Olga Tufnells 'Perfect Journey' : Letters and photographs of an archaeologist in the Levant and Mediterranean

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910472625303321
• Autore: D.M. Green John
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : UCL Press, , 2021; ©2021
• ISBN: 1-78735-907-7; 1-78735-906-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (407 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): HenryRos
• Disciplina: 930.16
• Soggetti: Iron age
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on the Letters, Photographs and Illustrations -- List of Principal Persons -- Maps -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Qau el-Kebir, Egypt, 1927 -- 3 Tell Fara, 1927-9 -- 4 Cyprus, 1929-30 -- 5 Tell el-'Ajjul, 1930-2 -- 6 Tell ed-Duweir (Lachish): The First Season, 1932-3 -- 7 The Journey Home Overland, 1933 -- 8 Tell ed-Duweir (Lachish): Second, Third and Fourth Seasons, 1933-6 -- 9 Tell ed-Duweir (Lachish): Fifth and Sixth Seasons, 1936-8 -- Epilogue -- Biographical Index -- Index of Places -- Back Cover.
• Sommario/riassunto: Olga Tufnell (1905-85) was a British archaeologist working in Egypt, Cyprus and Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s, a period often described as a golden age of archaeological discovery. For the first time, this book presents Olga's account of her experiences in her own words. Based largely on letters home, the text is accompanied by dozens of photographs that shed light on personal experiences of travel and dig life at this extraordinary time.