Archaeology, Sexism, and Scandal

The Long-Suppressed Story of One Woman's Discoveries and the Man Who Stole Credit for Them

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

Av Alan Kaiser, Alan (University of Evansville) Kaiser

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Archaeology, Sexism, and Scandal tells the hidden tale behind one of the great American excavations in Greece. In the 1930s, David Robinson’s project on ancient houses became the first of its kind and fundamentally altered what classical archaeologists’ study. Alan Kaiser documents previously unknown details of the Olynthus project through lively photographs and enthusiastic letters of one of Robinson’s trench supervisors, Mary Ross Ellingson. He also reveals the plagiarism of Ellingson’s work by Robinson, and how others in the field were complicit in the theft.This revised edition narrates the consequences of the first edition’s publication. People who knew Ellingson, Robinson, and others mentioned in the book contacted Kaiser to share with him important details he could never have known. Enough new information has come to light in archives from Canada to Greece to require a retelling of the archaeology, sexism, and scandal associated with the Olynthus excavation. Kaiser also includes never-before published photos that tell the story further in a way words cannot. And in a twist neither Ellingson nor Robinson could ever have seen coming, Kaiser reports on one last extraordinary action the book inspired, a petition to the Library of Congress to add Ellingson’s name to the two Olynthus volumes that her stolen works are in.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-04-17
Mått152 x 231 x 17 mm
Vikt404 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor312
Upplaga2
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
MedarbetareArchibald,ZofiaH.
ISBN9781538174975

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Alan Kaiser is a professor of archaeology at the University of Evansville who has worked on projects in Greece, Italy, Spain, Israel, England, the United States, and the Caribbean island of Nevis. He holds a PhD in archaeology from Boston University and is the author of The Urban Dialogue and Roman Urban Street Networks. In addition to studying the history of archaeology, he has used Geographic Information Systems computer programs to study the layout of Roman cities.

AcknowledgmentsForewordPrefaceIntroduction: The Ellingson File—A Photo AlbumPart I: Mary Ross Ellingson’s Archaeological AdventureChapter 1: Journey to OlynthusChapter 2: The Daily RoutineChapter 3: Travel in Greece and Europe in 1931Part II: Sexism and ScholarshipChapter 4: The MenChapter 5: The WomenPart III: Scandal: Mary Ross Ellingson’s Work PlagiarizedChapter 6: A Secret UncoveredChapter 7: “Unwritten History”EpilogueAppendix I: An Unedited LetterAppendix II: Feminism, Classical Archaeology, and Mary EllingsonNotesReferencesAuthor’s Note on the Locations of the Mary Ross Ellingson and David Moore Robinson PapersIndexAbout the Author

This is the story of Mary Ross Ellingson, a twentieth-century archaeologist whose research was published by her dissertation advisor without acknowledgement. Although Ellingson specialized in a relatively arcane discipline, the challenges she faced as a female academic were (and still are) universal. Kudos to Alan Kaiser for bringing Ellingson’s story to light and righting to some degree the injustice. Written like a detective thriller and incorporating colorful quotes from Ellingson’s own letters, readers will find it difficult to put this book down.