Jean MacIntosh Turfa is a Research Associate and occasional Lecturer in the Mediterranean Section of the University of Pennsylvania Museum and an adjunct professor in Classics at St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia. She has taught at the University of Liverpool, University of Illinois, Chicago, and Loyola University of Chicago, Drexel University, Dickinson and Bryn Mawr Colleges, St. Joseph's University and the University of Pennsylvania. She is a Member of the Istituto di Studi Etruschi e Italici.

Introduction Jean MacIntosh Turfa Part I: Environment, Background, and the Study of Etruscan Culture 1. Etruscan environments Ingele M.B. Wiman 2. "Origins" in perspective Giovanna Bagnasco Gianni 3. Etruscan origins and the ancient authors Dominique Briquel 4. Fleshing out the demography of Etruria Geof Kron Part II: The Historical Development of Etruria 5. The Villanovan culture. At the beginning of Etruscan history Gilda Bartoloni 6. Orientalizing Etruria Maurizio Sannibale 7. Urbanization in southern Etruria from the 10th to the 6th century BC Robert Leighton 8. The long twilight: "Romanization" of Etruria Vincent Jolivet 9. Family tombs in northern Etruria Marjatta Nielsen Part III: Etruscans and Their Neighbors 10. The western Mediterranean before the Etruscans Fulvia LoSchiavo 11. The Nuragic heritage in Etruria Fulvia LoSchiavo & Matteo Milletti 12. Phoenician and Punic Sardinia and the Etruscans Rubens D'Oriano & Antonio Sanciu 13. Etruria and Corsica Matteo Milletti 14. Etruria and the Italic peoples: the Faliscans Maria Anna De Lucia Brolli & Jacopo Tabolli 15. Etruria on the Po and the Adriatic Giuseppe Sassatelli & Elisabetta Govi 16. Etruscans in Campania Mariassunta Cuozzo 17. Etruria Marittima, Carthage and Iberia, Massalia, Gaul Jean Gran Aymerich Part IV: Etruscan Society and Economy 18. Political systems and Law: and the issue of federation Hilary Wills Becker 19. Economy and commerce through material evidence Jean Gran Aymerich 20. Mothers and Children Larissa Bonfante 21. Slavery and Manumission Enrico Benelli 22. The Etruscan Language Luciano Agostiniani 23. Numbers & Reckoning Daniele Maras Part V: Religion in Etruria 24. Greek Myth in Etruscan Culture Erika Simon 25. Gods and Demons in the Etruscan Pantheon Ingrid Krauskopf 26. Haruspicy and Augury: Sources and Procedures Nancy T. de Grummond 27. Religion: the gods and the places Ingrid Edlund-Berry 28. Archaeological Evidence for Etruscan Religious Rituals Simona Rafanelli 29. Tarquinia, sacred areas and sanctuaries on the Civita plateau and on the coast Giovanna Bagnasco Gianni 30. Pyrgi Maria Paola Baglione 31. Orvieto, Campo della Fiera - Fanum Voltumnae Simonetta Stopponi 32. Worshiping with the dead Stephan Steingräber 33. The Imagery of Tomb Objects and its Funerary Relevance Tom B. Rasmussen Part VI: Special Aspects of Etruscan Culture 34. The Science of the Etruscans Armando Cherici 35. The Architectural Heritage of Etruria Ingrid Edlund-Berry 36. Etruscan Town Planning and Related Structures Claudio Bizzarri 37. Villanovan and Etruscan Mining and Metallurgy Claudio Giardino 38. Technology, Ideology, Warfare and the Etruscans Before the Roman Conquest David George 39. The Art of the Etruscan Armourer Ross H. Cowan 40. Seafaring: shipbuilding, harbors, the issue of piracy Stefano Bruni 41. Princely Chariots and Carts Adriana Emiliozzi 42. The World of Etruscan Textiles Margarita Gleba 43. Food and Drink in the Etruscan World Lisa C. Pieraccini 44. The banquet through Etruscan history Annette Rathje 45. Etruscan Spectacles: Theater and Sport Jean-Paul Thuillier 46. Music and musical instruments in Etruria Fredrik Tobin 47. Health and Medicine in Etruria Jean MacIntosh Turfa, with Marshall J. Becker Part VII: Etruscan Specialties in Art 48. Foreign Artists in Etruria Giovannangelo Camporeale 49. The phenomenon of terracotta: architectural terracottas Nancy Winter 50. Jewelry Françoise Gaultier 51. Engraved Gems Ulf R. Hansson 52. The Etruscan Painted Pottery Laura Ambrosini 53. The Meanings of Bucchero Richard Daniel De Puma 54. Etruscan terracotta figurines Helen Nagy 55. Portraiture Alexandra Carpino 56. Landscape and illusionism: qualities of Etruscan wall paintings Helen Nagy 57. The bronze votive tradition in Etruria Margherita Gilda Scarpellini 58. Mirrors in art and society Richard Daniel De Puma 59. Science as art: Etruscan anatomical votives Matthias Recke 60. Animals in the Etruscan household and environment Adrian P. Harrison Part VIII: Post-Antique Reception of Etruscan Culture 61. Annius of Viterbo etc. Ingrid Rowland 62. The reception of Etruscan culture: Dempster and Buonarotti Francesco De Angelis 63. Modern approaches to Etruscan culture Marie-Laurence Haack