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What was daily life like in Italy between 6000 and 3500 BC?In this book, John Robb brings together the archaeological evidence on a wide range of aspects of life in Neolithic Italy and surrounding regions (Sicily and Malta). Exploring how the routines of daily life structured social relations and human experience during this period, Robb provides a detailed analysis of how people built houses, buried their dead, made and shared a distinctive cuisine, and made the pots and stone tools that archaeologists find. ... Read more

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"MacKendrick writes so enthusiastically that all laymen who have a serious interest in scholarship and antiquity will delight in following his story." --New York Times Book Review ... Read more

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Kind of hard to stay with this.
Writer's style just doesn't keep my brain on track.This is a favorite subject for me so I was pretty disappointed that it wa hard to stay with. ... Read more

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A major new book on the archaeology of Rome. The chapters, by an impressive list of contributors, are written to be as up-to-date and useful as possible, detailing a plethora of new research. There are new maps for the topography and monuments of Rome, a huge research bibliography containing 1,700 titles, and numerous rich illustrations. Essential for all scholars and students of Ancient Rome.

Contents: Preface: a bird's eye view (Peter Wiseman)Introduction (Jon Coulston and Hazel Dodge)Early and Archaic Rome (Christopher Smith)The city of Rome in the Middle Republic (Tim Cornell)The moral museum: Augustus and the image of Rome (Susan Walker)Armed and belted men: the soldiery in Imperial Rome (Janet Delaine and G. Aldrete)The feeding of Imperial Rome: the mechanics of the food supply system (David Mattingly)‘Greater than the pyramids': the water supply of Ancient Rome (Hazel Dodge)Entertaining Rome (Kathleen Coleman)Living and dying in the city of Rome: houses and tombs (John Patterson)Religions of Rome (Simon Price) Rome in the Late Empire (Neil Christie)Archaeology and innovation (Hugh Petter)Appendix: Sources for the study of ancient Rome (Jon Coulston and Hazel Dodge) ... Read more

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Behind the Scenes at the Imperial Capital
I went to Rome last March and took this book with me. Although it is not designed as a guidebook (it is heavy on foot-notes, further references etc) it encouraged me to go and visit some of the lesser known sites of Rome where archaeologists have recently been working. I loved the chapter on food supply especially and went to see Monte Testaccio, a pile of broken pots discarded from the boats that carried wine up the Tiber. It's extraordinary - as high as a natural hill - and the book gave full details of the internal structure, the types of vessel that made up the pile, and some of the statistics for how much alcohol Rome consumed. There are some other great chapters too and the authors are well-known experts: Kathleen Coleman, who wrote the chapter on sports and pastimes, was the technical advisor for the Russell Crowe movie Gladiator. Anyway, all in all, a really fascinating read and bang up-to-date on the continuing work archaeologists are doing in Rome to expose daily life, behind the glitzy imperial facade. ... Read more

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Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri, one of the finest Italian protohistorians, deals in this monograph with a major archaeological site, the Iron Age cemetery of Osteria dell'Osa, near Rome. The cemetery materials provide rich insights into the emergence of the city-state in central Italy in the crucial period 900-580 BC. Paying particular attention to the causes of variation in burials - ritual, gender, age, status - Dr Bietti Sestieri is able to develop a convincing picture of the late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Latium vetus in the wider context of southern Etruria and Campania. ... Read more

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This book offers an overview of the archaeological and structural evidence for one of the most vital periods of Italian history, spanning the late Roman and early medieval periods. The chronological scope covers the adoption of Christianity and the emergence of Rome as the seat of Western Christendom, the break-up of the Roman west in the face of internal decay and the settlement of non-Romans and Germanic groups, the impact of Germanic and Byzantine rule on Italy until the rise of Charlemagne and of a Papal State in the later eighth century. Presenting a detailed review and analysis of recent discoveries by archaeologists, historians, art historians, numismatists and architectural historians, Neil Christie identifies the changes brought about by the Church in town and country, the level of change within Italy under Rome before and after occupation by Ostrogoths, Byzantines and Lombards, and reviews wider changes in urbanism, rural exploitation and defence. The emphasis is on human settlement on its varied levels - town, country, fort, refuge - and the assessment of how these evolved and the changes that impacted on them.Too long neglected as a 'Dark Age', this book helps to further illuminate this fascinating and dynamic period of European history. ... Read more

