Leonard Woolley
Biographic Data
| ID | 313375 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leonard Woolley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leonard |
| FAMILY NAME | Woolley |
| SIGNATURE | WOOLLEY L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1921 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Prehistory and the Beginnings of Civilization
Ur Excavations, Volume VIII, the Kassite Period and the Period of the Assyrian Kings
The Art of the Middle East Including Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine
Prehistory and the Beginnings of Civilization. Volume I of the Unesco History of Mankind
Ur Excavations. Volume IX. The Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods
The Foundations of Europe
Gertrude Bell
Stories of the Creation and the Flood
The First Towns
Gunpowder, Printing and the Protestant Religion', said Thomas Carlyle in 1827, are 'the three great elements of modern civilization'. I wish we could be as contentedly concise about the more ancient varieties. What indeed are the primary qualities of urbanity? At what definable point did Man step across that thin borderline between rus and urbs ? The question matters; the moment at which Man first became something more than a brigand or a hind (w…
The Flood
Excavations at Atchana-Alalakh, 1946
Whereas it seemed advisable for many reasons to resume the work at Atchana as soon as possible after the interval due to the war, uncertainty regarding the conditions under which the work would be carried on impelled one to plan for a short season with a strictly limited objective. That there should have been a rise in costs was inevitable; but only on our arrival did we learn that wages had increased ninefold and that the living-index had gone u…
Middle East Archaeology
Excavations at Atchana-Alalakh, 1939
Owing to the war I was unable to prepare for publication an account of the 1939 excavations at Atchana on which I had read a paper to the Society; the report was begun but never finished. Since then there have been fresh excavations (in the spring of 1946), but as the new work was on a comparatively small scale and was planned as a complement to the 1939 season, even covering in part the same area, it is far better to treat of the results of the …
Atchana 1946
Syria as the Gateway between East and West
Six Weeks in Shabwa
North Syria as a Cultural Link in the Ancient World
Olympiodore à Karanog
Excavations at Atchana-Alalakh, 1938
The excavation of the harbour site at al Mina having been finished in 1937, the whole of the 1938 season was devoted to the inland mound of Atchana, now identified by the help of the inscribed tablets as the ancient city of Alalakh. Work started at the beginning of March and was carried on until the end of May. Throughout the greater part of the season the number of men employed averaged about three hundred. Even with the invaluable assistance of…
Excavations at Tal Atchana, 1937
In the spring of 1936 the Expedition cleared a large part of the al Mina site at the mouth of the Orontes and cut trial trenches on the inland tell of Atchana. Having regard to the importance of the results obtained the Trustees of the British Museum made a large grant towards the cost of the Atchana excavation; the Ashmolean Museum continued its support of the previous year, and the generous help given by private supporters in 1936 was again for…
Excavations near Antioch in 1936
In the spring of 1935 I was sent by the Trustees of the British Museum to North Syria to look for a site for excavation. The object which I had in view was to trace the connexions, if such existed, between the civilization of Minoan Crete and that of the Asiatic mainland, and the conditions required by such theoretical intercourse limited my investigations to a relatively small area. Mycenaean and sub-Mycenaean remains are, of course, not uncommo…
La Phénicie et les peuples égéens
Woolley Leonard. La Phénicie et les peuples égéens. In: Syria. Tome 2 fascicule 3, 1921. pp. 177-194
Digging up the Past
Excavations near Antioch in 1936
In the spring of 1935 I was sent by the Trustees of the British Museum to North Syria to look for a site for excavation. The object which I had in view was to trace the connexions, if such existed, between the civilization of Minoan Crete and that of the Asiatic mainland, and the conditions required by such theoretical intercourse limited my investigations to a relatively small area. Mycenaean and sub-Mycenaean remains are, of course, not uncommo…
Excavations at Atchana-Alalakh, 1939
Owing to the war I was unable to prepare for publication an account of the 1939 excavations at Atchana on which I had read a paper to the Society; the report was begun but never finished. Since then there have been fresh excavations (in the spring of 1946), but as the new work was on a comparatively small scale and was planned as a complement to the 1939 season, even covering in part the same area, it is far better to treat of the results of the …
Excavations at Tal Atchana, 1937
In the spring of 1936 the Expedition cleared a large part of the al Mina site at the mouth of the Orontes and cut trial trenches on the inland tell of Atchana. Having regard to the importance of the results obtained the Trustees of the British Museum made a large grant towards the cost of the Atchana excavation; the Ashmolean Museum continued its support of the previous year, and the generous help given by private supporters in 1936 was again for…
The First Towns
