Archaeology Hotspot Italy

Unearthing the Past for Armchair Archaeologists

Maja Gori, Alessandro Pintucci (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

200 Seiten

2020
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-7591-2417-2 (ISBN)

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This book will deal with popular spots for archaeology in Italy—in terms of both fieldwork and tourism—and will focus on what has been found, who found it and their stories, the controversies and scandals, ongoing projects, and what it all means. The contents will illuminate the history, culture, national heritage, and current events.

This series will comprise reader-friendly and engaging individual narrative volumes for the general public written by archeological experts. Each volume will deal with a country that is a popular hotspot for archaeology—in terms of both fieldwork and tourism—and will focus on what has been found, who found it and their stories, what the controversies and scandals have been, ongoing projects, and what it all means. The contents will illuminate the history, culture, national heritage, and current events of the most popular destinations.

Maja Gori (Ph.D., Heidelberg/Sorbonne), an Italian, is an adjunct faculty member at the American University of Rome. She has been a free-lance archaeological guide in Rome since 2009. Her co-authored Building a New Land from Ancient Shards: Archaeology and National Identity in the Balkans will be published this year by Edwin Mellen Press.

Chronology of Ancient Italy
Preface
1. Introducing Ancient Italy
2. Italy from Prehistory to Greek Colonization
3. From the Foundation of Rome to the Fall of the Roman Empire
4. The Most Important Archaeological Sites from the North to the South of Italy
5. Digging up the Past Today: New Discoveries and New Challenges
6. Famous Figures in Past and Present Italian Archaeology
7. Controversies in Italian Archaeology
Epilogue: Learning More About Italian Archaeology
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors

Erscheinungsdatum	15.01.2019
Reihe/Serie	Archaeology Hotspots
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 241 mm
Gewicht	445 g
Themenwelt	Reiseführer ► Europa ► Italien
	Reisen ► Sport- / Aktivreisen ► Europa
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-7591-2417-5 / 0759124175
ISBN-13	978-0-7591-2417-2 / 9780759124172
Zustand	Neuware