Recherches sur les Messapiens. IVe-IIe si�cle avant J.-C. Unknown - 1996

École Française de Rome, Palais Farnèse, 1996. X,661p. Richly ills.(B&W line drawings and photographs). Hard bound. Upper corner front cover a tiny bit damaged. Lower corner front cover a little bit bumped. Series: Bibliothèque des Écoles Françaises d'Athènes et de Rome, Fascicule 292. ?As is to be expected for a people who left so few written records, over half the text of L.?s work is dedicated to cataloguing the archaeological material from all over Messapia. this seven the dual purpose of providing an invaluable tool for research and also defining the geographical limits of Messapian culture. (?) The second half of the work is an examination of the Messapian people from economic, cultural, and linguistic standpoints.Here, archaeology is combined with history and epigraphy as L. looks at transport and roads, agriculture, urbanism and urban centres, political and social organisation, art, and architecture. The aids to the reader are… Leer más