Prato, Ornella;
(2023)
Intertwined lives in the Mediterranean: Humans and animals at Etruscan Tarquinia.
Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London).
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Abstract
Tarquinia was one of the principal Etruscan cities during the first millennium BC. Through the analysis of faunal assemblages from the city, this project aims to assess changes in husbandry strategies, livestock management and the use of animals in ritual activities through time. Such changes are connected with social, cultural and political transformations that occurred at Tarquinia during the first millennium BC. During forty years of excavation undertaken by the University of Milan at Tarquinia, a rich array of material culture was recovered, as well as an exceptional quantity of faunal remains that offers the rare opportunity to investigate the human-animal relationship at a major Etruscan centre. This project contextualises the faunal material recovered through an overview of the changes and innovations that occurred at Tarquinia during the first millennium BC and reviews and synthesises previous zooarchaeological research of the Etruscan region, to integrate the new faunal data within a wider perspective. A methodology assessment guarantees the comparability of previous research with the new data recorded within this project. This study reveals that animal management changed from unspecialised animal husbandry to a more specialised economy. Several crucial findings such as engraved astragali and selected body parts furthermore provide insight into religious practices through which social status was made visible. This project clarifies several aspects of the use of animals by the Etruscans rarely investigated so far, and discloses the enormous potential of zooarchaeology in deepening our knowledge of social change and ritual behaviour through the first millennium BC.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Qualification: | Ph.D |
| Title: | Intertwined lives in the Mediterranean: Humans and animals at Etruscan Tarquinia |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2023. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10179825 |
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