Etruscan Italy, 1000 - 300 BC (P00140)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HCA-P-P00140

The course examines the development of Etruscan society, one of the first urban civilisations in western Europe, from a formative stage in the Early Iron Age through the growth of the city state (7th-5th centuries BC), and the subsequent transformation associated with the expansion of Rome in the 4th century BC. A range of evidence is considered, primarily from archaeological sites, with an emphasis on funerary as well as residential contexts, inscriptions and 'art'(notably tomb paintings). Themes of particular interest include social organisation (using funerary data), state formation, trade and interaction (both within the Mediterranean and with central Europe).

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Archaeology, (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
20/09/2007	11:10	13:00	Room 1.F01, Old High School	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Thursday	11:10	13:00	Central

? Additional Class Information : N.B. Timetable is arranged annually

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

A knowledge and understanding of:
- the nature of the evidence;
- different types of evidence (archaeological, textual, numismatic, etc.) and how they can be used to illuminate aspects of the period;
- controversies and hypotheses surrounding the processes of change during this period, with specific reference to the increasing complexity of funerary evidence, changes in settlement patterns and in the character of residential sites;
- the applicability of general theoretical models and methodologies in elucidating such questions as the formation of a state;
- the way in which different research traditions and approaches, past and present, may impact on reconstruction;
- the place and significance of Etruscan civilisation within the broader setting of the western European Iron Age and the transition from 'prehistory' to 'history'.