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These seventeen papers reflect John Lloyd's wide ranging interests in Ancient History, new technologies and methods, geomorphology and anthropology and how they can all be combined in the study of past landscapes. Scholars from Italy, the UK, the USA and Germany write about various projects based mainly in central Italy with seven of the papers describing aspects of John's major fieldwork project in the Sangro Valley, Abruzzo. ... Read more

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The University Museum's classical collections are among the largest, most diverse, and most systematically collected of those of any museum in the United States. Of particular importance is the Etruscan material, spanning the entire history of the Etruscan peoples, from the ninth to the second centuries B.C. The strengths of the Roman collection are its glass, coins, sculpture, and the excavated objects from the Italian sites of Colonia Minturnae and the Sanctuary of Diana at Nemi.

The Guide covers religion, daily life, language, commerce and trade, and death and burial among the Etruscans and Romans, and the legacy of the classical world in Western culture. It celebrates the completion of a suite of galleries at the University Museum—Worlds Intertwined: Etruscans, Greeks, and Romans—and is a companion guide to The Ancient Greek World (1995).

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I was charmed
This book is an incredibly charming read, made even better by the beautiful pictures.I enjoyed it so much that I have given several copies of this book to friends and family.When I grow up (?), I want to be an archaeologist!!

Thank you, Naomi Miller, for giving me many evenings of pleasure.

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Amazon.com had a mistake in the listing (since corrected) which prompted me to write and take the opportunity to transmit what my friends say about the book (I, of course, would be too prejudiced to write my own review):

One of the people pictured in the book wrote to me: "Thanks a million for your wonderful book. I've just spent a while taking refuge from a grumpy evening by flipping through it, pausing to read about the parts of your life I don't know. How wonderfully generous of you to enshrine us like this, with such precise evocation of time, space, foolishness & purpose."

Another friend wrote:"Your lovely book of drawings and watercolors arrived yeaterday. [We] were immediately entranced by the images and text--such an amusing, informative down-to-earth description life on the dig. The watercolors are really wonderful, but I've always known that.... I had never seen the Shiraz bazaar or Malyan village scenes. Then there are all the pals: ...--they evoke such memories! Is that Dash, the Wonder Dog, on the back cover? Remember, he had a "thing' for you, invading your bedroom with his cargo of fleas! And there he is, wagging his tail at your photograph. Plate 16 is a sweet rendering of my favorite view of Yassihöyük. The Euphrates views are as close as I ever need to get to that old river. Finally, I love all the little sketches scattered throughout--especially the birds and animals. Thanks again for the originals, which I treasure, and thanks for the book. ..."

And another friend wrote: "...Your book is wonderful: your narrative is a delight to read and you know how much I admire your watercolors--each is exquisite w/ great sureness of line, balance of composition pacing & repetition that makes a whole of the multi-paneled ones, and of course great use of colors to die for. I love them! I am lucky to have seen many in incomparable person but there were some that were new to me--the luminosity of the originals and your wonderful backlighting were undiminished in reproduction. Of course we love best of all discovering new things in the plates with each reading.
Congratulations in getting your book out. I am so happy that everyone else will get to share in the pleasure of looking at them.
Thank you again, I am most proud to possess a copy so wonderfully inscribed!"

I won't bore you with the rest of the rave reviews! ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Italy; Etruria; Sardinia (Italy); Etruscans; Description and travel; Lawrence, D. H; Sardina; Travel / General; Social Science / Archaeology; Fiction / Short Stories; Travel / Europe / Italy; ... Read more

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One of the greatst travel books ever written
Much is said of D.H. Lawrence's fiction, but we've mostly forgotten about his amazing travel writing.Twilight in Italy takes us on a foot tour of the Alps all the way down into the verdant gardens and sun soaked plaza's of Italy.Lawrence, as always, finds small stories here and there that not only share a sense of place but also relate the experience of a real traveler.If you are a fan of Paul Theroux or Pico Iyer you will immediately feel at home with this book.

