Penelope Mountjoy
British archaeologist (1946–2025)
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Penelope Anne Mountjoy FSA (1946 – 14 June 2025) was a British archaeologist who specialised in Mycenaean ceramics. Mountjoy wrote several books and received numerous awards and fellowships to continue her research on Greek pottery.
Penelope Mountjoy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946 Bath, Somerset, England |
| Died | (aged 78) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Bristol University of London |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Archaeology |
| Sub-discipline | |
| Institutions | British School at Athens |
Early life and education
Mountjoy was born in Bath, Somerset, England in 1946.[1] She received a Bachelor of Arts in classics from the University of Bristol and a Master of Philosophy from the University of London, before returning to Bristol for her Ph.D.[2] She was a member of the British School at Athens.[3][2]
Career and honours
Mountjoy studied Mycenaean pottery of several periods, publishing multiple books on the subject. She was additionally a specialist in Minoan pottery. She also taught archaeological illustration at College Year in Athens, a programme for visiting US students.[4][1][5] She was a recipient of a Seymour Gitin Distinguished Professor Fellowship from the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in 2014 to study Mycenaean decorated pottery in Cyprus and the South Levant.[6] She also obtained multiple Alexander von Humboldt Fellowships, a Glassman Holland Fellowship, and was elected as a Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute.[7][5] On 5 May 1988, she was also elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA).[8]
Death
Bibliography
Selected books
- 1983. (with Kunze, Emil) Orchomenos V: Mycenaean pottery from Orchomenos, Eutresis and other Boeotian sites (Abhandlungen 89). ISBN 978-3-7696-0084-1
- 1985. The Archaeology of cult: the sanctuary at Phylakopi (British School of Archaeology at Athens 18). London, British school of archaeology at Athens.
- 1986. Mycenaean Decorated Pottery: A Guide to Identification. Gothenburg.
- 1993. Mycenaean Pottery: An Introduction. Oxford University Press.
- 1999. Regional Mycenaean decorated pottery. Berlin, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut.
- 2008. The Mycenaean and the Minoan Pottery: the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Collections. Weisbaden.
- 2003. Knossos the south house. The British School at Athens.
- 2017. Troy 9: Troy VI Middle, VI Late and VII. The Mycenaean Pottery. Habelt.
- 2018. Decorated Pottery in Cyprus and Philistia in the 12th Century BC: Cypriot IIIC and Philistine IIIC, Vols. I&II. Austrian Academy of Sciences. ISBN 978-3-7001-7955-9[9]
Selected articles
- Betts, John H.; Davis, Jack L.; Palaima, Thomas G.; Goodison, Lucy; Mountjoy, Penelope; Fotou, Vasso; Easton, D. F. (1988). "Mycenaean Seminar 1986-8". Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies (35): 163–182. ISSN 0076-0730. JSTOR 43646219.
- Steel, Louise; Loader, Claire; Momigliano, Nicoletta; Driessen, J.; Day, Peter; Pini, Ingo; Hirschfeld, Nicole; Walberg, Gisela; Panayotakopoulou, Eva; Nowicki, Krzysztof; Phillips, Jacke (1997). "[Mycenaean Seminar 1996-97 and 1997-98]". Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies. 42: 203–245. ISSN 0076-0730. JSTOR 43636547.
- Renfrew, Colin; Brodie, Neil; Morris, Christine; Scarre, Chris; Barber, R. L. N.; Cherry, John F.; Davis, Jack L.; Daykin, Alec; Evans, R. K.; Morgan, Lyvia; Mountjoy, P. A. (2007). "Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos 1974-77". The British School at Athens. Supplementary Volumes (42): v–521. ISSN 1464-0813. JSTOR 40856115.
- Mountjoy, Penelope A. (2008). "A Mycenaean Vase from Megiddo". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (349): 13–24. ISSN 0003-097X. JSTOR 25067054.
- Mountjoy, Penelope A. (2010). "A Note on the Mixed Origins of Some Philistine Pottery". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (359): 1–12. ISSN 0003-097X. JSTOR 25741825.
- Master, Daniel M.; Mountjoy, Penelope A.; Mommsen, Hans (1 May 2015). "Imported Cypriot Pottery in Twelfth-Century B.C. Ashkelon". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 373: 235–243. doi:10.5615/bullamerschoorie.373.0235. ISSN 0003-097X.
- Mountjoy, Penelope A., et al. (2017) "The Sea Peoples: A View from the Pottery." in "Sea Peoples" Up-to-Date: New Research on Transformation in the Eastern Mediterranean in 13th-11th Centuries BCE, 1st ed., Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, pp. 355–78[10]