Anna Pujol i Puigvehí

Anna Pujol Puigvehí (born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain, on August 16, 1947). Historian, professor and archaeologist. Bachelor of Arts from the University of Barcelona, with the thesis “The Indiketes as the literary and archaeological sources”, Dr. summa cum laude in History from the Autonomous University of Barcelona with the doctoral thesis on the “Pre-Roman Population of the Northeast of the Iberian Peninsula. Genesis and development of Iberian culture in the Girona and south of France lands” (1981). She has taught at the Autonomous University of Barcelona for over 15 years, and has been Associate professor of Archaeology and Ancient History of the UOC (Open University of Catalonia). She won a Chair of Professor of History of Secondary Schools in 1981.

As an archaeologist she has taught several technical courses in Empuries and with international Franco-Spanish teams has excavated at sites of scientific importance as the oriental palace of Cancho Roano, (Zalamea de la Serena, Badajoz, Spain) or the Gallo-Roman town of Bibracte (Mount-Beuvary, Nièvre, France ), and in numerous sites of different periods and types of Spain, Catalonia (Ullastret, Ampurias ...) and Europe (Saint-Remy-de-Provence, Bourges, Bordighera, Liguria ...).

She is scientific advisor of the Association Amics dels Museus de Catalunya (1974), scientific collaborator of the Spanish Historical Index from 1973 and is part of several associations: former member of the Institute of Archaeology and Prehistory of the University of Barcelona and member of the Institute of Catalan Studies and patronages such as Santa Maria de Vilabertran.

Her job as a researcher and writer takes in three interrelated fields: the Proto-history of Catalonia and Europe, the roots of the cuisine of Catalonia, including the drink (The introduction and marketing of wine in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula in ancient times), and the translation of books and studies related to the two themes, such as the books used by the School of Architecture of Barcelona, History of architectural typologies (Pevsner, Nikolaus, original English) or History of Modern Architecture (Benevolo, Leonardo, original Italian)