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Title

Territory, time, and state : the archaeological development of the Gubbio basin / edited by Caroline Malone and Simon Stoddart ; with contributions from Francesco Allegrucci [and others].

Publication

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

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Additional Authors

• Malone, Caroline.
• Stoddart, Simon.
• Allegrucci, Francesco.

Description

xii, 232 pages : illustrations, maps; 28 cm

Summary

• Territory, time and state is a study of long-term archaeological history in the remote and beautiful upland Valley of Gubbio within the Umbrian Apennines of Italy. The aim of the work is to understand a human landscape that is well defined by the natural constraints of this mountainous region.
• The authors have developed a multidisciplinary approach to study the human and physical characteristics of the valley from the Palaeolithic to the medieval period. They integrate the analysis of a unique text (the Iguvine Tables) with excavation, field survey and environmental reconstruction to provide a synthesis of current knowledge. They break boundaries of time and tradition which are normally compartmentalised between different scholars.
• Although the linkage is sometimes controversial, it is always stimulating. The book has two major focuses: the first is on the Bronze Age landscape where spectacular sites and finds have contributed very significantly to our knowledge of pre-state Italy; and the second is on the identity and character of the early city state of Gubbio and its incorporation into the Roman world.

Subject

• Eugubine tables
• Excavations (Archaeology) > Gubbio Region
• Prehistoric peoples > Gubbio Region
• Gubbio Region (Italy) > Antiquities

Note

• 1 folded col. map in pocket.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-226) and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction / Caroline Malone, James McVicar and Simon Stoddart -- 2. The environmental setting. 2.1. The Pleistocene Basin of Gubbio (central Italy): geomorphology, genesis and evolution / Mauro Coltorti. 2.2. Pedology / Mirjam Schomaker, Erik van Waveren, Peter Finke, Rene Sewuster and Jan Sevink. 2.3. Vegetation, landuse and climate / Francesco Allegrucci, Edoardo Biondi, Rachel Fulton, Rupert Housley, Christopher Hunt and Simon Stoddart -- 3. The first human occupation and the transition to agriculture. 3.1. The evidence of lithics / Timothy Reynolds. 3.2. The transition to agriculture / Caroline Malone -- 4. The dissection of a Bronze and early Iron Age landscape. 4.1. Site territories and landuse / Peter Finke, Jenny Harding, Jan Sevink, Rene Sewuster and Simon Stoddart. 4.2. Agriculture / James McVicar, Catherine Backway, Gillian Clark and Rupert Housley. 4.3. The settlement system of Gubbio in the Late Bronze Age and early Iron Age / Caroline Malone and Simon Stoddart.
• 4.4. The regional setting of Gubbio in the Later Bronze Age and the early Iron Age / Caroline Malone and Simon Stoddart -- 5. Ritual process and the Iron Age state. 5.1. Rituals without texts / Simon Stoddart and James Whitley. 5.2. The Iguvine Tables: problems in the interpretation of ritual text / John B. Wilkins. 5.3. Text and context: the regional setting / Simon Stoddart -- 6. Imperial incorporation: the advent of Rome. 6.1. The city / Dorica Manconi and Nicholas Whitehead. 6.2. The Roman countryside / Nicholas Whitehead -- 7. The medieval period / Francesco Allegrucci -- 8. The long-term trajectory of an intermontane polity: colonisation, formation and incorporation / Caroline Malone and Simon Stoddart.

ISBN

0521355680

LCCN

93008122

OCLC

• 28064889
• ocm28064889

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries