‘A rich and promising site’: Winifred Lamb (1894–1963), Kusura and Anatolian archaeology

2000 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. J. Gill
Keyword(s):  
Annual Report ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
British School ◽  
British Institute ◽  
The Times ◽  
The University

Winifred Lamb was one of the founding members of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, and a pioneering excavator in Anatolia (Caton-Thompson 1964: 51). Lamb had acquired her excavating skills as a member of the British School at Athens, where she was admitted in 1920 after reading Classics at Newnham College, Cambridge and subsequent war service in Room 40 of the Admiralty (The Times [London] 18 September 1963; Woodward 1963; Barnett 1962–3; Annual Report of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara 15 [1963] 2–3; Caton-Thompson 1964; Hood 1998: 70–5; Gill in preparation a, c; see also Ridgway 1996). During the early 1920s she excavated with members of the British School at Mycenae (Lamb 1919–21; Lamb, Wace 1921–3a-e), Sparta (Lamb 1926–7a-b; see also Hood 1998: 59–131) and in Macedonia (Heurtley 1939; Lamb 1940; see also Hood 1998: 144–49). Her interest in prehistory was also reflected in her creation of a prehistoric gallery at the Fitzwilliam Museum in the University of Cambridge, where she had been appointed Honorary Keeper of Greek and Roman antiquities in 1920 (Gill 1999a).

Oliver Robert Gurney 1911–2001

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Hawkins
Keyword(s):  
University Of Chicago ◽  
Honorary Doctorate ◽  
Academic Subject ◽  
British School ◽  
Natural Reserve ◽  
British Institute ◽  
The University ◽  
The City ◽  
Foreign Member

Oliver Robert Gurney's long career in Hittite studies spanned the greater part of the existence of this academic subject. He was a man of the greatest courtesy and integrity. A natural reserve might make him appear aloof at first, but behind that lay a warm and humorous personality. He served as president of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara. He also served as member of Council for the British School of Archaeology in Iraq for many years. He was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 1959. He became Foreign Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters in 1976 and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Higher Letters in the University of Chicago in 1991. He was Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford from 1963, and was also a Freeman in the City of Norwich.

David Oates 1927–2004

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Curtis
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Trinity College ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
British School ◽  
The University

David Oates (1927–2004), a Fellow of the British Academy, was a distinguished Mesopotamian archaeologist whose name is closely associated with three of the best-known sites in the Middle East: Nimrud, Tell al-Rimah, and Tell Brak. He was a fellow of Trinity College at the University of Cambridge and Lecturer in Archaeology from 1957 to 1965, as well as Director of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq from 1965 to 1969 and Professor of Western Asiatic Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University of London, from 1969 to 1982. In some ways, Oates was a product of the same tradition that had spawned eminent predecessors such as Sir Leonard Woolley and Sir Max Mallowan, but he brought to his task a keen appreciation of ancient languages and cultures, a sharp eye for the interpretation of ancient architecture, and a good understanding of political, social, and economic history and their relevance to archaeological enquiry. At Cambridge he had a brilliant career, reading classics and then archaeology, and graduating in 1948 with first-class honours.

A Bibliography

1972 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
J. M. C. Toynbee
Keyword(s):  
75Th Birthday ◽  
Emeritus Professor ◽  
Classical Archaeology ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
British School ◽  
Imperial Court ◽  
Distinguished Scholar ◽  
The University

Jocelyn Mary Catherine Toynbee reached her 75th birthday on 3 March 1972. Scholar of Newnham College, Cambridge, from 1916–20; Classical Tutor at St. Hugh's College, Oxford, from 1921–24; Classical Lecturer at Reading University from 1924–27; Fellow, Lecturer and Director of Studies in Classics at Newnham from 1927–51; Classical Lecturer in the University of Cambridge from 1931–51; Lawrence Professor of Classical Archaeology at Cambridge from 1951–62; Emeritus Professor and Honorary Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge; she has throughout her career been very closely connected with the British School at Rome, as a student, as a member of the Faculty of Archaeology, History and Letters, and from 1954–59 as Chairman of the Faculty. The bibliography that follows comes not only as a tribute to a distinguished scholar but also as a token of the affection and admiration in which she is held by her many friends, among them her colleagues and former pupils.There can be few living students of the history and monuments of classical Rome who have not at some time been influenced directly or indirectly by her work. Starting from the central themes and monuments, she has steadily enlarged her horizons to include the farthest frontiers of the Empire, responding with as much sympathy and acumen to the fumbling products of some Romano-British apprentice as to the masterpieces of the artists at the imperial court.

scholarly journals The Via Flaminia

1921 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 125-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Ashby ◽  
R. A. L. Fell
Keyword(s):  
First Person ◽  
Joint Work ◽  
The Road ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
British School ◽  
The University

The frequent use of the first person singular in the text of this article makes it necessary that we should explain how the work has been divided between us. Mr. Fell, who was resident for two years at the British School at Rome, first as Craven Student of the University of Cambridge, and then as Gilchrist Student of the Faculty of Archaeology, History and Letters, is responsible for Section A (The Via Flaminia in History), and Dr. Ashby for Section B (The Topography of the Via Flaminia from Rome to Narni). In Section C the description of the road from Narni to Forum Flaminii by Terni and Spoleto is the work of Dr. Ashby, while from Narni to Forum Flaminii by Bevagna it is the joint work of both writers: but the concluding portion of the road was studied and described by Mr. Fell alone. The whole article has, however, been carefully read by both of us.

