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- ↑ "Obituary: Linda Schele" . The Independent. 22 May 1998. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ↑ Archeologia in lutto. Si è spenta a 80 anni, dopo lunga malattia, Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri, tra i massimi esperti della protostoria dell’Italia e del Mediterraneo, una delle protagoniste assolute dell’archeologia nell’ultimo cinquantennio (in Italian)