ETRUSCOLOGY AND ITALIC ARCHAEOLOGY

It is a characterizing teaching for the Master’s Degree Ancient Civilisations: Archaeology, Literatures and History for the archaeological curriculum; it aims to furnish to students methodological tools to investigate cultural and socio-economic development in Italia before of Roman domination.
It will be analyzed relationships with etrusco-italic, Mediterranean and European cultures; we pay attention to the chronological items and to material culture.
Our main focus is to improove ability to make chronological references for archaeological evidence of etruscan art and civilisation.
Single item will be selected and specifically oriented, in flipped classroom mode too.

1. Knowledge and understanding
- To know basic archaeological and technical terminology
- To Know development of settlements and cities in Venetic area
- To Know main theoretical models to analize urban societies
- To know main features of local material culture
2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
- To be able to employ archaeological and technical terminology
- To be able to apply theoretical models for the development of Venetic culture and landscape
- To be able to analyze settlements and cities
- To be able to analyze examples of material culture and artistic finds
3. Judgment skills
- To be able to judge and argue hypothesis about venetic contexts
4. Communication skills
- To be able to tell new finds or results of the research with a plain and technical terminology
- To be able to compare themselves with colleagues and tutor, even on.line
5. Learning ability
- To be able to take notes and to share them with colleagues, even on line
- To be able to consult bibliographic references even with a critical point of view

It would be better to have attended at least the main course in Etruscology and Italic Archaeology, e.g. the first module. However, the basics will be recoverable in itinere. It is, anyway, essential that students have a good knowledge of Italian and European physical and morphological geography.

The course aims to examine the manifestations of worship in the Etruscan and Italic worlds, including in relation to the formation of cities and socio-political evolution. The aim is to highlight the main assumptions that led to the development of forms of devotion linked to specific social and political organizations. The emergence of monumental architecture and statuary, and their connection with the issues of borders and territorial organization, will also be analyzed.

