Archaeology Hotspot Italy

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 ItalyPreface1. Introducing Ancient Italy2. Italy from Prehistory to Greek Colonization3. From the Foundation of Rome to the Fall of the Roman Empire4. The Most Important Archaeological Sites from the North to the South of Italy5. Digging up the Past Today: New Discoveries and New Challenges6. Famous Figures in Past and Present Italian Archaeology7. Controversies in Italian Archaeology Epilogue: Learning More About Italian ArchaeologyNotesBibliographyIndexAbout the Authors

This book—written by Italian archaeological insiders—gives readers a valuable description of existing sites, and up-to-date information about the latest archaeological projects, including the sites and materials revealed by the metro excavations in Rome and Naples. Readers should also not miss an entertaining and informative chapter on the history of Italian archaeology and another about recent controversies.