Tessa Verney Wheeler [[electronic resource] ] : women and archaeology before World War Two / / L.C. Carr
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| Autore: |
Carr Lydia C
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| Titolo: |
Tessa Verney Wheeler [[electronic resource] ] : women and archaeology before World War Two / / L.C. Carr
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 930.1092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Women archaeologists |
| Soggetto geografico: | England Antiquities |
| London (England) Antiquities | |
| Wales Antiquities | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Tessa Verney Wheeler |
| ISBN: | 0-19-106951-5 |
| 0-19-180466-5 | |
| 1-280-77740-0 | |
| 9786613687791 | |
| 0-19-162635-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807122403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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