Guglielmo Maetzke

Guglielmo Maetzke (Florence, 12 July 1915 – 19 March 2008) was an Italian archaeologist and etruscologist. A pupil of the Etruscologist Massimo Pallottino, he directed important excavation campaigns in Tuscany, Lazio, Campania and Sardinia.

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 Sassari, 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 and president of the Accademia Etrusca of Cortona.

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.