Introduction: Exploring Veii

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustration ix
4. Preface xiii
5. List of Abbreviations xvii
6. Album of Maps xix
7. Introduction: Exploring Veii 1
8. PART I . ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE CITY
9. Chapter 1. Veii, the Stratigraphy of an Ancient Town 7
10. Chapter 2. City and Landscape 17
11. Chapter 3. The Emptyscapes Project 29
12. PART II. HISTORY OF THE CITY
13. Chapter 4. Toward Veii 35
14. Chapter 5. Veii and Its Territory from the Final Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age 47
15. Chapter 6. Veii in the Eighth Century BCE 55
16. Chapter 7. Veii and the Others 67
17. Chapter 8. The Orientalizing Period 77
18. Chapter 9. Veii during the Seventh and Sixth Centuries BCE 87
19. Chapter 10. Veii and the Greeks 95
20. Chapter 11. Veii and the Near East 101
21. Chapter 12. Veii during the Archaic Period (Sixth and Fifth Centuries BCE) 107
22. Chapter 13. The Sanctuary of Portonaccio 117
23. Chapter 14. Cult Evidence from the Urban Sanctuaries at Veii 127
24. Chapter 15. The Epigraphical Evidence 139
25. Chapter 16. The Defensive System 147
26. PART III. MATERIAL CULTURE OF THE CITY
27. Chapter 17. Early Iron Age Pottery 155
28. Chapter 18. Orientalizing Pottery 163
29. Chapter 19. Archaic, Late Archaic, and Classical Pottery 169
30. Chapter 20. Metal Production 177
31. Chapter 21. Wall Painting 187
32. Chapter 22. Stone Sculpture 193
33. Chapter 23. Kilns and Evidence of Ceramic Production 201
34. Chapter 24. Architectural Terracottas 207
35. PART IV. LEGACY OF THE CITY
36. Chapter 25. Furius Camillus and Veii 217
37. Conclusions 225
38. Appendix. A Chronology of Veii 229
39. Index of Names 235