The Etruscan World by Jean Macintosh Turfa

The Etruscan World by Jean Macintosh Turfa

In this volume over 60 experts provide insights into all aspects of Etruscan culture, with many contributions in English for the first time. The Etruscan World brings to life the culture and material past of the Etruscans and highlights key points of development in research, making it essential reading for researchers, academics and students.

“The Etruscan World will be a most useful and absolutely up-to-date addition to anyone interested in the EtruscansThis is a very useful handbook, an excellent introduction to the Etruscans but also a work of reference that advanced researchers will be very interested in consulting. The authors break a lot of new ground and really bring us up to date on a discipline that has seen remarkable changes in the past decade.”

– P. Gregory Warden, Franklin College Switzerland

“This book is a massive contribution to Etruscan studies, it covers virtually every aspect of Etruscan culture in fantastic detail. The range of up-to-date scholarship is truly impressive providing a reliable guide to everything from Augury to the Villanovans. It will be indispensable to everyone with a passion to know more about the Etruscans.”

– Phil Perkins, The Open University, UK

“This book is an excellent source of very recent information on the society, the sophisticated technical skills, science, art and religion of the Etruscans and their economic relations with the Near East and Western Europe.”

– L. Bouke van der Meer, Leiden University, The Netherlands

“The Etruscan World, edited by Jean MacIntosh Turfa, is a monumental undertaking… it presents a panorama of the art and archaeology of the Etruscans which any teaching or research library will find well used for years to come.”

- Robert Witcher, Antiquity

"Turfa (Univ. of Pennsylvania Museum) provides a broad yet deep analysis of an ancient Etruria whose influence on Roman, Italian, and European history has been great, yet surprisingly not well understood...By presenting the latest research, each chapter sheds light onto a world that until recently has largely been hidden in the shadows of the distant past...this work will set the standard upon which other works concerned with these ancient people and their influence must follow. Summing Up: Highly recommended."

- P. Lorenzini, CHOICE

"The impressive number of contributors, chosen from among the most experienced Etruscologists worldwide…guarantees the quality of the essays, which are extremely well-informed and up-to-date…Furthermore, the choice to involve the scholars who directed the excavations in which arguably the most relevant recent discoveries took place can be considered an additional strength of the volume. Jean MacIntosh Turfa has produced an extremely well-informed book which definitely demonstrates the complexity of the Etruscan world and in this respect it hits the mark; both scholars and students will find great advantages in reading it."

- Maria Cristina Biella, The British School at Rome - University of Southampton

Jean MacIntosh Turfa is a Research Associate and occasional Lecturer in the Mediterranean Section of the University of Pennsylvania Museum and an adjunct professor in Classics at St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia. She has taught at the University of Liverpool, University of Illinois, Chicago, and Loyola University of Chicago, Drexel University, Dickinson and Bryn Mawr Colleges, St. Joseph’s University and the University of Pennsylvania. She is a Member of the Istituto di Studi Etruschi e Italici.

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ISBN 13	9781138060357
ISBN 10	1138060356
Title	The Etruscan World
Author	Jean Macintosh Turfa
Series	Routledge Worlds
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2017-08-14
Number of pages	1168
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