Elizabeth Virginia Schofield (1935–2005) was a British–American archaeologist and classical scholar.

Elizabeth Schofield
Born
Elizabeth Virginia Milburn

1935
United States
Died2005(2005-00-00) (aged 69–70)
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Cincinnati
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology
InstitutionsCornell University
St John's College, Cambridge

Career

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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

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  • 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.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Cadogan, Gerald (2006). "Elizabeth Schofield, 1935–2005". American Journal of Archaeology. 110 (1): 157–159. doi:10.3764/aja.110.1.157. S2CID 191487357.
  2. ^ "Kea Excavations Catalog". American School at Athens. Retrieved 15 October 2019.