Elizabeth Schofield
American archaeologist
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Elizabeth Virginia Schofield (1935–2005) was a British–American archaeologist and classical scholar.
1935
Elizabeth Schofield | |
|---|---|
| Born | Elizabeth Virginia Milburn 1935 United States |
| Died | 2005 (aged 69–70) Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Cincinnati |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Archaeology |
| Institutions | Cornell University St John's College, Cambridge |
Career
Schofield attended Cheltenham Ladies' College in the UK before studying in the United States at Wilson College in Pennsylvania. She followed her college studies with a master's degree from Washington State University and then, in 1959, a PhD at the University of Cincinnati under Jack Caskey.[1]
Schofield taught at Cornell University before moving with her partner and family to a teaching position at St John's College, Cambridge.[1] Academically, she focused full-time on excavations at Kea; first with Jack Caskey and then directing the archaeological project there after Caskey's death.[2]
In 2005 she was awarded the distinguished service award by the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Cincinnati.[1]
Select publications
- Schofield, Elizabeth (1990). "Conical Cups in Context". In Betancourt, Paul; Karageorghis, Vassos; Laffineur, Robert; Niemeier, Wolf-Dietrich (eds.). MELETEMATA: Studies in Aegean Archaeology Presented to Malcolm H. Wiener as He Enters his 65th year. Aegeum. Vol. 20. pp. 757–760. ISBN 1935488147.
- — (1990). "Evidence for Household Industries on Thera and Kea". In Hardy, D.A; Doumas, Christos G.; Sakellarakis, J.A.; Warren, Peter M. (eds.). Thera and the Aegean World III, Vol I: Archaeology, Proceedings of the Third International Congress Santorini, Greece 3–9 September 1989. London: The Thera Foundation. pp. 201–211. ISBN 0950613347.
- — (2011). Keos: Results of Excavations Conducted by the University of Cincinnati Under the Auspices of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Vol. X: Ayia Irini: The Western Sector. Darmstadt: Philipp Von Zabern Verlag. ISBN 9783805343336.
