Poggio Civitate (Murlo), Tuck

This richly illustrated volume provides the first broad synthesis of findings at Poggio Civitate, one of the best-preserved Etruscan archaeological sites

Poggio Civitate (Murlo)

ANTHONY TUCK

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Anthony Tuck, professor of classical archaeology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is director of excavations at Poggio Civitate. His books include Burials from Poggio Aguzzo: The Necropolis of Poggio Civitate (Murlo) and First Words: The Archaeology of Language at Poggio Civitate (Murlo).

cities and communities of the etruscans Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Lisa C. Pieraccini, Series Editors

release date | june

51⁄2 x 8 1⁄2 inches, 200 pages, 107 b&w illustrations

ISBN 978-1-4773-2295-6 $29 .95* | £22 .95 | C$36 .95 paperback

ISBN 978-1-4773-2294-9 $90 .00* | £70 .00 | C$112 .00 hardcover

ISBN 978-1-4773-2297-0 $29 .95* e-book Poggio Civitate in Murlo, Tuscany, is home to one of the best-preserved Etruscan communities of the eighth through the sixth centuries BCE . In this book, Anthony Tuck, the director of excavations, provides a broad synthesis of decades of data from the site .

The results of many years of excavation at Poggio Civitate tell a story of growth, urbanization, ancient industrialization, and dissolution . The site preserves traces of aristocratic domestic buildings, including some of the most evocative and enigmatic architectural sculpture in the region, along with remnants of non-elite domestic spaces, enabling illuminating comparisons across social strata . The settlement also features evidence of large-scale production systems, including tools and other objects that reflect the daily experiences of laborers . Finally, the site contains the story of its own destruction . Tuck finds in the data clear indications that Poggio Civitate was methodically dismantled, and he posits hypotheses concerning the circumstances around this violent social and political act .