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Orientation and Etruscan ritual

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

A. Aveni  and
G. Romano
A. Aveni
Affiliation:
Departments of Sociology-Anthropology and Physics-Astronomy, Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton NY 13346–1398, USA
G. Romano
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Padua, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio, Padua, Italy
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The cosmology of the Etruscans, like so much else Etruscan, hovers on the edge of historical visibility. By exploring Etruscan temple alignments measured in situ and with the helpful context of the Disciplina Etrusca, factors are found that might affect temple orientation, and connections with the Greek and Roman record are explored.

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Antiquity , Volume 68 , Issue 260 , September 1994 , pp. 545 - 563
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1994

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