HIST 2100 Lecture : Italians, Etruscan and Greeks Lecture that focuses on the periods before Rome became a city. Primarily, the influences of Italians, Etruscans and The Greeks who settled in Italy.
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History lecture: before rome italians, etruscans and greeks. 1991, hikers upon a mountain between the borderline of italy and austria found a frozen body, a hiker from 5000 years ago = iceman named otzi. Otzi died from a wound to the head and an arrow on his shoulder. His body showed signs of sword markings on his hands with blood from 4 different people. His weapons consisted of arrows with feathers on it; increased accuracy. His mushrooms necklace found around his neck were discovered to be for medicine purposes (for his arthritis) He had amulets around his neck as well. Italy in the bronze age settlements were mostly of very small villages. Main form of economic activity was transhumant pastoralism (raising animals on a pastor) Most sites in the peninsular part of italy were in the apennines apennine culture the dead for buried (inhumation: where most of the evidence is found.
