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Tessa Verney Wheeler - Women and Archaeology Before World War Two (Hardcover, New)
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Tessa Verney Wheeler - Women and Archaeology Before World War Two (Hardcover, New)
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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 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.
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