Antonio Taramelli (

Udine Udine ( ; ; ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in northeastern Italy, in the middle of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic Sea and the Carnic Alps. It is the capital of the Province of Udine, Regional decentralization entity ...

, November 14, 1868 -

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, May 7, 1939) was an

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archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

Biography

He was the son of the

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the structure, composition, and History of Earth, history of Earth. Geologists incorporate techniques from physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, and geography to perform research in the Field research, ...

Torquato Taramelli Torquato Taramelli (October 15, 1845 – March 31, 1922) was an Italian geologist. Biography Taramelli was born in Bergamo, Lombardy. After his graduation in Natural Sciences, in Milan, he became assistant of Antonio Stoppani at the Polit ...

, and he is best known for his research in

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. After graduating in literature at the

University of Pavia The University of Pavia (, UNIPV or ''Università di Pavia''; ) is a university located in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. There was evidence of teaching as early as 1361, making it one of the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest un ...

and in archeology at the National School of Archeology, he began his career in the field of the archaeological research and the protection and preservation of the cultural heritage. He became interested in the Punic site of Sant'Avendrace (

Cagliari Cagliari (, , ; ; ; Latin: ''Caralis'') is an Comune, Italian municipality and the capital and largest city of the island of Sardinia, an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy. It has about 146,62 ...

Sulci Sulci or Sulki (in Greek , Stephanus of Byzantium, Steph. B., Ptolemy, Ptol.; , Strabo; , Pausanias (geographer), Paus.), was one of the most considerable cities of ancient Sardinia, situated in the southwest corner of the island, on a small isla ...

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and Bithia, the Nuragic sites at Santa Vittoria,

Paulilatino Paulilatino () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northwest of Cagliari and about northeast of Oristano. Paulilatino borders the following municipalities: Abbasanta, Baul ...

Abbasanta Abbasanta (, , literally " holy water"; ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy. It is on the main road between Macomer and Oristano. Description Abbasanta sits on a lava plateau rich in cork oaks, olive trees a ...

Sarroch Sarroch () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari in the Italian region of Sardinia, located about southwest of Cagliari. It has 4,970 inhabitants. Sarroch borders the following municipalities: Assemini, Capoterra, ...

, the

necropolis of Anghelu Ruju The necropolis of Anghelu Ruju is a pre-Nuragic archaeological site located north of the city of Alghero, Province of Sassari, Sardinia. It is the largest necropolis of pre-Nuragic Sardinia. The necropolis was discovered accidentally in 1903 du ...

(

Alghero Alghero (; ; ; ) is a city of about 45,000 inhabitants in the Italian province of Sassari in the north west of the island of Sardinia, next to the Mediterranean Sea. The city's name comes from ''Aleguerium'', which is a mediaeval Latin word m ...

) and that of Sant'Andrea Priu (

Bonorva Bonorva () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southeast of Sassari Sassari ( ; ; ; ) is an Italian city and the second-largest of Sardinia in ...

). His research were crucial for the knowledge of Sardinian nuragic and prenuragic funerary rites. He also promoted the restoration of various

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monuments of the Island. Among the positions he got there was the direction of the

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(National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari) and the direction of the archaeological excavations in the territory of the city. His area of expertise came to include the entire region when it became "''Sovrintendente di I classe agli scavi e musei archeologici della Sardegna''". It was also active in the academic world: he devoted himself to teaching in the

University of Cagliari The University of Cagliari () is a public research university in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. It was founded in 1606 and is organized in 11 faculties. History The ''Studium Generalis Kalaritanum'' was founded in 1606 along the lines of the old ...

occupying the chair of archeology as a lecturer. He was welcomed as a member of the

Accademia dei Lincei The (; literally the "Academy of the Lynx-Eyed"), anglicised as the Lincean Academy, is one of the oldest and most prestigious European scientific institutions, located at the Palazzo Corsini on the Via della Lungara in Rome, Italy. Founded in ...

, a great recognition came to him even when he was appointed a senator of the

Kingdom of Italy The Kingdom of Italy (, ) was a unitary state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Kingdom of Sardinia, Sardinia was proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy wa ...

in 1934.

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