Flinders Petrie : a life in archaeology / Margaret S. Drower.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drower, Margaret S.

Series:

Wisconsin studies in classics.

Wisconsin studies in classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), 1853-1942.

Petrie, W. M. Flinders.

Egyptologists--Great Britain--Biography.

Egyptologists.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Egypt.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Egypt--Antiquities.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 500 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Flinders Petrie has been called the "Father of Modern Egyptology" and was one of the pioneers of modern archaeology. Here Drower, a student of his in the 1930s, traces his life from his boyhood, when he was already a budding scholar, to his stunning career in the deserts of Egypt.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Sources and Acknowledgements

Prologue

Preface to the Second Edition

I. The Flinders and the Petries

II. The Making of an Archaeologist (1853-80)

III. The Pyramid Survey (1880-82)

IV. "Father of Pots": Delta Explorations (1883-6)

V. Up the Nile (1886-7)

VI. Pyramids and Portraits (1887-9)

VII. Interlude in Palestine (1889-90)

VIII. Tussles with M. Grebaut (1890-2)

IX. University College, London (1892-7)

X. Hilda (1896-8)

XI. Most Ancient Egypt (1899-1903)

XII. Naville and Petrie: A Clash of Personalities (1903)

XIII. The British School (1906-11)

XIV. Amulets in the Soup (1911-14)

XV. The War Years (1914-19)

XVI. Egypt over the Border (1919-30)

XVII. Jubilee (1930-33)

XVIII. Lone Syrian Shore (1934-8)

XIX. Sunset in Jerusalem (1938-42)

Notes and References.

Notes:

First published in Great Britain in 1985.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [465]-469) and index.

ISBN:

9780299146238

0299146235

OCLC:

864852365

Publisher Number:

2027/heb02305 hdl