Guglielmo Maetzke (

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, 12 July 1915 – 19 March 2008) was an Italian

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, ...

and etruscologist. A pupil of the Etruscologist

Massimo Pallottino Massimo Pallottino (9 November 1909 in Rome – 7 February 1995 in Rome) was an Italian archaeologist specializing in Etruscan civilization and art. Biography Pallottino was a student of Giulio Quirino Giglioli and worked early in his career on ...

, he directed important excavation campaigns in

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, Lazio,

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and

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Biography

In 1958 he founded the ''Soprintendenza archeologica per le province di Sassari e Nuoro'' (Archaeological Superintendence for the provinces of Sassari and Nuoro) in

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, of which he was the first director. From 1966 to 1980 he was director of the ''Soprintendenza alle antichità dell'Etruria'' (Superintendence of Antiquities of Etruria). He was also president of the

Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici (English: Institute for Etruscan and Italic Studies) is a cultural institution based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. It was founded in 1925 with the aim of promoting and enhancing in Italy and worldwid ...

and president of the Accademia Etrusca of

Cortona Cortona (, ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Arezzo, in Tuscany, Italy. It is the main cultural and artistic centre of the Val di Chiana after Arezzo. Toponymy Cortona is derived from Latin Cortōna, and from Etruscan language, Etr ...

Publications

*Patrizia Gastaldi, Guglielmo Maetzke, ''La Presenza etrusca nella Campania meridionale : atti delle giornate di studio'', Salerno-Pontecagnano, 16–18 novembre 1990, Leo S. Olschki Editore, Firenze, 1994. *Guglielmo Maetzke, Istituto nazionale di studi etruschi ed italici, Luisa Tamagno Perna, ''La Coroplastica Templare Etrusca Fra Il IV E Il II Secolo A.C.: Atti Del XVI, Convegno Di Studi Etruschi e Italici'', Orbetello, 25–29 April 1988, edition L.S. Olschki, 1992 *Mario Moretti, Guglielmo Maetzke, ''The Art of the Etruscans'', publication Harry N. Abrams, Inc, New York, 1970.

Bibliography

* A. Minetti, G. Paolucci (a cura di), ''Grandi archeologi del Novecento. Ricerche tra Preistoria e Medioevo nell'Agro Chiusino'', Toscana Beni Culturali, n. 13, 2010, pp. 101–104. * ''Dizionario biografico dei soprintendenti archeologi (1904–1974)'', Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2012. {{DEFAULTSORT:Maetzke, Guglielmo 1915 births 2008 deaths Classical archaeologists Linguists of Etruscan Italian archaeologists Etruscologists