Truly great writing
I found myself reading, rereading, and rereading aloud, passages from this beautiful work. Lawrence writes poetically--never mind the sportswriters' rule against repeating the same word in a sentence ("Angels," "Seraphs," "Halos")--this author uses "dark" numerous times in a single paragraph. I felt as though I were in northern Italy with him. Incredible. Also recommended are his other travel works, such as Sea and Sardinia and Mornings in Mexico.

Beautifully Written Travel Narrative
D.H. Lawrence is better known for his various novels, i.e., Women in Love; Lady Chatterly's Lover; and Sons and Lovers than for his travel writing.With that said, I highly recommend this book.Personally I love Lawrence's writing style and this particular book is exceptional even for Lawrence.You will feel as though you are there with him experiencing the moment he is describing.The people and places of Italy come alive through his prose.His writing moves, at times, from reality and physical descriptions to abstraction and philosophy, but it is so wonderfully written, you will cherish every word and never question the move from one to the other.Images abound in this work and the scenes he describes are beautifully sensual.I have read this work twice and plan on reading it numerous other times throughout my life. ... Read more

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One of the many pleasures of visiting Italy is the unique opportunity to walk amongst traces of the past. This welcome addition to White Star’s Italy from Above aerial photography series uncovers archaeological sites scattered throughout the modern landscape of the Italian peninsula. Hundreds of full-color photographs whisk readers over Italy and back in time to discover sites of a wide range of different historical periods. Italy’s foremost aerial photography have made use of cutting edge techniques to reveal significant archaeological details that the human eye couldn’t normally distinguish from the surrounding landscape. ... Read more

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This work details current research and the knowledge of the Early Medieval town in Italy. The chronological and geographical limits of this analysis (the regions of Central and Northern Italy between Late Antiquity, c. 4th-5th century, and the end of the Early Middle Ages, c. 10th-11th century) have been selected on the basis of the changes and the solutions that emerged for political, economic, and social aspects, as a consequence of a succession of events that occurred earlier and in a more conclusive way in such contexts, trying then to point out eventual developments until the phases that precede the time of the city-states. ... Read more

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"The richness [and environmental diversity] of the ItalianPaleolithic ha[ve] never been doubted; . . . [what] instead has beenlacking is a study that truly puts the richness and the diversitytogether. Now we have, in this magnificent overview by MargheritaMussi, the marriage of Paleolithic data with the detail of thepaleoenvironmental framework. ... The value of this book as ameticulous and comprehensive survey of all the pre-Neolithicarchaeology of one country will establish its place in the Paleolithiccanon."

From the Foreword by Clive Gamble, University of Southampton. Most publications on the prehistory of Italy are written in Italianand are not readily available to the international archaeologicalcommunity. Designed for an audience of English-speaking readers, thisbook aims to synthesize more than 600,000 years of Italian prehistory-- beginning with the Lower Paleolithic and ending with the lasthunter-gatherers of the early Holocene -- presented with fullreference to the original sources and within the context of ongoingdebates in European and world prehistory. The author treats suchissues as the development of social structure, the rise and fall ofspecific cultural traditions, climatic change, modifications of thelandscape, fauna and flora, and environmental adaptation andexploitation and includes detailed descriptions of the most importantsites. ... Read more

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"Mussi (Universita di Roma "La Sapienza") provides a welcome, fully documented, and well-illustrated summary of the earlier periods of Italian prehistory ending with the coming of the Neolithic circa 7,000 BCE..... A must for college and university programs offering undergraduate and graduate courses in the Paleolithic.....
R. B. Clay,formerly, University of Kentucky
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May 2002 Vol. 39 No. 09 ... Read more

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George Dennis (1814-1898) was a British antiquarian who was the first modern investigator of ancient Etruria and Etruscan archaeological remains. After visiting Etruria several times between 1842 and 1847, Dennis entered the diplomatic service, becoming pro-consul to Sicily in 1863. These volumes, first published in 1848, are the result of his travels in Etruria and contain the first scholarly account of Etruscan archaeological sites. Originally written as a guide for tourists who wished to see ancient sites beyond the familiar Roman remains, the book describes the antiquities in each Etruscan city in great detail, with major centres such as Veii having a section each for the city and cemetery remains. Illustrated with images of antiquities, architectural remains and plans of the larger sites, this volume provides valuable information on sites which have since been lost, destroyed or damaged. Volume 1 includes the sites of Veii and Tarquinia. ... Read more