MM024 - ETRUSCOLOGY AND ITALIC ANTIQUITIES

courses
ID:
MM024
Duration (hours):
42
CFU:
6
SSD:
ETRUSCOLOGIA E ANTICHITÀ ITALICHE
Located in:
CHIETI
Url:
CULTURAL HERITAGE/Archeologia Year: 3
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Overview

Date/time interval

Primo Semestre (01/10/2025 - 31/01/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives

The course aims at providing the tools needed to frame in detail the themes linked to the development of Etruscan civilization and to address specific aspects of their material culture, examining in depth the characterizing aspects and the relationships between the various areas of the Etruscan territory

Course Prerequisites

No specific skills required

Teaching Methods

The course is organized in two teaching modules of 3 CFU each, and an in-depth module of 3 in which reports and educational visits will be carried out

Assessment Methods

Oral exam, which includes three questions; one of which may focus on the report work carried out in the classroom for the attending students

Texts

MANDATORY FOR ATTENDING AND NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS:
- G. Bartoloni (a cura di), Introduzione all’Etruscologia (Hoepli; 2012), capitoli 2-6, 8-10, 12;
- M. Pallottino, Etruscologia (Hoepli, varie edizioni), Capitoli III e IV; volume disponibile nella Biblioteca E. Paratore;
In-depth texts will be provided during the lessons, on the basis of which exercises and readings will be organized in the classroom.
MANDATORY FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS:
texts of choice among
- G. Bartoloni, Le società dell’Italia primitiva. Lo studio delle necropoli e la nascita delle aristocrazie (Carocci 2003); the volume is available in the E. Paratore Library;
- V. Bellelli, E. Benelli, Gli Etruschi. La scrittura, la lingua, la società (Carocci 2018); the volume is available in the E. Paratore Library;
- G. Camporeale, Gli Etruschi. Storia e civiltà (UTET; 2004), Capitolo 12 “L’Etruria propria”, with specific attention to the tables; the volume is available in the E. Paratore Library

Contents

Resources for the study of the populations and cultural aspects of the Etruscan culture between the Final Bronze Age and Romanization (10th-3rd century BC) in the territories of Northern Lazio, Tuscany, the Po Valley and Campania.
The Etruscans in the ancient authors’ texts: themes related to origins and development; questions of Etruscan language and ethnic belonging.
contact with other populations of ancient Italy; Greeks, Phoenicians and Romans.
The distinctive characteristics of material culture between archaeological facies and ideological forms:
- forms of settlement;
- funerary rituals;
- crafts production.
Outlines of Etruscan history

Course Language

Italian

Degrees

Degrees

CULTURAL HERITAGE 
Bachelor’s Degree
3 years
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