Poggio Civitate: A Turning Point

This paper discusses some of the insights that have been gained from the study of the textile tools from the Etruscan settlement of Poggio Civitate di Murlo and coeval textiles recovered from the adjacent cemetery site of Poggio Aguzzo di Murlo. Over 1,600 textile tools (including spindle whorls, loom weights, and spools) are analysed from a functional perspective, and results suggest that the textiles found in burials were likely produced at the site. This new information is discussed in light of other subsistence and craft activities documented at the settlement, all of which indicate an inward-oriented economy that catered to the local elites and the populations they controlled.

“… 6 For various views on why the Archaic complex at Poggio Civitate di Murlo was destroyed, see Edlund-Berry, 1994; and de Grummond, 1997: 23–40. For a summary, see Tuck, 2016: 111.…”

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Tools for Textiles: Textile Production at the Etruscan Settlement of Poggio Civitate, Murlo, in the Seventh and Sixth Centuries Bc

Cutler¹,

Dimova²,

Gleba³

2020

“… 6 The nomenclature of this building and the others from the earlier phase of the site varies and has changed as the excavations have continued and new evidence has been found. For a summary see: de Grummond, 1997. I believe that the complications associated with nomenclature are a result of the duration of the ongoing excavations and indicative of the uncertainty associated with archaeological discovery.…”

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“… 22 Recent summaries of the debate have been provided by Vedia Izzet (2008: 127–8) and by Riva (2010: 180–4). Notable are the suggestions of Nancy de Grummond (1997) and of Turfa and Steinmayer (2002), who attributed trade and/or market functions to Poggio Civitate.…”

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“…Steingräber (2001) and TomRasmussen (2005) have presented discussions of the issues surrounding urbanization in Etruria.13 For example:Menichetti, 1994;de Grummond, 1997; Torelli, 1997;Rowland, 2001;Rathje, 2007. 14 For example:Haynes, 2000: 118-20, 139-41; Izzet, 2008: 127. 15 ParticularlyTurfa and Steinmayer (2002), who proposed a practical and helpful reassessment of key features such as size, location, security and comfort in order to argue that the structure may have functioned as a trade centre.…”

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Approaching monumental architecture: mechanics and movement in Archaic Etruscan palaces

Meyers¹

2013

This paper reassesses the architectural setting of a group of monumental buildings dating to the sixth century bc from the Etruscan area of central Italy, sometimes referred to as palaces, or palazzi. Although scholars traditionally have focused on classifying the buildings, the architectural form is here examined through close comparative analysis of spatial mechanics and movement. Focusing on case-studies from Poggio Civitate (Murlo) and Acquarossa, the author reconstructs the architectural processes of movement, particularly between the exterior and interior spaces arranged around a characteristic courtyard, and concludes that the structures are indicative of a unique Etruscan experience rather than that of Mediterranean palaces more generally. The author calls for a shift away from attempts to categorize these monumental structures in favour of a close analysis of spatial experience in order to explore better their architectural impact and function.

“…'For Murlo basic bibliography, see Phillips, 1993;de Grummond, 1997;and the recent update in Nielsen, 1999. Note the artist's reconstruction of the Southeast, Lower and Upper Buildings in Etruscans: Italy's Lovers of Life: 71-81, illustrations on pp.…”

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Interpreting early Etruscan structures: the Question of Murlo

Turfa¹,

Steinmayer²

2002

L'INTERPRETAZIONE DI STRUTTURE ETRUSCHE ARCAICHE: IL CASO DI MURLOL'analisi della datazione, l'estensione, la pianta e la posizione dell'edificio monumentale con cortile a Poggio Civitate (Murlo, provincia di Siena) indica la sua funzione di ‘centro commerciale in età pre-monetaria, in una regione non completamente urbanizzata. Essendo cosi visibile — una sorta di affermazione politico-economica — ed offrendo riparo e sicurezza ad un gran numero di persone o di merci, il ‘Murlo Upper Building’, una delle strutture più grandi dell'epoca (c. 575 a.C), caratterizzata da una progettazione innovativa e da una decorazione insolita, era stato progettato come parte di un sistema commerciale di prodotti su larga scala. La sua prossimitá ad una regione mineraria e il suo uso nella produzione di beni di lusso assortiti, cosi come il progetto di una struttura che funzionava come la ‘stanza del commercio’ dei moderni forti coloniali europei, conferma ulteriormente la sua funzione commerciale in un'era di contatti stranieri sempre più sofisticati e di cambiamenti sociali.