Elizabeth B. French
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Elizabeth B. French is a former warden of Ashburne Hall http://www.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/accommodation/display/index.htm?offset=0&sort=name&sortdir=ascending&res=66928&catering=NoPref&distance=10&singlesex=NoPref&singlesexareas=NoPref&ugpg=NoPref&adapted=NoPref&computer=NoPref&submit=&searchtype=simple Manchester and former director of the British School at Athens
and an authority in Mycenae
an archaeology, especially pottery and terracotta figurines. French developed a detailed classification scheme for a series of Mycenaean terra cotta
figurines dating from the Late Helladic period (c.1500 - 1100 B.C.). She coined the term kourotrophos for a particular class of these artifacts depicting a woman holding a child. She has been involved in excavation and publication of archaeological excavation at Mycenae
for many years and recently completed a survey of the remains around Mycenae in collaboration with the Archaeological Society of Athens
. Her lucid account of the monuments and history of Mycenae
itself will remain the standard textbook for many years. Her joint publication with P.S. Stockhammer, 'Correlating recent research: the pottery of Mycenae and Tiryns in the second half of the 13th Century BC', Annual of the British School at Athens, 106 (2009) 175-232 is the first attempt to align discoveries at the two most important Mycenaean sites.
British School at Athens
The British School at Athens is one of the 17 Foreign Archaeological Institutes in Athens, Greece.-General information:The School was founded in 1886 as the fourth such institution in Greece...
and an authority in Mycenae
Mycenae
Mycenae is an archaeological site in Greece, located about 90 km south-west of Athens, in the north-eastern Peloponnese. Argos is 11 km to the south; Corinth, 48 km to the north...
an archaeology, especially pottery and terracotta figurines. French developed a detailed classification scheme for a series of Mycenaean terra cotta
Terra cotta
Terracotta, Terra cotta or Terra-cotta is a clay-based unglazed ceramic, although the term can also be applied to glazed ceramics where the fired body is porous and red in color...
figurines dating from the Late Helladic period (c.1500 - 1100 B.C.). She coined the term kourotrophos for a particular class of these artifacts depicting a woman holding a child. She has been involved in excavation and publication of archaeological excavation at Mycenae
Mycenae
Mycenae is an archaeological site in Greece, located about 90 km south-west of Athens, in the north-eastern Peloponnese. Argos is 11 km to the south; Corinth, 48 km to the north...
for many years and recently completed a survey of the remains around Mycenae in collaboration with the Archaeological Society of Athens
Archaeological Society of Athens
The Archaeological Society of Athens is an independent learned society. Also termed the Greek Archaeological Society, it was founded in 1837, just a few years after the establishment of the modern Greek State, with the aim of encouraging archaeological excavations, maintenance, care and exhibition...
. Her lucid account of the monuments and history of Mycenae
Mycenae
Mycenae is an archaeological site in Greece, located about 90 km south-west of Athens, in the north-eastern Peloponnese. Argos is 11 km to the south; Corinth, 48 km to the north...
itself will remain the standard textbook for many years. Her joint publication with P.S. Stockhammer, 'Correlating recent research: the pottery of Mycenae and Tiryns in the second half of the 13th Century BC', Annual of the British School at Athens, 106 (2009) 175-232 is the first attempt to align discoveries at the two most important Mycenaean sites.