Life and Death in Central Apulia

Bice Peruzzi is an assistant professor in the Department of Classics at Rutgers University.

List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Coming Together and Standing Apart: Peucetian Chronology 2. Creating Bonds: Group Identity, Banquets, and Collective Memory 3. Populating Peucetia: Sex, Gender roles, Age, and Kinship 4. Religion in Peucetia: Gods, Heroes, and Men 5. Peucetians and the Others: The Circulation of Goods, People, and Ideas Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix: Catalog of the Tombs Glossary Notes References Index

"Reveals a pre-Roman people with a rich culture ignored by most historians due to the lack of written sources. Peruzzi has exhaustively examined settlements and tombs, creating a vivid picture of the people and their culture. An important book." - Tom Carpenter, author of Dionysian Imagery in Fifth Century Athens "By focusing on Peucetian grave assemblages, Peruzzi places Apulian objects into needed context and confronts tired tropes of 'hellenization' and 'romanization.' Timely, current, and corrective." - Sheramy Bundrick, author of Athens, Etruria, and the Many Lives of Greek Figured Pottery