Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Museum

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Excerpt from Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Museum: October, 1910The Villanova culture may fairly be regarded as Etruscan, notwithstanding the fact that it spread beyond the Etruscan territory proper. The cinerary urns are of hand - made and badly levigated volcanic clay known as impasto Italico. This is to be distinguished from the later bucchero n-ero by its quality as well as by the fact that the latter is wheel - made. The clay is irregularly baked over an open fire and the color varies from red - brown to greyish black, covered with a polished slip, it may be to give it 'a metallic aspect. These urns are of highly specialized form with one small handle at the widest part. The cover is an inverted bowl also with one small handle. When ornamented, it is with incised geometric or stamped designs, meanders, , chevrons, dots, stars. Occasionally these are brought out in white. The technique is primitive, the forms are simple but heavy. The Hammer Collection in the Pennsylvania Museum includes a good specimen of Villano-va urn. The ordinary pottery shows little advance on the former stage. Like it, it is ornamented with geometric designs, variations of the circle, - circular hollows, an early pattern which later became common in Etruria. Color appears in a creamy pigment. Knobs used at first for suspension become bosses, like those described by Homer as decorating cups) of the time of the Trojan War.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.