Legados Etruscos na Itália Contemporânea

O Patrimônio Histórico e Cultural Como Fonte Primária para os Estudos Clássicos e Religiosos

Abstract

Archaeological findings, as a primary source of historical researches, may enlarge historical studies, mainly if written documents are not adequately reached, and they can also corroborate other researches in different fields of science. Historical monuments are part of the tangible cultural heritage and show, partially, techniques of a given society, as well as its artistic expressions and its social relation features. The Etruscan people – who inhabited the region of Tuscany and Umbria in north-central Italy – bequeathed Western World bronze and pottery work, through Greek-Roman culture, as well as the worshiping of the dead whose tomb preservation is still good nowadays. As its writings are still indecipherable, archaeological findings are rather central to grasp that culture is an important ancestor compound of the Italic civilization.