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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Cerveteri, Lazio, Italyen_US
dc.coverage.temporalca. 7th - 3rd century BCE (creation)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Etruscan)en_US
dc.date-800--300en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-11T18:22:47Z
dc.date.available2013-01-11T18:22:47Z
dc.date.issued-800--300en_US
dc.identifier182883en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2113en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/89858
dc.descriptionAxis view of entrance vestibule; The Etruscan city of Caisra, usually known by its Roman name, Caere, was situated on a tufa plateau bounded by two streams, extending north-east of modern Cerveteri. The site is especially important for the extensive Etruscan necropolises on the surrounding hillsides. The ancient town itself has been only partially excavated. From ca. 700 BCE to ca. 650 BCE Cerveteri grew rapidly. From the Etruscan period are two types of tombs; tumulus or mound tombs and rectangular tombs built in long rows along 'streets'. The mounds are circular structures built in tuffa, and the interiors, carved from the living rock, house a reconstruction of the house of the dead, including a corridor (dromos), a central hall and several rooms. Modern knowledge of Etruscan daily life is largely dependent on the numerous decorative details and finds from such tombs. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 7/16/2010)en_US
dc.format.mediumtuffa; stucco; frescoes; ceramicsen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectdeath or burialen_US
dc.subjectfunerary arten_US
dc.subjectdecorative artsen_US
dc.subjectEtruscanen_US
dc.titleCerveteri: Etruscan Necropolisesen_US
dc.title.alternativeNecropoli della Banditacciaen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A3-EA-C-E5en_US
vra.culturalContextEtruscanen_US
vra.techniquecarving (processes) construction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypenecropolis (cemetery form)en_US
vra.worktypeexcavation (site)en_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Etruscan)en_US


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