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| Rivista di Studi Etruschi | |
|---|---|
| Title | Rivista di Studi Etruschi |
| Discipline | Etruscology |
| Language | Italian |
| Abbreviation | RSE |
| Publisher | Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi |
| Country | Italy |
| History | 1927–present |
| Frequency | Annual |
Rivista di Studi Etruschi is an annual scholarly journal devoted to the study of ancient Italic cultures, with a primary focus on Etruscan civilization, material culture, inscriptions, and archaeology. It serves as a focal venue for research associated with Italian and international institutions, attracting contributions from scholars linked to universities, museums, and research centers across Europe and the Mediterranean. The journal fosters dialogue among specialists connected to archaeological projects, epigraphic corpora, and comparative studies of ancient Mediterranean societies.
The journal was founded in the interwar period with links to Italian academic and cultural bodies such as the Accademia dei Lincei, the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", and regional museums including the Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, with early editorial figures connected to scholars who worked alongside excavations at Tarquinia, Cerveteri, and Chiusi. During the mid-20th century the journal intersected with scholarship from institutions like the British School at Rome, the École française de Rome, and the Deutsche Archäologische Institut, while contributors engaged with debates shaped by figures affiliated with the Università degli Studi di Firenze, the Università degli Studi di Pisa, and the Istituto Italiano di Studi Storici. In later decades the publication reflected dialogues coordinated with projects at the British Museum, the Louvre, and the National Archaeological Museum, Florence, and scholars connected to the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio.
RSE publishes research on archaeology, epigraphy, art history, and cultural contacts, with articles addressing finds from sites such as Poggio Civitate, Veii, Populonia, Orvieto, and Volterra and comparative studies involving contexts like Magna Graecia, Phoenicia, Rome, and Carthage. Contributors analyze material including funerary contexts, votive deposits, sanctuaries, and urban topography uncovered at locales including Perugia, Blera, Tarquinia Monterozzi, and Ficulle while engaging with corpora such as the Corpus Inscriptionum Etruscarum and the Etruscan Texts Project. Methodological pieces link to laboratory studies undertaken at the CNR laboratories, discussions with conservators from the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, and comparative iconographic work referencing collections in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, the Museo Gregoriano Etrusco, and the Museo Civico Giovanni Marangoni.
The editorial board has historically included academics from the Università degli Studi di Milano, the Università di Bologna, the Università degli Studi di Padova, and the Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, with advisory connections to curators at the British Museum, the Museo Archeologico di Firenze, and the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto. Publication logistics have involved printers and distributors in Rome and partnerships with cultural organizations such as the Ministero della Cultura, regional Soprintendenze, and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura. The journal issues thematic volumes and miscellanea, organizes peer review by specialists from centers like the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, the Institut Catholique de Paris, and the Università degli Studi di Siena, and maintains editorial correspondence with international scholars at the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Noteworthy contributions have treated subjects such as burial rites at Banditaccia Necropolis, architectural phases at Poggio Colla, iconography from the Tomb of the Reliefs, and inscriptions related to the Liber Linteus and other epitaphic texts, with authors affiliated to projects at Cornell University, Yale University, the University of Pennsylvania Museum, and the University of Chicago. The journal has published debates involving comparative frameworks adopted by scholars linked to the British School at Athens, the Institute of Archaeology (UCL), the École pratique des hautes études, and the Universität Heidelberg. Editorial essays have referenced fieldwork sponsored by the Wellcome Trust, the European Research Council, and the British Academy, and synthetic treatments connecting Etruscan studies with research at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Kunsthistorisches Museum, and the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica.
RSE is indexed in bibliographic resources consulted by specialists at institutions like the British Library, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and the Library of Congress, and is cited in monographs published by presses such as Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Brill, De Gruyter, and Taylor & Francis. Scholarly reception has been shaped by reviews in periodicals issued by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft community, the American Schools of Oriental Research, and regional Italian review outlets connected to the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Romani and the Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medio Evo.
Print runs are held in research libraries including the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma, the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, the holdings of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, and the collections of university libraries at Sapienza University of Rome, the University of Bologna Library, and the Bodleian Library. Institutional subscriptions are maintained by museums and universities such as the Ashmolean Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Smithsonian Institution, while interlibrary loan and document delivery services coordinate with catalogues like those of the Union Catalogue of Italian Libraries and the WorldCat union catalog. Selected back issues appear in the archives of centers such as the British School at Rome and the École française de Rome and are available through university repositories and specialist libraries across Europe and North America.
Category:Etruscology journals