Practicing and publishing post‐1500 mediterranean archaeology in Italy, Spain and France

Post-1500 archaeology has undergone many changes in western Mediterranean Europe over the last three decades. This article explores how these changes have developed by focusing on the publishing of post-1500 archaeology in Italy, Spain, and France. Taking Italy as the primary example, it demonstrates that the path taken is intertwined with that of North- ern Europe, but that it also deviates in its beginnings, its place in law, and its current place in academic and professional archaeology.