Maja Gori, Alessandro Pintucci

Archaeology Hotspot Italy

Unearthing the Past for Armchair Archaeologists

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780759124172
• ISBN-10: 0759124175
• Artikelnr.: 55081430

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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