H 210 x W 148 mm
286 pages
Published Sep 2018
ISBN
Paperback: 9781784918798
Digital: 9781784918804
Keywords
Aegean prehistory; museology; museum curatorship; archaeological biography; Anatolian archaeology; women in archaeology; classical bronzes; Athenian pottery; naval intelligence; Greece; Turkey; history of collecting
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£30.00
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The first comprehensive biography of pioneering archaeologist and museum curator Winnifred Lamb, who was honorary keeper of Greek antiquities at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge in the four decades immediately following the First World War.
Introduction ;
Chapter 1: The Lamb Family and Early Years ;
Chapter 2: Cambridge and Classics ;
Chapter 3: The Hope Vases and Naval Intelligence ;
Chapter 4: The First Year in Athens (1920–21) ;
Chapter 5: Prehistory and the Fitzwilliam Museum ;
Chapter 6: Mycenae, Sparta and Macedonia ;
Chapter 7: The Fitzwilliam Museum: Developing the Classical Collections ;
Chapter 8: The Eastern Aegean: Lesbos and Chios ;
Chapter 9: Anatolia and Kusura ;
Chapter 10: The War Years ;
Chapter 11: The British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara ;
Bibliography ;
Index
'Gill has produced a solid biography about one of the most important women in the history of British archaeology in Greece and Turkey during the first half of the 20th century. [The book is] destined to become a reference work for anyone studying the development of Classical studies at one of England’s premier universities or the history of British archaeology in the eastern Mediterranean.' - Natalia Vogeikoff Brogan (2019): Bryn Mawr Classical Review
'Gill’s well-researched biography is an important contribution highlighting the important role played by individuals of influence, such as Winifred Lamb, and of the British institutions that they were connected to in the development of the disciplines of classical studies and archaeology (in this case, The Fitzwilliam Museum and Cambridge University). [The book highlights] the accomplishments of one of archaeology’s great, but rather obscure protagonists, while at the same time reminding us of how far our discipline has progressed within the last two centuries, and how we, in the present, are paving the way for more changes to come.' - Lita Tzortzopoulou-Gregory (2022): Journal of Greek Archaeology