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Jacquetta Hawkes OBE FBA (5 August 1910 – 18 March 1996) was an English archaeologist and writer. She was the first woman to study the Archaeology & Anthropology degree course at the University of Cambridge. A specialist in prehistoric archaeology, she excavated Neanderthal remains at the Palaeolithic site of Mount Carmel with Yusra and ...
On the other hand, it was within academic archaeology that women first broke the glass ceiling at a number of British universities. Dorothy Garrod was the first woman to hold a chair (in any subject) at either the University of Cambridge or the University of Oxford, having been appointed Disney Professor of Archaeology at Cambridge in 1939. [27]
All women placed in this category should also be categorized under the appropriate category in Category:Archaeologists by nationality and Category:Archaeologists by subfield and any other categories as necessary.
She is considered as the first professional woman archaeologist in Scotland. She was a member of V. Gordon Childe 's team of archaeologists at Skara Brae and Kindrochat, as well as the writer of some of the first guidebooks for state-owned historic properties in Scotland.
Dorothy Annie Elizabeth Garrod, CBE, FBA (5 May 1892 – 18 December 1968) was an English archaeologist who specialised in the Palaeolithic period. She held the position of Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge from 1939 to 1952, and was the first woman to hold a chair at either Oxford or Cambridge.
Joann Fletcher (born 30 August 1966) is an Egyptologist and an honorary visiting professor in the department of archaeology at the University of York.She has published a number of books and academic articles, including several on Cleopatra, and made numerous television and radio appearances.
Stephanie Mary Dalley FSA (née Page; March 1943) is a British Assyriologist and scholar of the Ancient Near East.Prior to her retirement, she was a teaching Fellow at the Oriental Institute, Oxford.
Brenda Swinbank (later Heywood; 2 February 1929 – 20 December 2022) was an English archaeologist.She was one of the first women in Britain to become a professional archaeologist, [1] [2] specialising in the study of Hadrian's Wall, and was instrumental in bringing to publication excavations under York Minster.