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Page Ten

THE COLLEGE E NEWS

Friday, November 17, 1967



Phillips’ Excavations in Tuscany
Reveal Friezes, Fine Terracottas

Dr. Kyle Phillips, head of the
Bryn Mawr excavations in Tuscany,
‘gave an intriguing lecture on No-
vember 14 about his work in Italy..
‘Dr. Phillips was assisted by two
Bryn Mawr students, Penny Small
’67 and Maggie George ’68 former
Haverfordian Tim Grantz,several
other graduate students and profes-
sors from the United States and
Belgium. The site at Paggio Civi-
tate, which is located near Murlo
and Siena, was chosen because of
previous finds in the area and its
centralized position in Etruria.

The first problem which con-.

fronted the archaeologists was the
task of finding a suitable spot for
the trench. The trench was finally
located on a-plateau on one of the
best preserved Tuscan mounds,
which concealed the foundations of
’ an unusually large building. Al-
though it was first assumed to bea
temple, Dr. Phillips is now almost
certain that because of its size it
could not have been a temple. Frag-
. ments of Greek pottery have been
dated at the. middle of the sixth
century B.C, by the Carbon-14
method. The massive walls of mud
brick now cover the tiles‘from the
roof in the agger laid down when
the building was destroyed around
515 B.C,

Many fine terrecottas and other
decorations were found in what
appears to be a dump from the
large building. Friezes, portraying
four different scenes -- a horse
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deities and processions -- are par=

ticularly interesting because of
their high artistic quality indicated
by the clarity of the lines and de-
tails. All the friezes are character-
ized by a circular design along the
bottom and a series of alternating

‘rectangles at the top which has not

appeared in any other Etruscan
finds. Instead of being mechanical
representations, the friezes are
‘realistic and partially three
dimensional.

Although the friezes are definite-
ly Etruscan, the horse race and
banquet scenes bear a striking
similarity to an early Corinthian
krater vase also found in Etruria.
However, it is not certain whether
the friezes were influenced by a
certain tradition or are actually
copies of the vases, The friezes
were probably made from moulds
because of their repetitio d the
contrast between the high quality of
the art and the poor quality of the
clay used indicates that the moulds
came from a large city such as
Chiusi, whereas. the clay was made
in the small town.

Also of architectural interest are
the decorations on the lateral sima
(a panel along the side ofa building
under the roof where the raindrains

off). These consist of a series in-
cluding a spout in the shape of an
animal’s head surrounded on each

side by a rosette and ahumanhead, _

These were probably made from
moulds.

-There is also a series of seated
figures which were on top of the
roof. The large eyes, flatnose, full
lips and squared off béards of
these figures show a Near Eastern
influence, but it is not known how
this influence came to Etruria.
Several gorgon heads which served
as antefixes and smaller fragments
from other terracottas were also

found. Of particular interest to all |

Bryn Mawrters would be the buc-
cheros (a type of Etruscan pottery)
decorated with owls.

Phillips hopes to answer many
questions in the next few years by
finishing his study of the remains
of this building and then clearing

‘the rest of the area in his search

for similar buildings. One such
question is what was the building
used for and why was it destroyed
on purpose. Whatever future work
reveals, it is fairly certain that
these excavations will have a pro-
found influence on the theories of
the history of the Etruscans.

Patty Gerstenblith:



Curriculum Committee

’ Will Hold an
Open Meeting

Tuesday, 1:30 —
Room G, Taylor

To Discuss Possibilities
for Pass/Fail Courses
at Bryn Mawr







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hereabouts unconventionally dre-

ssed, it is customary to surmise,
‘She must be from Bryn Mawr
College’.

And every smelly young’ slob

you see with long sideburns and

luxuriant Castro beard is pres-
umed to be a Haverford College

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