this is extremely, extremely specific, but i've been looking for more information about etruscan anatomical votives after my professor mentioned them for like 5 minutes in class - i've found one or two articles like on them via jstor etc, but do you i guess have any general advice for digging up specific information other than just going through overview books by index or w/e? so many of the classics books in my university library are. difficult.
I was bored and wanted to research Etruscans so I found some things that might be useful along with these research tips/suggestions (for this topic in particular)
Here’s A Cool Research Article about Votive Dedication in Italian Religion (and there’s a whole Etruscan chapter!)
Medicine in the Etruscan World might be cool too?
There Seems to Be info about votive dedication in this General Etruscology book
The Religion of the Etruscans might be a good place to look too - there’s almost certainly stuff about votive dedication in it!
In general good strategies are command-F’ing whatever you’re looking for (so votives, w/e) in an ebook/ in the Amazon preview of a book so you can see if it’s present in that book. Also, in your specific case, look in both archaeology and classics journals, and search articles/books about medicine, art, and religion in Etruscan culture. You don’t have to limit yourself just to searching for Etruscan specific uses - any general summary of anatomical votives in the classical world will probably have an Etruscan or at least pre-Roman Italian section. ALSO the journal Etruscan Studies was pretty helpful when I was looking for insanely specific Etruscan archaeology info.Hope this helps!Â
