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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790369403321

Autore

Carr Lydia C

Titolo

Tessa Verney Wheeler [[electronic resource] ] : women and archaeology before World War Two / / L.C. Carr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-19-106951-5

0-19-180466-5

1-280-77740-0

9786613687791

0-19-162635-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

930.1092

Soggetti

Women archaeologists

England Antiquities

London (England) Antiquities

Wales Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; 1. Introduction; 2. Girlhood (1893-1910); 3. UCL's Women and Pre-war Feminism: Tessa Verney's Models; 4. Education and the War (1910-1918); 5. Wales (1920-1927); 6. London (1928-1936); 7. Lydney Park, Gloucestershire (1928-1929); 8. Verulamium, Hertfordshire (1930-1933); 9. Public Archaeology, Publicly Performed: Mosaics and Reporters; 10. Maiden Castle, Dorset (1934-1937); 11. The Legacies of the Dead; Appendix 1. Timeline of Main Events in Tessa Verney Wheeler's Life; Appendix 2. Verney Wheeler: An Ongoing Bibliography; Bibliography

IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Carr unravels the biography of the archaeologist Tessa Verney Wheeler, a charming, tiny woman whose untimely death left her archaeological career overshadowed by her distinguished husband, Sir Mortimer Wheeler. Despite a short career of just over twenty years, Verney Wheeler published and excavated extensively while



simultaneously developing new archaeological techniques, brought archaeology into the lives of the general public through her connections with the Pressand the encouragement of site tours, and was an inspiring teacher to an impressive roster of students.In this biogra