The late sixth century was a period of considerable change in Etruria; this change is traditionally seen as the adoption of superior models from Greece. In a re-alignment of agency, this 2007 book examines a wide range of Etruscan material culture - mirrors, tombs, sanctuaries, houses and cities - in order to demonstrate the importance of local concerns in the formation of Etruscan material culture. Drawing on theoretical developments, the book emphasises the deliberate nature of the smallest of changes in material culture form, and develops the concept of surface as a unifying key to understanding the changes in the ways Etruscans represented themselves in life and death. This concept allows a uniquely holistic approach to the archaeology of Etruscan society and has the potential for other archaeological investigations. The book will interest all scholars and students of classical archaeology.

Monumental sanctuaries in Central Italy, more specifically South Etruria, appear suddenly in the middle of the first millennium bc. Ancient Greek and Roman authors wrote about the Etruscans, and the Etruscans themselves produced a mass of material evidence which they buried in their tombs, and which drew on Classical elements including mythology. As a result of the wealth and breadth of archaeological material, this society provides much, so far unexplored, scope for cognitive investigation. Here my concern is why sanctuaries emerged in the late sixth century, and why the highly codified temple architecture of South Etruria took the form that it did.

IL SANTUARIO ETRUSCO DI CERVETERI, SANT'ANTONIO: UNA RELAZIONE PRELIMINARE DEGLI SCAVI 1995–8Quale parte di un progetto di collaborazione fra il Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche e la Soprintendenza Archeologica per l'Etruria Meridionale, un piccolo gruppo britannico è stato coinvolto nello scavo di parte del sito di santuario a Sant'Antonio, Cerveteri (1995–8). Lo scopo principale di questo lavoro era l'analisi paleobotanica. Questa relazione fornisce informazioni preliminari sulla struttura stratigrafica e presenta l'analisi dei resti vegetali da un'area del sito.

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