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The Etruscans:
Sources and Resources
I. Primary Etruscan
sources: No Etruscan narratives
written by Etruscans, such as memoirs or a history, exist. What we know comes from
ancient Roman and Greek writers, plus modern archeology.
II. Internet sources
on the Etruscans
Encyclopedia Britannica on-line:
http://www.britannica.com/
Mysterious
Etruscans by Jim Penny.
Note:
this server performs best using Internet Explorer. Excellent photos of
tomb paintings, art objects,and other artefacts.
Lacus Curtius
by Bill Thayer.
Rasenna
Web Site. Journal of the Center of Etruscan Studies, U of
Massachusetts
UNRV: http://www.unrv.com/
Interesting, and very detailed in certain areas. Use with care. Re-enacters
will like it.
Wikipedia, YouTube, and Flickr are good resources. Most major museums have at least a sampling of their Etruscan
holdings on-line.III. Ancient Roman and Greek sources
on the Etruscans
Aristotle
Hesiod
Herodotus
Dionysius
Livy
Polybius
(The Roman
Emperor Claudius wrote a history of the Etruscans, which has not
survived. Other ancient writers refer to it.)IV. Modern books
on the Etruscans
For the general American reader:
Baker, Graeme, and Rasmussen, Tom, The
Etruscans (in the Peoples of Europe
series) Wiley-Blackwell; 1st paperback edition, 2000
Banti, Luisa.
Etruscan Cities and Their Culture,
1973
Boëthius, Axel.
Etruscan and Roman Architecture,
1970
Bonfante, Larissa, Etruscan Life and
Afterlife: A Handbook of
Etruscan Studies. Wayne State
University, 1986, reprint 1994.
Puma, Richard de, Etruscan Art in the Metropolitan Museum.
New York Met, 2013
Haynes, Sybil,
Etruscan Civilization:
a
Cultural History. Getty
Publications, 2005
Macnamara, Ellen. The Etruscans,
1991
Spivey, Nigel, 1997. Etruscan Art.
Thames and Hudson, 1997
V. Advanced or specialized
Etruscan topics.
Bonfante, Larissa, The Etruscan Language: An Introduction.
Manchester University Press, 2002
Borelli, Federica et al, The Etruscans: Art, Architecture, and
History.
Getty Publications, 2004.
Brendel, Otto J., Etruscan Art.
Yale, Pelican, 1995
"Bryn Mawr Classical Review," a journal published by Bryn Mawr College.
BM Classical Review
Cornell, T. J. The Beginnings of Rome: Italy and Rome from the
Bronze Age to the Punic Wars, c. 1000-263 BC.
1995
"Etruscan News: Newsletter of the American Section of the Institute for
Etruscan and Italic Studies," New York University,
NYU Newsletter
Goldsworthy, Adrian, Roman Warfare,
Cassell, 1970. Chapter 1.
Grummond, Nancy Thomson de, ed.,
Religion of the Etruscans.
Univ of Texas, 2006
"Rasenna: the Journal of the Center for Etruscan Studies," University of
Massachusetts, Amherst.
Rasenna
Web Site
Stamper, John W., The Architecture of
Roman Temples. Cambridge
University Press, 2005. A chapter on Etruscan temple architecture.
Turfa, Jean, ed. The
Etruscan World. Routledge,
2013.
Warden, P. Gregory, ed, From the Temple and the Tomb: Etruscan
Treasures from Tuscany. Southern Methodist Univ. Press, 2009.
Exhibition catalog.
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