Life of Margaret Alice Murray

A Woman’s Work in Archaeology

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ID9307629
AuthorsKathleen L Sheppard (corresponding author)
Year2013
Publication date2013-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueLife of Margaret Alice Murray (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherThe Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5040/9781978737204
OpenAlexW4410682781
ISBN9781978737204
LanguageEN
Citations received1

The Life of Margaret Alice Murray: A Woman’s Work in Archaeology is the first book-length biography of Margaret Alice Murray (1863–1963), one of the first women to practice archeology. Despite Murray’s numerous professional successes, her career has received little attention because she has been overshadowed by her mentor, Sir Flinders Petrie. This oversight has obscured the significance of her career including her fieldwork, the students she trained, her administration of the pioneering Egyptology Department at University College London (UCL), and her published works. Rather than focusing on Murray’s involvement in Petrie’s archaeological program, Kathleen L. Sheppard treats Murray as a practicing scientist with theories, ideas, and accomplishments of her own. This book analyzes the life and career of Margaret Alice Murray as a teacher, excavator, scholar, and popularizer of Egyptology, archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, and more. Sheppard also analyzes areas outside of Murray’s archaeology career, including her involvement in the suffrage movement, her work in folklore and witchcraft studies, and her life after her official retirement from UCL

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