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- Architecture in Ancient Central Italy
- British School at Rome Studies
- Architecture in Ancient Central Italy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Charts and Tables
- Notes on the Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Frontispiece
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Silent Roofing Revolution
- 3 Architectural Terracottas of Central Italy within Their Wider Mediterranean Context
- 4 The Connective Evidence for Early Roman Urbanism
- 5 Connecting Foundations and Roofs
- 6 Architectural Choices in Etruscan Sacred Areas
- 7 Connections in Death
- Index
- References
6 - Architectural Choices in Etruscan Sacred Areas
Tarquinia in Its Mediterranean Setting
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 March 2022
- Architecture in Ancient Central Italy
- British School at Rome Studies
- Architecture in Ancient Central Italy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Charts and Tables
- Notes on the Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Frontispiece
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Silent Roofing Revolution
- 3 Architectural Terracottas of Central Italy within Their Wider Mediterranean Context
- 4 The Connective Evidence for Early Roman Urbanism
- 5 Connecting Foundations and Roofs
- 6 Architectural Choices in Etruscan Sacred Areas
- 7 Connections in Death
- Index
- References
Summary
Earlier studies have examined manifold connections between the city of Tarquinia and other parts of Italy and the Mediterranean. This chapter adds to these with a rich holistic analysis of the ‘monumental complex’ and the Ara della Regina sanctuaries, drawing out the cultural and religious attitudes of the community at Tarquinia that may have shaped their adoption and adaptation of external stimuli. Connections between the buildings on the plateau, the city they served, and the natural world around them are explored in ways that yield new potential insights into Etruscan rituals and the buildings that supported them. In arguing for the embeddedness of architecture in local and religious contexts, the chapter emphasizes the importance of returning to the lived experience of buildings, and in so doing raises important issues concerning the interplay between the local and the international in architectural design.
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- Architecture in Ancient Central ItalyConnections in Etruscan and Early Roman Building, pp. 148 - 173Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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