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Greco-Roman Archaeology
"Good morning. Today we're going to be talking about pre-Roman Italy, just to give you some idea on the background.
Now, before Rome, Italy was not a nation. Instead of was a series of competing city states and tribes with close ethnic and cultural links. We have both archaeological and historical evidence... historical being written, as later Greek and Roman authors have descrbed this period. However, it is important to remember that those accounts were ethno-centric, and we will see through Greek and Roman eyes.
Across Italy, there was major changes, associated with the transition to the Early Iron Age cica 900BC. There was demographic growth, agricultural intensification and new metalworkins techniques being put into place. With it, was an emergence of regional diversity"
Now, can anyone tell me the names of any of these city states?"
*someone comes up with an answer*
"Yes, the Etruscans. Thank you."
*writes it on the board*
"The origins of the Etruscans were found at a place called Villanovan. What evidence we have is heavily skewed towards funeracy evidence, and we know that they had a distinctive funerary ritual, such as an urn or an upturned bowl in shaft. Their settlements were small villages, which coalesce into nucleated cities, for example, Veii.
They first had cultural contact with southern Italy, Greece and the Near East from the 8th Century, which led to orientalizing. They first import, and then manufacture imitations of, Greek pottery. Their trading also led to Greek ideas about political and military organization and religion being absorbed by the Etruscans. They worshipped a number of Greek and Phoenician gods. However, despite the trade of ideas, their architecture remained distintively Italian
Their wealth and trading contacts were based on mineral wealth, which would have been metals. Thi led to the emergence of dominant aristocratic groups and a monarchy. They expressed their status through burial, rural palaces and later sanctuaries."
*looks at the clock*
"Okay, guess we'll be continuing this next lesson. Homwork... I want a page on the Etruscan's language, or at least, what we know about it.
Any questions, come and see me at the end."
Now, before Rome, Italy was not a nation. Instead of was a series of competing city states and tribes with close ethnic and cultural links. We have both archaeological and historical evidence... historical being written, as later Greek and Roman authors have descrbed this period. However, it is important to remember that those accounts were ethno-centric, and we will see through Greek and Roman eyes.
Across Italy, there was major changes, associated with the transition to the Early Iron Age cica 900BC. There was demographic growth, agricultural intensification and new metalworkins techniques being put into place. With it, was an emergence of regional diversity"
Now, can anyone tell me the names of any of these city states?"
*someone comes up with an answer*
"Yes, the Etruscans. Thank you."
*writes it on the board*
"The origins of the Etruscans were found at a place called Villanovan. What evidence we have is heavily skewed towards funeracy evidence, and we know that they had a distinctive funerary ritual, such as an urn or an upturned bowl in shaft. Their settlements were small villages, which coalesce into nucleated cities, for example, Veii.
They first had cultural contact with southern Italy, Greece and the Near East from the 8th Century, which led to orientalizing. They first import, and then manufacture imitations of, Greek pottery. Their trading also led to Greek ideas about political and military organization and religion being absorbed by the Etruscans. They worshipped a number of Greek and Phoenician gods. However, despite the trade of ideas, their architecture remained distintively Italian
Their wealth and trading contacts were based on mineral wealth, which would have been metals. Thi led to the emergence of dominant aristocratic groups and a monarchy. They expressed their status through burial, rural palaces and later sanctuaries."
*looks at the clock*
"Okay, guess we'll be continuing this next lesson. Homwork... I want a page on the Etruscan's language, or at least, what we know about it.
Any questions, come and see me at the end."
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The homework she turns in is a disturbingly detailed account of Etruscan grammar.
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[OOC: Very very late, sorry, have been busy with RL class for the past three days. *collapses*]