Excavations at the Early Neolithic Site at Nea Nikomedeia, Greek Macedonia (1961 season)

1962 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 267-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Rodden ◽  
G. W. Dimbleby ◽  
A. C. Western ◽  
E. H. Willis ◽  
E. S. Higgs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Work ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Neolithic Site ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
British School ◽  
Anthropological Research ◽  
Research Students ◽  
University Museum ◽  
The University

The site of the early prehistoric farming settlement at Nea Nikomedeia, Western Macedonia, was first noted in 1958 by Mr Photios Petsas, Ephore of Antiquities of the area for the Greek Archaeological Service: he investigated the reported discovery of archaeological finds exposed during the course of removing earth from an inconspicuous mound to make a road embankment, and forthwith stopped further destruction of the site. His willing advice and assistance, and the most generous cooperation of the Greek Archaeological Service under the direction of Dr John Papadimitriou, and of the Ministry of Agriculture, made possible the five-week excavation season in the summer of 1961. The excavations were carried out under the aegis of the British School at Athens. Thanks are due to the British Academy, the Crowther-Benyon Fund administered by the University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Cambridge, and the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research for providing the necessary funds. I wish to acknowledge help and guidance both in the field and in the preparation of this report from Professor Grahame Clark, under whose supervision I worked at Cambridge University during the academic years 1959–60 and 1960–61. Grateful acknowledgment is also made to Mr R. W. Hutchinson for his valuable help in the field, and to the undergraduates and research students from the University of Cambridge who willingly undertook most of the field and laboratory work. The ready assistance of the Curator of the University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and his staff in shipping matters and the loan of equipment is greatly appreciated.

Excavations at Tell Brak, 1996

Iraq ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 65-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Director General ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Practical Advice ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
British School ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Directorate General ◽  
The University

A third season of a new programme of excavations at Tell Brak in north-eastern Syria took place from late March to mid-May 1996. Our continuing gratitude for support goes to the Syrian Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums, especially in Damascus to the Director-General, Professor Dr Sultan Muhesen, and the Director of Excavations, Dr Adnan Bounni, in Hasake to Sd Jean Lazare, and in Der ez-Zor to Sd Assa'ad Mahmud. Our representative in 1996 was Sd Ibrahim Murad, who not only assisted with much practical advice and support but also took an active and much appreciated part in the conduct of fieldwork on site. We are very grateful to them all. Funding for the 1996 season was generously provided by the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research of the University of Cambridge, and the British Academy, to all of which we express sincere thanks.The excavation team in 1996 comprised Dr Roger Matthews (excavations director), Ms Helen McDonald (registrar and pottery specialist), Dr Susan Colledge and Ms Seona Anderson (palaeo-botanists and environmentalists), Dr Keith Dobney and Ms Deborah Jaques (zooarchaeologists), Dr Wendy Matthews (micromorphologist), Dr John MacGinnis (archaeologist and epigraphist), Dr Murray Eiland (pottery technologist), Ms Fiona Macalister (conservator), Ms Sarah Blakeney, Ms Candida Felli, Mr Jon Gower, Mr Nicholas Jackson, Mr Richard Jennings, Mr Tom Pollard, Mr Thomas Raben and Dr Caroline Steele (archaeologists).

Excavations at Tell Brak 2006–2007

Iraq ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. 145-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Augusta McMahon ◽  
Joan Oates ◽  
S. Al-Quntar ◽  
M. Charles ◽  
C. Colantoni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social History ◽  
Great Depth ◽  
Director General ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
National Geographic ◽  
Territorial State ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
British School ◽  
Old Babylonian ◽  
The University

Excavations at Tell Brak in 2006–7 explored two key episodes in Mesopotamian political and social history, developing early social complexity in the fifth to fourth millennia BC and the shift from territorial state to early empire in the second millennium BC. Late Chalcolithic complexity is represented in Area TW on the main mound and at the outlying sub-mound of Tell Majnuna, while investigation of the Old Babylonian to Mitanni state-to-empire transition involved excavation in Areas HH and HN (Fig. 1). Both sets of excavations tie into our exploration of larger issues of the creation and maturation of past urban landscapes, for which Tell Brak provides a great depth of data.We would like once again to express our warmest gratitude to Dr Bassam Jamous, Director General of Antiquities and Museums, to Dr Michel Al-Maqdissi, Director of Excavations, to all their staff in Damascus, and to Sd Abdul Messih Baghdo, Director of the Antiquities Office in Hasseke, for their constant and friendly support. Financial support for the excavations was generously provided by the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge, the National Geographic Committee for Research and Exploration (2006), the Society of Antiquaries of London (2007), Newnham College, Cambridge and the University of Cambridge. We are extremely grateful to all those who have made this research possible.

INTERVIEW WITH PETINA GAPPAH

Imbizo ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-98
Author(s):  
Faith Mkwesha
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Short Story ◽  
First Language ◽  
Short Story Collection ◽  
The Third ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Book Award ◽  
The University ◽  
The Guardian ◽  
University Of Zimbabwe

This interview was conducted on 16 May 2009 at Le Quartier Francais in Franschhoek, Cape Town, South Africa. Petina Gappah is the third generation of Zimbabwean writers writing from the diaspora. She was born in 1971 in Zambia, and grew up in Zimbabwe during the transitional moment from colonial Rhodesia to independence. She has law degrees from the University of Zimbabwe, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Graz. She writes in English and also draws on Shona, her first language. She has published a short story collection An Elegy for Easterly (2009), first novel The Book of Memory (2015), and another collection of short stories, Rotten Row (2016).  Gappah’s collection of short stories An Elegy for Easterly (2009) was awarded The Guardian First Book Award in 2009, and was shortlisted for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, the richest prize for the short story form. Gappah was working on her novel The Book of Memory at the time of this interview.

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