AGRICULTURE — Great advances have been made in the systematic study of Etruscan agriculture now that direct methods of analysis have substantially augmented the indirect interpretation of texts and art historical records. Mediterranean polyculture (wheat,… … Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans
FINAL BRONZE AGE — The final phase of the Bronze Age dating between approximately 1175 and 925 BC (using latest adjustments from dendrochronology), also known as the Protovillanovan in central Italy. Settlements were of village dimensions, ranging from one to 15 … Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans
Andrea Gorys — (* 1961 in Göttingen) ist eine deutsche Klassische Archäologin, Reisejournalistin und Sachbuchautorin. Andrea Gorys studierte Klassische Archäologie, Alte Geschichte sowie Ur und Frühgeschichte an der Universität Göttingen und der Universität… … Deutsch Wikipedia
CROSTOLETTO DI LAMONE — A final Bronze Age burial complex in the Fiora Valley area of southern Etruria with mixed funerary rites that also comprised large walled constructions and perhaps a settlement. The site has been used as evidence for social complexity in the… … Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans
FIORA VALLEY (VAL DI FIORA) — An important river valley in the territory of Vulci that was densely occupied in the Bronze Age, including the sites of Crostoletto di Lamone, Scarceta, and Sorgenti Della Nova, and contained a number of minor Etruscan settlements in the full… … Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans
HORSES — Wild horses disappeared from Italy at the end of the Pleistocene and reappeared in the third millennium BC. However, it is only in the Middle Bronze Age of northern Italy that the animal begins to reappear in large numbers. There is convincing … Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans
PROTOHISTORIAN — The translation of the Italian term protostorico, given to scholars who study protohistory and whose work is accompanied by a distinctive outlook on the Etruscans, characterized by a more explicit interest in theory (including the importance… … Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans
SCARCETA — An important six hectare Recent and Final Bronze Age settlement site (fourteenth to tenth century BC) on the right bank of the Fiora River in Tuscany that has revealed evidence of metalworking (small tools and small ingots, waste products),… … Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans
TUFF — The technical term for the consolidated ash deposits of volcanic origin that make up much of the landscape of South Etruria. The Italian terms tufo or tufa are sometimes employed colloquially in English, but can be confused with the technical… … Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans
Pier Carlo Masini — (* 26. März 1923 in San Casciano in Val di Pesa, Toskana; † 19. Oktober 1998 in Florenz) war ein italienischer Sozialist, Historiker und Journalist. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Werke 3 Literatur … Deutsch Wikipedia
