Poggio Civitate
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Poggio Civitate is a hill in the commune of Murlo
, Italy
and the location of an ancient Etruscan
settlement. Excavations began in 1966 and have uncovered substantial traces of activity in the Orientalizing and Archaic period as well as some material from both earlier and later periods.
Murlo
Murlo is a comune in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 70 km south of Florence and about 20 km south of Siena....
, Italy
Italy
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and the location of an ancient Etruscan
Etruscan civilization
Etruscan civilization is the modern English name given to a civilization of ancient Italy in the area corresponding roughly to Tuscany. The ancient Romans called its creators the Tusci or Etrusci...
settlement. Excavations began in 1966 and have uncovered substantial traces of activity in the Orientalizing and Archaic period as well as some material from both earlier and later periods.
Directors of excavation
- Kyle M. PhillipsKyle Meredith Phillips, Jr.Kyle Meredith Phillips, Jr. was a leading American Etruscologist.Phillips was educated at Bowdoin College and Princeton University . At Princeton he studied with Erik Sjöqvist. In 1962 he also joined the faculty of Bryn Mawr College...
(1966-1988?) - Erik Nielsen- President of Franklin College (1988?-???)
- Anthony Tuck-Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts AmherstUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstThe University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States and the flagship of the University of Massachusetts system...
(???-Present)