Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri

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Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri (born December 7, 1942 ) is an Italian archaeologist whose research focus is on the prehistory of Italy , more precisely the metal ages.

life and work

Bietti Sestieri received the Laurea (roughly equivalent to the Bachelor ) in Etruscology after studying with Massimo Pallottino at the University of Rome from 1964 to 1966 . In the early 1970s, her research on the early history of Italy was funded by the award of two MacNamara grants. From 1974 she worked as an archaeological specialist in Italian prehistory for the Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma and conducted important excavations during this time. From 1995 to 2003 she was Archaeological Superintendent of Abruzzo and from 2003 to 2009 President of the Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria . Since 2006 she has been Professor of European Early History at the Università del Salento in Lecce . She has now retired .

Bietti Sestieri has published around 150 publications on Italian prehistory and organized several large museum exhibitions. She gained a lot of fame by directing the excavations in the Iron Age necropolis of Osteria dell'Osa east of Rome. She has carried out numerous excavations in Italy, including intensive excavations at Osteria dell'Osa, Castiglione (in Latium ) and Fidenae , as well as excavations at Frattesina di Fratta Polesine and Specchia Artanisi near Ugento .

Awards

She was elected a Corresponding Member of the Archaeological Institute of America in 1993 . In 1996 she received the Europe Prize of the Prehistoric Society . In 2013 she was elected a corresponding member of the Accademia dei Lincei .

Publications (selection)

  • The iron age community of Osteria dell'Osa. A study of socio-political development in central Tyrrhenian Italy . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1992, ISBN 9780521326285 .
  • La necropoli laziale di Osteria dell'Osa (3 volumes). Edizioni Quasar, Rome 1992, ISBN 9788871400600 .
  • Protostoria. Teoria e pratica. La Nuova Scientifica, Rome 1996, ISBN 9788843004560 .
  • with Ellen Macnamara, Duncan R Hook: Prehistoric metal artefacts from Italy (3500–720 BC) in the British Museum (= Research publication British Museum r. 159). London: The British Museum, 2007, ISBN 9780861591596 .
  • L'Italia nell'età del bronzo e del ferro. Dalle palafitte a Romolo (2200-700 aC) . Carocci, Rome 2010, ISBN 9788843052073 .
  • L'età del Bronzo Finale nella penisola Italiana. In Padusa 44, 2010, pp. 7-54.
  • with Claudio Giardino, Mariantonia Gorgoglione: Metal finds at the Middle and Late Bronze Age settlement of Scoglio del Tonno (Taranto, Apulia). Results of archaeometallurgical analyzes. In: Trabajos de Prehistoria 67, 2010, pp. 457-468.

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b curriculum vitae .
  2. ^ Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri | University of Salento - Academia.edu . Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  3. ↑ Lorenzo Quilici: Places: 422994 (Osteria dell'Osa) . Pleiades. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  4. ^ Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri: The Iron Age Community of Osteria Dell'Osa. A Study of Socio-political Development in Central Tyrrhenian Italy . CUP Archive, 1992, ISBN 978-0-521-32628-5 , p. 46ff ..
  5. ↑ Information on the second excavation campaign on the website of the municipality of Ugento.
  6. ^ Corresponding Members - Archaeological Institute of America ( en ) Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  7. ^ Anna Maria Sestieri on the Academia dei Lincei website.

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personal data
SURNAME Bietti Sestieri, Anna Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1942