Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xx, 382 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
9781009229982
Series Statement:
British School at Rome studies
Content:
Explores the 7500-year history of the area around Tuscania near Rome using the results of an extended archaeological investigation.
Content:
Cover -- Half-title page -- Series page -- Title page -- Imprint page -- Dedication page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1 The Tuscania Archaeological Survey: Rationale, Aims and Objectives -- Introduction -- Landscapes and Taskscapes -- Mediterranean Plough-Zone Archaeology -- Research Issues -- Etruscan Urbanization -- 'Romanization' and Roman Imperialism -- Medieval Settlement and Incastellamento -- The Selection of Tuscania -- Tuscania's Settlement Archaeology and History -- Tuscania's Neighbours -- The Physical Landscape -- Project Planning and Development -- Conclusion -- 2 Methodologies -- Introduction -- Defining the Study Area -- Sampling Strategy -- Site and Off-site/Non-site Archaeology -- Field-Walking -- Collecting -- Recording -- Classifying the Finds -- Analysing the Finds: Interpretative Issues -- Defining 'Sites' -- Settlement Densities -- Continuity or Discontinuity? -- Conclusion -- 3 The Natural Landscape and Its Evolution -- Introduction -- The Structural Components of the Landscape -- The Regional Palaeoenvironmental Record -- The Alluvial Stratigraphy of the Marta Valley -- Dating and Alluvial Chronologies -- Radiocarbon Dating -- Palaeomagnetic Dating -- Luminescence Dating -- The Regional Alluvial Record: Climate, People or Both? -- The Upper Marta: Natural or Artificial? -- Conclusion -- 4 Prehistoric Landscapes -- Introduction -- The Chipped Stone Collections -- Raw Materials -- Edge Conditions -- Typology -- Technology -- The Pottery -- Pre-Neolithic Activity ('Period 0') -- Transitions to Farming, c. 5500-3500 bc (c. 7500-5500 bp) -- Earlier Neolithic Settlement, c. 5500-4500 bc -- Later Neolithic Settlement, c. 4500-3500 bc -- Chalcolithic, c. 3500-2200 bc -- Bronze Age, c. 2200-950 bc -- Earlier Bronze Age Settlement, c. 2200-1400 bc.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781009230025
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Barker, Graeme, 1946 - In the footsteps of the Etruscans Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2023 ISBN 9781009230025
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Geography
Keywords:
Tuscania
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Etrusker
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Landschaft
;
Wandel
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Geschichte
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Aufsatzsammlung
