2002
DOI: 10.1017/s0068246200002099
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Interpreting early Etruscan structures: the Question of Murlo

Abstract: 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 strut… Show more

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“…The courtyard dominates the structure: it is not quite square, measuring 43.2 m on the north and south and 40.35 m and 40.5 m on the west and east respectively, thus occupying nearly two-thirds of the total area of the building. In terms of size, few parallels exist for the building, or for its central open-air space, which was surely the largest fully enclosed courtyard that any contemporary viewer in ancient Italy had ever seen (Turfa and Steinmayer, 2002: 6) 33 Fig.…”
Section: Movement and The Central Courtyard In Etruscan Palacesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The courtyard dominates the structure: it is not quite square, measuring 43.2 m on the north and south and 40.35 m and 40.5 m on the west and east respectively, thus occupying nearly two-thirds of the total area of the building. In terms of size, few parallels exist for the building, or for its central open-air space, which was surely the largest fully enclosed courtyard that any contemporary viewer in ancient Italy had ever seen (Turfa and Steinmayer, 2002: 6) 33 Fig.…”
Section: Movement and The Central Courtyard In Etruscan Palacesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…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. complexes such as those at Acquarossa and Poggio Civitate served as residential foci of social and ritual power for regional élites.…”
Section: Origin and Usage Of The Term 'Palazzo' In Etruscan Archaeologymentioning
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