SEMINAR CLASS ARCH: Etruscan Cities
Classics 270 Section 1 (2 units)
PENA and PIERACCINI
This course will provide graduate students in classical archaeology and related fields with an in-depth introduction to the archaeology of the major urban centers of the Etruscan world. These centers, which played a determining role in the emergence of social, political, and economic complexity in the Italian peninsula, have been the focus of a very substantial amount of field research over the past 15-20 years, and particular attention will be accorded to the results of this more recent work. Each of the seminar participants will assume responsibility for one of the major Etruscan cities, presenting the evidence pertaining to this center to the seminar in a series of four 30-minute reports (background, formative period, Classical/Hellenistic period, city and territory). Each participant enrolled for the full four units will also produce a seminar paper that is based on material from or relating to his/her center, presenting a 30-minute report on this work. Since the bulk of the relevant literature is in Italian, a reading ability in Italian is essential to participation in the seminar.
Location: 308C DOE LIBRARY
Times: M 200-500P
