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The Etruscan city of Caere and eleven other Etruscan city-states were among the first urban centers in ancient Italy. Roman descriptions of Etruscan cities highlight their wealth, beauty, and formidable defenses. Although Caere left little written historical record outside of funerary inscriptions, its complex story can be deciphered by analyzing surviving material culture, including architecture, tomb paintings, temples, sanctuaries, and materials such as terracotta, bronze, gold, and amber found in Etruscan crafts. Studying Caere provides valuable insight not only into Etruscan history and culture but more broadly into urbanism and the development of urban centers across ancient Italy.

Comprehensive in scope, Caere is the first English-language book dedicated to the study of its eponymous city. Collecting the work of an international team of scholars, it features chapters on a wide range of topics, such as Caere’s formation and history, economy, foreign relations, trade networks, art, funerary traditions, built environment, religion, daily life, and rediscovery. Extensively illustrated throughout, Caere presents new perspectives on and analysis of not just Etruscan civilization but also the city’s role in the wider pan-Mediterranean basin.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History History: earliest times to present day

• Full title: Caere
• Author: Nancy Thomson De Grummond, Lisa Pieraccini
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 336
• EAN: 9781477308431
• ISBN: 9781477308431
• ID: 10043944
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Weight: 1338 g
• Dimensions: 232 × 289 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. November 2016

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