4th March 2012, 10:56 AM
And a shout to Ivor Noel Hume- another of our predecessors in London. And he was self taught- not a qualification to his name when he started walking the foreshore in the 1940s. The records they all made after WII are incredible considering the conditions.
Almost forgotten are Audrey Williams (Grimes' assistant and later 2nd wife) and Audrey Baines- (who became Hume's wife, she studied under Wheeler at UCL)- both of whom contributed an unrecognised amount. Women have always had a central role in archaeology in the UK, despite the accepted view to the contrary. There's a PhD in there somewhere...
Almost forgotten are Audrey Williams (Grimes' assistant and later 2nd wife) and Audrey Baines- (who became Hume's wife, she studied under Wheeler at UCL)- both of whom contributed an unrecognised amount. Women have always had a central role in archaeology in the UK, despite the accepted view to the contrary. There's a PhD in there somewhere...