Excavation gives a window on to lifestyle of Etruscans in 700BC

From: The Scotsman | Date: April 8, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

THE ruins of an Etruscan mining city abandoned almost 3,000 years ago are giving archaeologists an unprecedented look at one of Italy's first and most mysterious civilisations.

Since stumbling across the ruins of a single stone dwelling in the early 1980s, archaeologists have found that the region, on the shores of a lake in central Italy, was the site of an Etruscan city in 700 BC and 600 BC.

"It's an extraordinary find because almost all Etruscan ruins are necropoli," said Giovannangelo Camporeale, the head of the excavation and a professor of Etruscan culture at the University of ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND GRAVES DATING TO FIFTH CENTURY B.C. DISCOVERY WILL HELP SCHOLARS FILL IN GAPS IN KNOWLEDGE OF GREECE.(News/National/International)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) ; ...sheer luck'' and meticulous digging, archaeologists have stumbled upon one of the finds...its exact location has long eluded archaeologists. The team has uncovered parts of the...It comes just eight months after archaeologists unearthed the Lyceum, or school, where...
Dig it! Archaeologists uncover an ancient temple in Peru.
Magazine article from: WR News, Senior Edition (including Science Spin) ; [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For archaeologists, Earth is like a giant time...Mountains, but deep in the dirt, archaeologists recently uncovered the ruins...objects that people worship. The archaeologists also found the ruins of an...
Ethics and value conflicts: An examination of archaeologists' responses to questionnaire scenarios
Magazine article from: Plains Anthropologist ; ...of the questionnaire distributed to archaeologists throughout the United States, 191...This paper discusses the responses of archaeologists both within and outside of the compliance...Hakawi Both American Indian groups and archaeologists have attacked the discipline of archaeology...
Archaeology, archaeologists and 'Europe.'.
Magazine article from: Antiquity ; Archaeologists, not suprisingly, are generally better at examining...Historically, it is easy to see why this should be so. Archaeologists generally work in institutions and traditions organized...CoE 1994), and the EU Raphael programme. Although archaeologists have been associated with the preparation of ...
Statistics for Archaeologists: A Commonsense Approach
Magazine article from: Plains Anthropologist ; Statistics for Archaeologists: A Commonsense Approach. By ROBERT...certainly be said of Statistics for Archaeologists, but as I pored over this volume...reviews), or (3) Statistics for Archaeologists could have included more. Admittedly...
ILLINOIS' ANCIENT PAST BECOMING CLEARER NEW TECHNOLOGY, DEVELOPERS HELP ARCHAEOLOGISTS REDISCOVER LONG-LOST CULTURES
Newspaper article from: Evansville Courier & Press ; Archaeologists are piecing together more of Illinois' history thanks...years and still not run out of leads. In 2004 alone, archaeologists added 1,020 sites to the official state list that...prehistoric civilization. New technology also has helped archaeologists unearth evidence of long-forgotten ...
Why are there so few black American archaeologists?
Magazine article from: Antiquity ; ...woman's, where are the practising archaeologists descended from historically marginalized...Why are there few black American archaeologists?' is a question only now being raised...social construction of the past by archaeologists (e.g. Bond & Gilliam 1994; Schmidt...
Ancient art found by archaeologists.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) ; Archaeologists have discovered more than 250 new examples of England...several theories. Among the new discoveries made by the archaeologists at Newcastle University is a collection at Goatstones...recorded. The finds, which were unearthed as the archaeologists at the university compiled a unique database, ...
Archaeologists unveil grotto in Rome linked to mythical founder
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) ; ROME (AP) - Archaeologists on Tuesday unveiled an underground...of power in imperial Rome, the archaeologists said at a news conference. In...engineer who worked on the site. The archaeologists are convinced that they have found...
Archaeologists will dig to find site of early 1700s theater.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service ; WILLIAMSBURG, Va. _ Archaeologists will dig near the Colonial Capitol...Williamsburg Foundation, said archaeologists will dig up an area a couple...last until October, he said. Archaeologists then will cover the ground for...

Find more facts and information related to the article "Excavation gives a window on to lifestyle of ..."