FOREWORD IX
1. INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 A brief historical and topographical introduction to Crustumerium 1
1.2 Research context and research objectives 5
1.3 City-states in Central Italy: a tale of two cities 8
1.4 City and country in practice: between uniformity and variety 14
1.5 Research methodology 21
2. SITE AND RESEARCH HISTORY 25
2.1 Putting Crustumerium on the map 25
2.2 Site and landscape history of Crustumerium 28
2.3 Research history 40
2.4 To sum up chapter 2 64
3. TERRITORY OF CRUSTUMERIUM 67
3.1 About the data 68
3.2 Assessing site spatial characteristics 72
3.3 Assessing site chronology 83
3.4 To sum up chapter 3 93
4. REVISITING THE URBAN AND RURAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF CRUSTUMERIUM 95
4.1 The urban survey 96
4.2 New survey data from the territory of Crustumerium 122
5. NEW LIGHT THROUGH OLD WINDOWS 154
5.1 Crustumerium as an urban centre 154
5.2 Crustumerium as a territorial centre 178
5.3 Characterizing Crustumerium as a city-state 194
5.4 Reviewing Crustumerium in a wider context 198
REFERENCES 201
