INDICE Acknowledgements Guide to Abbreviations and Conventsions – Abbreviations – Conventions I. Poggio Civitate: An Archaeological Summary Introduction Early Phase Orientalizing Complex Piano del Tesoro’s “Orientalizing Complex” Piano del Tesoro: The Archaic Phase Population centers beyond Piano del Tesoro II. Social Networking at Poggio Civitate: Inscriptions on Bucchero Drinking Cups Introduction The Typology of Relief-ware Bucchero kyathoi The Typology of the kyathoi from Poggio Civitate The Paithinas/Paithinaie Network Another Network of Exchange at Poggio Civitate Exchange of Bucchero between 7th Century BCE Etruscan Communities III. Language and Iconography: Inscriptions on ivory plaques Introduction Tesserae hospitales? Object, Iconography, and Inscription Totems of Fertility IV. The Utility of Language: Inscriptions on locally produced ceramic objects Introduction Inscriptions on Ceramic The Functions of the Texts V. The Archaic Phase: Inscriptions on Stone and Terracotta Introduction The Dearth of Inscriptions Inscriptions of a Public Nature VI. Language, Literacy, and Society at Poggio Civitate Introduction Categories of Writing The Writing Community Non-textual Uses of Writing Linguistic Diversity within the Community Epilogue VII. Catalogue of Inscriptions Introduction Orientalizing Phase Orientalizing/Archaic Phase Abbreviations Bibliography Index of Etruscan Words Plates