes of Etruscan funerary ritual. Despite its singular character, this Archaic-period monument has never been the focus of an in-depth study. The monument features a frieze with two distinct scenes, each composed around a central focal point. On one side appears a prothes…
Women and Votive Inscriptions in Etruscan Epigraphy
This paper aims at giving an overview of the quantitative and qualitative dimension of the female element in the field of Etruscan votive inscriptions. It offers a systematic discussion of dedications set by Etruscan women and attested by inscriptions from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period. The study does not focus primarily on religious aspects, but by taking into account the underlying social context it tries to cast some additional light o…
An Imported Attic Kylix from the Sanctuary at Poggio Colla
This study focuses on an Attic red-figure kylix excavated in a North Etruscan ritual context at a major sanctuary site in the Mugello region at Poggio Colla. Attributed to the Painter of the Paris Gigantomachy (490–460 B. C. E.), the kylix depicts youths boxing. Careful excavation of the site over 20 years allows detailed presentation here of the votive context for the kylix and thus supports a plausible hypothesis for how it was integrated into …
The Etruscans
The Vibennae
The Vibenna brothers of Etruria have been interpreted as historical analogues to Romulus and Remus. Through a comprehensive re-examination of the archaeological and textual remains, I argue that this view is mistaken. Roman accounts recognize only one brother; Etruscan accounts consistently privilege the brothers’ cooperation. Rather than Romulus and Remus, we should consider alternatives such as Castor and Pollux as mythological parallels
Etruskische Texte. Editio minor
Reevaluating Etruscan Influences on the Engravings of Praenestine Pear-shaped Mirrors and Cistae
Praenestine bronze cistae and pear-shaped bronze handle mirrors with engraved figural scenes, some with Latin inscriptions (ca. 350–300 B.C.E.), should not be labeled as Etruscan, Italic or or middle Republican Roman. The influences of the engravings of Etruscan circular tang and handle mirrors, although they were exported from Southern Etruria to Praeneste (nowadays Palestrina), are slight and incidental. The same holds true for influences of Pr…
Stories in Clay
Attic vases were imported to Etruria in large numbers during the Archaic period (650–450 B. C. E.). A large corpus of decorative imagery has been scrupulously recorded in great detail, presenting a contrast with the antiquarian excavation methods which unearthed them. This article considers a corpus of imported ceramic vessels excavated at Chiusi, Tarquinia and Vulci to explore the presence of different characters and themes in Greek mythology wi…
La Tomba del Guerriero di Tarquinia
The Vicchio Stele and Its Context
The recent discovery of an inscribed stele in the foundations of the Late Archaic temple at the sanctuary of Poggio Colla (Vicchio, FI) sheds new light on the nature of cult at the site. The stele is one of the longest Etruscan sacred texts and is from a secure archaeological context. It is also the earliest extant non-funerary sacred text (excluding simple votive inscriptions). The object, currently undergoing conservation, promises to provide n…
Thunder versus Lightning in Etruria
Recent scholarship on the Etruscans has produced important new insights into their practices of divination of the future by means of thunder and lightning. Not much attention has yet been given to how radically different these two natural phenomena were from the point of view of the systems that framed them and accordingly how different the appropriate rituals were. There was a highly complex system of interpreting lightning, based on the idea th…
The Vicchio Stele
A recently discovered stele from Poggio Colla preserves one of the longest Etruscan inscriptions on stone, but because of its condition it presents challenges of transcription. Three areas of text are identified, and a preliminary reading of one of them is offered, confirming that it is a sacred text that relates to the cult at Poggio Colla. If this preliminary reading is correct, the names of two divinities, Tinia and Uni, are mentioned
Inscribed Identities
The necropoleis of Chiusi are the source of an overwhelming number of Etruscan inscriptions dating from the Hellenistic period, the majority of which come from tomb contexts containing cremation urns bearing the names of the deceased. The number of individuals with access to formal burial increased exponentially at this time, most visible in the substantial corpus of mold-made, serially-produced terracotta cremation urns inscribed with the name o…
The Ever Elusive Etruscan Egg
Eggs appear in Etruscan art from the eighth to the third centuries BCE. They are held and passed by banqueters on the painted walls of tombs, incised on bronze mirrors, and painted on vases. Eggshells have even survived in tombs, leftovers of Etruscan funerary rituals. In very simple terms, the egg holds life itself inside its shell – the visible process of the lifecycle is evident. But how did the egg function in Etruscan funerary ritual and art…
Performing the Prothesis
In this article, prothesis imagery on relief monuments from Archaic Chiusi is examined. The lying in state of the corpse, a scene initially adopted from Attic models in the Archaic period, appears frequently among the Chiusine corpus. Unlike Attic prothesis imagery, the prothesis scene at Chiusi shows significant variation in gender roles, gestures, and notions of pollution. Additionally, the frequent inclusion of children within the reliefs may …
Etruscan Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Images of Artisans on Etruscan and Italic Gems
As the ancient sources make clear, the Etruscans excelled in many fields of artistic craft, especially in the production of jewelry and bronzes. They also produced numerous gems, a small number of which show artisans—blacksmiths, carpenters, shipbuilders, sculptors, etc.—at work. Although the similarity between these artisans and mythological craftsmen such as Hephaestus and Daedalus, along with mythical characters such as Argos and Epeios, leads…
Sexual Ambiguity? Androgynous Imagery in Etruria
The Written Word and Proprietary Inscriptions in Etruria
