Etruscan Settlement, Society and Material Culture in Central Coastal Etruria

This volume includes a description, and the results, of a field survey in the Albegna Valley and Ager Cosanus area of southern Tuscany, focusing on evidence from the first millennium BC. Philip Perkins describes the methodology, aims and GIS approaches to the field study and then presents the evidence in terms of the Etruscan settlement patterns, burials, farming and subsistence, ceramic evidence, finally reconstructing a population and economic history for the study area. The survey project has revealed a highly organised and hierarchical settlement pattern in the Etruscan period, with an evolving and diversifying agricultural system. Ch. 1. Introduction To Etruscan Studies -- Ch. 2. History Of The Studies -- Ch. 3. The Settlements -- Ch. 4. Burials In The Ager Cosanus And Albegna Valley -- Ch. 5. Subsistence And Agriculture -- Ch. 6. The Finds -- Ch. 7. Population And Territory -- Ch. 8. Exchange And Distribution Of Ceramics In The Survey Area -- Ch. 9. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Sites -- Appendix 2. Sites By Type. Philip Perkins. A Revision Of The Author's Thesis (doctoral)--university Of London, 1995. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 222-230) And Index. Front Cover Copyright Contents Figures Tables Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Introduction to Etruscan studies Chapter 2. History of the Studies Chapter 3. The Settlements Chapter 4. Burials in the Ager Cosanus and Albegna Valley Chapter 5. Subsistence and agriculture Chapter 6. The finds Chapter 7. Population and territory Chapter 8. Exchange and distribution of ceramics in the survey area Chapter 9. Settlement, society and material culture Appendix 1. The sites Appendix 2. Site numbers listed by dating Bibliography Index