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Soft cover. Zustand: New. 213 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. Introduction : Painted pottery made from purified clay and decorated with geometric motifs has been found in many regions of Italy. Some of it belongs to styles found more abundantly in other regions of the Aegean, but much of it displays features of shape and decorative composition unique to Italy. The earliest pottery belongs to the Greek styles and Etruria is one of the first areas of Italy to receive it. Soon after its appearance various local styles develop, but in this early period there is little external evidence for dating and it is difficult to assess the chronological relationship between the individual local styles. Ake Akerström's study (Akerström 1943) remains the only attempt at a com- prehensive classification of the different expressions of Geometric style found in Italy and Sicily, but his interpretation, based on stylistic rather than ar- chaeological associations, resulted in idiosyncratic conclusions which have been rendered obsolete by the variety and context of material which has appeared since his publication. In particular, excavations in the Valle San Montano cemetery at Pithekoussai and the Quattro Fontanili cemetery at Veii have produced new evidence for the chronology of the Geometric styles found in Southern Italy and Southern Etruria, the far-reaching implications of which have not yet been fully explored.…