The Vicchio Stele and Its Context
The recent discovery of an inscribed stele in the foundations of the Late Archaic temple at the sanctuary of Poggio Colla (Vicchio, FI) sheds new light on the nature of cult at the site. The stele is one of the longest Etruscan sacred texts and is from a secure archaeological context. It is also the earliest extant non-funerary sacred text (excluding simple votive inscriptions). The object, currently undergoing conservation, promises to provide n…
Reflections from the Tomb
The Vibennae
The Vibenna brothers of Etruria have been interpreted as historical analogues to Romulus and Remus. Through a comprehensive re-examination of the archaeological and textual remains, I argue that this view is mistaken. Roman accounts recognize only one brother; Etruscan accounts consistently privilege the brothers’ cooperation. Rather than Romulus and Remus, we should consider alternatives such as Castor and Pollux as mythological parallels
Thunder versus Lightning in Etruria
Recent scholarship on the Etruscans has produced important new insights into their practices of divination of the future by means of thunder and lightning. Not much attention has yet been given to how radically different these two natural phenomena were from the point of view of the systems that framed them and accordingly how different the appropriate rituals were. There was a highly complex system of interpreting lightning, based on the idea th…
Inscribed Identities
The necropoleis of Chiusi are the source of an overwhelming number of Etruscan inscriptions dating from the Hellenistic period, the majority of which come from tomb contexts containing cremation urns bearing the names of the deceased. The number of individuals with access to formal burial increased exponentially at this time, most visible in the substantial corpus of mold-made, serially-produced terracotta cremation urns inscribed with the name o…
Etruscan Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sexual Ambiguity? Androgynous Imagery in Etruria
The impact of landscape and surface survey on the study of the Etruscans
Appointment with an Etruscan Dentist
Identifying Gender in the Archaeological Record
Gods and Places in Etruscan Religion
Laris Pulenas and Sisyphus
Identifying Gender in the Archaeological Record
Biological Relationships of Etruscan-Culture Communities
The Etruscan Rhadamanthys
Orientalizing Period Wing-Handle Cups from Poggio Civitate
Article Orientalizing Period Wing-Handle Cups from Poggio Civitate: Ceramic Traditions and Regional Productions in Inland Etruria was published on June 1, 1999 in the journal Etruscan and Italic Studies (volume 6, issue 1)
Appointment with an Etruscan Dentist
A Near Eastern Ethnic Element among the Etruscan Elite
Les Étrusques en Gaul et en Ibérie
Etruscan musical culture and its wider Greek and Italian context
Murlo, images and archaeology
The impact of landscape and surface survey on the study of the Etruscans
The Chronological Implications of ReliefWare Bucchero at Poggio Civitate
Etruscan Inscriptions on Ivory Objects Recovered from the Orientalizing Period Residence at Poggio Civitate (Murlo)
Article Etruscan Inscriptions on Ivory Objects Recovered from the Orientalizing Period Residence at Poggio Civitate (Murlo) was published on June 1, 2008 in the journal Etruscan and Italic Studies (volume 11, issue 1)
Niobe (?) on the Portonaccio Temple at Veii
The most famous examples of Etruscan architectural sculptures are those from the Portonaccio sanctuary at Veii of ca. 510 B.C. The surviving over life-size terracotta akroteria include Apollo (to whom the temple was originally thought to be dedicated), Herakles, Hermes, and a female figure holding a child identified as Letowith her sonApollo.Given the rarity ofApollo as a child in classical art and the implausibility of his appearing twice on a b…
Reflections from the Tomb
The Etruscan Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Name-Changes of Legendary Romans and the Etruscan-Latin Bilingual Inscriptions
Article The Name-Changes of Legendary Romans and the Etruscan-Latin Bilingual Inscriptions: Strategies for Romanization was published on June 1, 2010 in the journal Etruscan and Italic Studies (volume 13, issue 1).
The Written Word and Proprietary Inscriptions in Etruria
Sexual Ambiguity? Androgynous Imagery in Etruria
The Ever Elusive Etruscan Egg
Eggs appear in Etruscan art from the eighth to the third centuries BCE. They are held and passed by banqueters on the painted walls of tombs, incised on bronze mirrors, and painted on vases. Eggshells have even survived in tombs, leftovers of Etruscan funerary rituals. In very simple terms, the egg holds life itself inside its shell – the visible process of the lifecycle is evident. But how did the egg function in Etruscan funerary ritual and art…
Performing the Prothesis
In this article, prothesis imagery on relief monuments from Archaic Chiusi is examined. The lying in state of the corpse, a scene initially adopted from Attic models in the Archaic period, appears frequently among the Chiusine corpus. Unlike Attic prothesis imagery, the prothesis scene at Chiusi shows significant variation in gender roles, gestures, and notions of pollution. Additionally, the frequent inclusion of children within the reliefs may …
Etruscan Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Images of Artisans on Etruscan and Italic Gems
As the ancient sources make clear, the Etruscans excelled in many fields of artistic craft, especially in the production of jewelry and bronzes. They also produced numerous gems, a small number of which show artisans—blacksmiths, carpenters, shipbuilders, sculptors, etc.—at work. Although the similarity between these artisans and mythological craftsmen such as Hephaestus and Daedalus, along with mythical characters such as Argos and Epeios, leads…
Inscribed Identities
The necropoleis of Chiusi are the source of an overwhelming number of Etruscan inscriptions dating from the Hellenistic period, the majority of which come from tomb contexts containing cremation urns bearing the names of the deceased. The number of individuals with access to formal burial increased exponentially at this time, most visible in the substantial corpus of mold-made, serially-produced terracotta cremation urns inscribed with the name o…