{"product_id":"etrusco-ritu-case-studies-in-etruscan-ritual-behaviour-hardcover","title":"Etrusco Ritu: Case Studies in Etruscan Ritual Behaviour - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eL. B. Van Der Meer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book focuses on Etruscan private and public ritual behaviour in the last millennium BC. It is based on archaeological, epigraphical and historical sources. Topics are context, form, origins, agency, dynamics (\u003ci\u003ehomeostasis\u003c\/i\u003e or change), meaning, function and the survival of rites in the Roman imperial and later periods. After an introduction to recent theories and definitions, first private rituals are traced, \u003ci\u003erites de passage\u003c\/i\u003e like marriage, birth, perinatal burial, transition to adulthood, immersion, healing, adoption, divination and consecration. \u003cbr\u003e Mortuary rituals are dealt with separately in view of their private \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e public dimensions. Pre-burial, burial, and post-burial rites, are primarily analysed by paying attention to sets of grave-goods, and to artefacts and bones found in or near a tomb, as written sources are almost absent. Grave sets reflect, from c. 800 until c. 40 BC, the core activity first of the elite and later of the rich middle class, namely eating and wine drinking. Not only the deceased were supposed to continue this ritual in the netherworld, eating and drinking also took place in pre- and post-burial phases of funerals. This practice was important for reasons of self-repesentation, consolidation of power, and social reproduction. \u003cbr\u003e Finally, fragments of or quotations from sacred books, especially lost \u003ci\u003elibri rituales\u003c\/i\u003e, transmitted by Greek and Roman authors, are confronted with the evidence of recent archaeological excavations, especially in newly founded cities. Though ancient authors were biased, it will appear that their information, especially on cosmological orientation, orthogonality, \u003ci\u003emundus, sulcus primigenius\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003epomerium\u003c\/i\u003e, often has a core of truth. Most Etruscan rituals disappeared in the fourth century AD. A few, however, survived until the present day, be it in a changed way, and in different contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 175\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 10.6 x 8.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67928200216830,"sku":"9789042925380","price":176.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0826\/8716\/4670\/files\/srRdJB9SpN9789042925380.webp?v=1793473312","url":"https:\/\/123learningstore.com\/products\/etrusco-ritu-case-studies-in-etruscan-ritual-behaviour-hardcover","provider":"123 Learning Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}