Power and Place in Etruria: Volume 1
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Power and Place in Etruria: Volume 1

The Spatial Dynamics of a Mediterranean Civilization, 1200–500 BC

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Power and Place in Etruria: Volume 1

The Spatial Dynamics of a Mediterranean Civilization, 1200–500 BC

About this book

This volume fills a gap in the study of an important, yet neglected case of state formation, by taking a landscape perspective to Etruria. Simon Stoddart examines the infrastructure, hierarchy/heterarchy and spatial patterns of the Etruscans over time to investigate their political development from a new perspective. The analysis both crosses the divide from prehistory to history and applies a scaled analysis to the whole region between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Arno and Tiber rivers, with special focus on the neglected region between Populonia on the coast and Perugia and the north Umbrian region adjoining the Apennines. Stoddart uncovers the powerful places that were in dynamic tension not only between themselves, but also with the internal structure constituted by the descent groups that peopled them. He unravels the dynamically changing landscape of changing boundaries and buffer zones which contained robust urbanism, as well as less centralized, polyfocal nucleations.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Frontiespiece
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. List of Illustrations
  9. List of Tables
  10. Preface and Acknowledgements
  11. Chapter One Introduction: The Challenge of Etruria
  12. Chapter Two Analysis of the Spatial Dynamics of State-Organised Societies
  13. Chapter Three The Material Constraints
  14. Chapter Four Contrasting Hierarchies of Settlement
  15. Chapter Five The Spatial Dynamics of Settlement
  16. Chapter Six Five Regions of Contrast
  17. Chapter Seven Networking and Connectivity
  18. Chapter Eight Conclusions
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index
  21. Plate