Principally for Vases, etc.”
The Formation and Dispersal of the Calvert Collection
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9957227 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Heuck Allen (0000-0001-8206-4865, John Brown University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Pages | 145-165 |
| Publication date | 1996-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anatolian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0066-1546 • E-ISSN: 2048-0849 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3643003 |
| OpenAlex | W2323746734 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
As an offshoot of the recent reevaluation of Heinrich Schliemann by Traill and others, British expatriate diplomat Frank Calvert, the father of field archaeology in the Troad, for a century consigned to being “in Schliemann's shadow”, is now receiving recognition for his extensive contributions to the topography and archaeology of the Troad. J. M. Cook pioneered a comprehensive assessment of Calvert's work in his 1973 topographical study, The Troad . He had discovered an unpublished manuscript catalogue of the Calvert Collection which a Turkish schoolteacher had saved and later given to the Istanbul Archaeological Museum. Cook mined it in the 1950's for information on Calvert's many identifications and excavations at over fifty sites in the Troad and the Chersonese. In the 1980's Traill published several articles, centred on Schliemann, which shed some light on Calvert. His study of Schliemann's diaries and correspondence with Calvert in the Gennnadius Library betrayed Schliemann's repeated attempt to diminish the significance of Calvert's excavations at Troy and his outfoxing of Calvert concerning the Helios Metope, a remarkable work of early Hellenistic sculpture. Wood and Easton uncovered hitherto unpublished correspondence between Calvert and Charles Thomas Newton (1816–1894), Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum (1861–1886). Nevertheless, until the 1990's, no work solely featured Calvert and his legacy. Gamer (1992) and Allen (1994, 1995a and b, 1996 and forthcoming) have focused on Calvert's archaeological legacy and Robinson has unearthed critical diplomatic documents contextualizing his life (1994)
Archaeology · Art · Excavation · Sculpture · Shadow (psychology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeological Research and Protection · Classical Antiquity Studies · History
On a Bronze Weight Found on the Site of the Hellespontic Abydos
Schliemann of Troy
Schliemann's prehistoric sites in the Troad
The Making of an Homeric Archaeologist
Pioneer, Scholar, and Victim
The Terracotta Figurines of the Hellenistic Period
In Search of the Trojan War
Ilios, the city and country of the Trojans
Troia
Finding the Walls of Troy
The Figurine in the Roll-Top Desk
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2020 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |