Companion to the Etruscans

Sinclair Bell, Alexandra A. Carpino

"This new collection presents a rich selection of innovative scholarship on the Etruscans, a vibrant, independent people whose distinct civilization flourished in central Italy for most of the first millennium BCE and whose artistic, social and cultural traditions helped shape the ancient Mediterranean, European, and Classical worlds. [It] includes: contributions from an international cast of both established and emerging scholars; offers fresh perspectives on Etruscan art and culture, including analysis of the most up-to-date research and archaeological discoveries; reassesses and evaluates traditional topics like architecture, wall painting, ceramics, and sculpture as well as new ones such as textile archaeology, while also addressing themes that have yet to be thoroughly investigated in the scholarship, such as the obesus etruscus, the function and use of jewelry at different life...