Anomalies and Noncommutative Index Theory

While this narrative was probably one of the last actual accounts of the site before it was backfilled, it is reminiscent of the dramatic accounts given by those elite- minded tourists on the Grand Tour. The truth of the matter is that an excavation was conducted by Gennaro Matrone under the supervision of archaeologists who published the results of the excavation in 1901 and 1902. Both of the excavations yielded numer- ous objects that were dispersed to museums throughout the United States and Naples, Italy. Today, the site is known as the Fondo Bottaro Villa or the Contrada Bottaro Villa—names that it...