Ancient Italy

"Ancient Italy is the first English-language book to provide a detailed archaeological portrait of the pre-Roman peoples of Italy--the Ligurians and Celts, Veneti, Picenes, Etruscans, Faliscans, Latins, Samnites, the peoples of Campania, and the populations of Italy's southeastern regions. Addressing themes in the study of the ancient world such ass settlement and landscape, identity, religious and funerary ritual, as a well as social and cultural interaction, Ancient Italy introduces each region and its communities, summarizes recent scholarship, provides site-specific maps and considers key issues in the regions' contemporary historiography. An important tool for researchers working on the ancient Mediterranean, historians and archaeologists, this accessible volume provides a starting point for anyone interested in the ancient peoples of Italy." -- Publisher's description