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Tessa Verney Wheeler
Women and Archaeology Before World War Two
Lydia C. Carr
320 pages
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23 in-text illustrations
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216x138mm
978-0-19-964022-5
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Hardback
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26 April 2012
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- Provides a well-written, accessible account of the life of Tessa Verney Wheeler
- Includes research into unpublished sources, Verney Wheeler's written work, archives, sites, and photographs
- Contains 23 in-text illustrations
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 Press and 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 Roman amphitheatres 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.Readership: For students, scholars, and the general reader interested
in historical biographies, the history of archaeology, and archaeological theory.
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Lydia C. Carr, Independent scholar L. C. Carr took her D.Phil at Oxford in 2008, where her dissertation focused on Tessa Verney Wheeler's life and work. This is her first book.
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"... A thoughtful analysis and a good read." - Margarita Diaz-Andreu, Times Higher Education "This is, primarily, that too rare thing, a sensitive and convincing biography of an archaeologist ... Carr explains that her task is not to explore or defend the concept of women in archaeology. While the book is informed with a social and academic feminist awareness, it takes care not to exploit Verney Wheeler to promote an agenda." - Mike Pitts, British Archaeology
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Acknowledgments
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, publically performed: Mosaics and reporters
10: Maiden Castle, Dorset (1934-1937)
11: The legacies of the dead
Appendices
1: Timeline
2: Verney Wheeler: An ongoing bibliography
Bibliography
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