Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri facts for kids
Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri (born December 7, 1942 – died July 2, 2023) was an important Italian archaeologist. She worked at the Università del Salento and was famous for her studies of Italy's very early history, known as prehistory.
Her Journey in Archaeology
Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri studied in Rome and earned her first degree in Etruscology. This is the study of the Etruscans, an ancient people who lived in Italy before the Romans. She learned from a famous professor named Massimo Pallottino between 1964 and 1966.
In the early 1970s, she received special money called Macnamara fellowships to help her with her work. From 1974, she became an expert in Italian prehistory for the Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma. This is a government office that protects ancient sites in Rome. During this time, she led many important digs.
From 2003 to 2009, she was the president of the Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria. This is a group that studies the very earliest times in Italy. Before that, from 1995 to 2003, she was the main archaeologist for the Abruzzo region of Italy. Since 2006, she was also a member of the department that studies early European history at the Università del Salento.
Discovering Ancient Times
Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri wrote many books and articles about Italy's prehistory. She also helped set up several big museum exhibits. She is most famous for leading the excavations of an Iron Age burial ground called Osteria dell'Osa. This ancient cemetery is located east of Rome, Italy.
An "Iron Age necropolis" is a place where people from the Iron Age (a time when people started using iron tools) buried their dead. Her work there taught us a lot about how people lived and died thousands of years ago.
She led many other important digs across Italy. These included sites like Castiglione and Fidenae. She also worked at Frattesina di Fratta Polesine and Specchia Artanisi di Ugento.
Awards and Recognition
Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri received the Europa Prize from the Prehistoric Society in 1996. This award recognized her important contributions to studying prehistory. In 1993, she was chosen as a Corresponding Member of the Archaeological Institute of America. This means she was recognized as an important expert by this American archaeology group.
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