Table of Contents

The Etruscans Patricia S. Lulof; A Unique Culture Patricia S. Lulof, Anna Mura Sommella; Origins, Ethnicity and History Patricia S. Lulof, Anna Mura Sommella; The Etruscan Language L. Bouke van der Meer Eminent Women, Powerful Men Patricia S. Lulof; Emergence and Development Lefke van Kampen; The Earliest Etruscan Aristocracy Gilda Bartoloni; From Black Glossy Bucchero to Red-on-White Ware Rene van Beek; Warriors and their Symbols Gilda Bartoloni; Chariots and Other Wheeled Vehicles Joost H. Crouwel; Women and their role in Etruscan society Gilda Bartoloni; Warriors and warfare Rene van Beek; A Warrior's Tomb. Monte Michele Tomb Francesca Boitani, Lefke van Kampen; Princes, Princesses and Palaces Lefke van Kampen; Palaces and Princes Silvia Goggioli; Bronze Rene van Beek; Symposium, Banqueting and Funerary Rituals Francesca Ceci; Symbols of Wealth and Power Maurizio Sannibale; Etruscan Jewellery. Elegant and Sophisticated Tanja van der Zon; The Regolini-Galassi Tomb Maurizio Sannibale; Tombs and their Decoration Tanja van der Zon; Goddesses, Priests and Temples Patricia S. Lulof; Temples and Terracottas Patricia S. Lulof; The Etruscan Pantheon Tanja van der Zon; Etruscan Religion and the Haruspex L. Bouke van der Meer; Etruscan stone sculpture Rene van Beek; Ancestors Lefke van Kampen; Terracotta votive Gifts Tanja van der Zon A Priestly Tomb. Cinque Sedie Patricia S. Lulof; The Etruscans in Context Patricia S. Lulof; Rome and the Etruscan Cities Mario Torelli; The End of Etruscan Power Patricia S. Lulof; The Development of Etruscology Rene van Beek; The Influence of the Etruscans on Nineteenth-Century and Modern Jewellery Designers Martijn Akkerman.

About the Author

Patricia Lulof PhD (Haarlem, 1955) holds a Master's Degree in Archaeology and History of Art and Antiquities as well as a PhD from at the University of Amsterdam (UVA). Since 2008 she has served as Associate Professor in Pre-roman Archaeology at the Amsterdam Archeological Center of the University of Amsterdam. She is a well-known specialist on Archaic Age temples and religion, terracotta roof decorations and statuary in Central Italy, cultural heritage and digital culture of Antiquities in Italy. Iefke van Kampen PhD (Leiden, 1968) holds a Master's Degree in Etruscologia and Italian Antiquities from the University of Rome La Sapienza, where she also took a Specialization Degree and a PhD. She currently works as Director of the Museo dell'Agro Veientano in Formello (Rome). She is an expert on studies about Archaic Age habitation contexts in Rome, Etruscan sculpture, terracottas and ceramics as well as Veii and the Curiosity Cabinet in the Palazzo Chigi of Formello.