General bibliography:
G. COLONNA 1985, I caratteri costanti; Dalla casa al tempio; Il tempio come categoria architettonica; I santuari urbani; I santuari suburbani; I santuari extraurbani, in Santuari d’Etruria, Milano, pp. 23-27; 53; 60-61; 67-69; 98-99; 127.
M. TORELLI 2000, La religione etrusca, in Gli Etruschi, Milano, pp. 273-289.
G. GAMBACURTA 2013, Uomini e dei, in Venetkens. Viaggio nella terra dei Veneti antichi, Venezia, pp. 106-111.
A. MARINETTI 2008, Culti e divinità dei Veneti antichi: novità dalle iscrizioni, in I Veneti antichi. Novità e aggiornamenti, Atti Convegno (Isola della Scala 2005), Verona, pp. 155-182.
M. TIRELLI, C. SQUARCINA 2026, Etruschi e Veneti. Acque, culti e santuari, Catalogo della mostra, Milano.
For specific topics:
Veio:
F. MELIS 1985, Veio: l’oikos di Piazza d’Armi, in Santuari d’Etruria, Milano, pp. 58-59.
V. ACCONCIA, G. BARTOLONI 2014, La cittadella di Piazza d’Armi, in Atti PontAccRomArch – Rendiconti, Città del Vaticano, p. 273 ss.;
G. COLONNA 1985, Santuario in località Portonaccio a Veio, in Santuari d’Etruria, Milano, pp. 99-101;
G. COLONNA 2008, L’officina veiente: Vulca e gli altri maestri di statuaria arcaica in terracotta, in Etruschi. Le antiche metropoli del Lazio, Milano, pp. 52-63.
Tarquinia e Gravisca:
G. COLONNA 1985, Il tempio detto Ara della Regina a Tarquinia, in Santuari d’Etruria, Milano, pp. 70-73;
F. BOITANI 2008, Gravisca, profilo storico-topografico, in Etruschi. Le antiche metropoli del Lazio, Milano, pp. 149-153;
L. FIORINI 2008, Il santuario dei mercanti greci e le feste di Adone a Gravisca, in Etruschi. Le antiche metropoli del Lazio, Milano, pp. 155-161.
Orvieto:
S. STOPPONI 1985, Il santuario del Belvedere a Orvieto, in Santuari d’Etruria, Milano, pp. 80-83.
S. STOPPONI 2018, Orvieto – Località Campo della Fiera: la scoperta del Fanum Voltumnae, in Scavi d’Etruria, Annali “Claudio Faina” XXXV, Roma, pp. 9-35;
S. STOPPONI 2019, Orvieto, Etruriae Caput; Orvieto (Terni), il Fanum Voltumnae, in Etruschi. Viaggio nelle terre dei Rasna, Milano, pp. 265-269; 270-277.
Capua:
M. BONGHI JOVINO 1985, Capua: il santuario del fondo Patturelli, in Santuari d’Etruria, Milano, pp. 121-123;
C. RESCIGNO 2019, Capua e gli artigiani campani, in Etruschi. Viaggio nelle terre dei Rasna, Milano, pp. 239-243;
I. GENNARELLI 2019, Curti (Caserta), il santuario di Fondo Patturelli, ibidem, Milano, pp. 249-255.
Cerveteri – Pyrgi:
G. COLONNA 1985, Il santuario di Leucotea-Ilizia a Pyrgi, in Santuari d’Etruria, Milano, pp. 127-130;
L.M. MICHETTI, B. BELLELLI MARCHESINI 2018, Pyrgi, porto e santuario di Caere. Tra conoscenze acquisite e ricerche in corso, in Scavi d’Etruria, Annali “Claudio Faina” XXXV, Roma, pp. 245-279;
L. M. MICHETTI 2019, Caere e Pyrgi: la città arcaica nelle sue forme sociali e nascita degli empori, in Etruschi. Viaggio nelle terre dei Rasna, Milano, pp. 161-165.
Marzabotto:
E. GOVI 2018, L’area sacra urbana di Marzabotto (R. I, 4-5). Culti e pratiche rituali, in Scavi d’Etruria, Annali Museo “Claudio Faina” XXXV, Roma, pp. 613-651;
E. GOVI 2019, Marzabotto. La città fondata, in Etruschi. Viaggio nelle terre dei Rasna, Milano, pp. 443-451.
Il Veneto
A.RUTA SERAFINI (a cura di) 2002, Este preromana: una città e i suoi santuari, Treviso

Assessment will be based on the level of knowledge and understanding of the images presented in class and available in the assigned bibliography; the ability to identify the subjects and define their chronology; the ability to rework the messages contained in the images and to relate them to specific socio-cultural contexts; and the level of personal and critical reworking.

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The lecturer has a duty to ensure that the rules regarding the authenticity and originality of exam tests and papers are respected. Therefore, if there is suspicion of irregular conduct, an additional assessment may be conducted, which could differ from the original exam description.

A test is considered sufficient (18-22/30) if the student is able to recognize more than half of the images tested; identify the subjects, describe the characteristics and forms of the cult, and the socio-cultural organizations related to them, even in a broad and general manner.
A test is considered good (22-26/30) if the student is able to identify two-thirds of the images tested, indicate their cultural context, and hypothesize a chronology;
A test is considered excellent (27-30/30) if the student is able to identify all the images tested, contextualize them chronologically and culturally, place the manifestations of the cult in the correct cultural contexts, and also describe their nuances or connections.
an excellent test (30/30 Honors) is considered to be one in which the student is able to identify all the images submitted for testing, place them culturally and chronologically and provide a personal and critical reworking of the message conveyed in the various manifestations of worship and the organization of religion in an institutional sense for a historical and social reconstruction.

Face to face lessons
Lectures and exercises
On.line papers for specific topics.
Flipped classroom

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Cities, infrastructure and social capital" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development