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EBOOK Tessa Verney Wheeler:Women and Archaeology Before World War Two
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780191626357
EAN: 263F5FEAEB
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Stron: 317
Data wydania: 2012
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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 biography, her life is recovered through an examination of her        written work, archives, sites, and photographs, as well as through the memories of        those who knew her. By means of a discussion of the very personal life and work of        one woman, Carr explores the role of women in early British archaeology, resulting        in a fascinating picture of a woman and a vivid evocation of the interwar period in        London and Wales. From her work retraining colliery navvies as archaeological        diggers in Romanamphitheatres on the Welsh borders, to cheap omelettes with her        students at the Lyons Corner House on Piccadilly in London, Verney Wheeler crossed        social and physical borders with a grace and appeal that remains very palpable        today.

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