Gunpowder, Printing and the Protestant Religion', said Thomas Carlyle in 1827, are 'the three great elements of modern civilization'. I wish we could be as contentedly concise about the more ancient varieties. What indeed are the primary qualities of urbanity? At what definable point did Man step across that thin borderline between rus and urbs ? The question matters; the moment at which Man first became something more than a brigand or a hind (w…
La Phénicie et les peuples égéens
Woolley Leonard. La Phénicie et les peuples égéens. In: Syria. Tome 2 fascicule 3, 1921. pp. 177-194
Gertrude Bell
Excavations at Atchana-Alalakh, 1946
Whereas it seemed advisable for many reasons to resume the work at Atchana as soon as possible after the interval due to the war, uncertainty regarding the conditions under which the work would be carried on impelled one to plan for a short season with a strictly limited objective. That there should have been a rise in costs was inevitable; but only on our arrival did we learn that wages had increased ninefold and that the living-index had gone u…
Syria as the Gateway between East and West
Excavations at Atchana-Alalakh, 1938
The excavation of the harbour site at al Mina having been finished in 1937, the whole of the 1938 season was devoted to the inland mound of Atchana, now identified by the help of the inscribed tablets as the ancient city of Alalakh. Work started at the beginning of March and was carried on until the end of May. Throughout the greater part of the season the number of men employed averaged about three hundred. Even with the invaluable assistance of…
La Phénicie et les peuples égéens
Woolley Leonard. La Phénicie et les peuples égéens. In: Syria. Tome 2 fascicule 3, 1921. pp. 177-194
Excavations near Antioch in 1936
In the spring of 1935 I was sent by the Trustees of the British Museum to North Syria to look for a site for excavation. The object which I had in view was to trace the connexions, if such existed, between the civilization of Minoan Crete and that of the Asiatic mainland, and the conditions required by such theoretical intercourse limited my investigations to a relatively small area. Mycenaean and sub-Mycenaean remains are, of course, not uncommo…
Excavations at Tal Atchana, 1937
In the spring of 1936 the Expedition cleared a large part of the al Mina site at the mouth of the Orontes and cut trial trenches on the inland tell of Atchana. Having regard to the importance of the results obtained the Trustees of the British Museum made a large grant towards the cost of the Atchana excavation; the Ashmolean Museum continued its support of the previous year, and the generous help given by private supporters in 1936 was again for…
Olympiodore à Karanog
Excavations at Atchana-Alalakh, 1938
The excavation of the harbour site at al Mina having been finished in 1937, the whole of the 1938 season was devoted to the inland mound of Atchana, now identified by the help of the inscribed tablets as the ancient city of Alalakh. Work started at the beginning of March and was carried on until the end of May. Throughout the greater part of the season the number of men employed averaged about three hundred. Even with the invaluable assistance of…
Six Weeks in Shabwa
North Syria as a Cultural Link in the Ancient World
Syria as the Gateway between East and West
Atchana 1946
Excavations at Atchana-Alalakh, 1939
Owing to the war I was unable to prepare for publication an account of the 1939 excavations at Atchana on which I had read a paper to the Society; the report was begun but never finished. Since then there have been fresh excavations (in the spring of 1946), but as the new work was on a comparatively small scale and was planned as a complement to the 1939 season, even covering in part the same area, it is far better to treat of the results of the …
Middle East Archaeology
Excavations at Atchana-Alalakh, 1946
Whereas it seemed advisable for many reasons to resume the work at Atchana as soon as possible after the interval due to the war, uncertainty regarding the conditions under which the work would be carried on impelled one to plan for a short season with a strictly limited objective. That there should have been a rise in costs was inevitable; but only on our arrival did we learn that wages had increased ninefold and that the living-index had gone u…
The Flood
Stories of the Creation and the Flood
The First Towns
Gunpowder, Printing and the Protestant Religion', said Thomas Carlyle in 1827, are 'the three great elements of modern civilization'. I wish we could be as contentedly concise about the more ancient varieties. What indeed are the primary qualities of urbanity? At what definable point did Man step across that thin borderline between rus and urbs ? The question matters; the moment at which Man first became something more than a brigand or a hind (w…
The Foundations of Europe
Gertrude Bell
Ur Excavations. Volume IX. The Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods
Prehistory and the Beginnings of Civilization. Volume I of the Unesco History of Mankind
The Art of the Middle East Including Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine
Ur Excavations, Volume VIII, the Kassite Period and the Period of the Assyrian Kings
Prehistory and the Beginnings of Civilization
Digging up the Past
Archaeology (16 works) · History (16 works) · Geography (14 works) · Ancient history (10 works) · History (10 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (6 works) · Excavation (6 works) · Ancient Near East History (5 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (5 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (5 works)