Joseph Mertens (17 January 1921 at

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– 1 July 2007 at Wezembeek,

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) was an accomplished 20th-century Belgian archaeologist, known for his excavations of

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and Herdonia.

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* Article by

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posted on http://www.archaeogate.org/classica/article/629/1/in-ricordo-del-prof-mertens.html, July 2007
Archivio Mertens (Alba Fucens)
* J.-C. Balty. ''et al.'' 2012. ''Belgica et Italica: Joseph Mertens: une vie pour l'archéologie: Alba in excelso locata saxo ... : Obscura incultis Herdonia ab agris: Atti del Convegno in memoria di Joseph Mertens, Academia Belgica, 4-6 dicembre 2008''. Bruxelles: Belgisch Historisch Instituut te Rome.

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