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Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon

Also known as: Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon; primary name: Kenyon, Kathleen Mary
Details: individual; archaeologist; British; Female
Life dates: 5 January 1906-24 August 1978
Biography: Archaeologist; daughter of Sir Frederic G Kenyon (q.v.). Educated at Oxford. Excavated in England but best-known for her fieldwork abroad at Sabratha (Tripolitania), Jericho, Jerusalem, etc. Also assisted Gertrude Caton-Thompson in her 1929 excavations at Great Zimbabwe conducted on behalf of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. She subsequently worked as secretary of the Institute of Archaeology in London (1935-48). She lectured in Palestinian archaeology at the University of London from 1848 to 1962 and was director of the British School of Archaeology at Jerusalem between 1955 and 1966. Initially appointed for a period of eight years as a Trustee of the British Museum from 12 June 1965 but this was subsequently renewed; she finally retired as Trustee on 20 May 1978. She presented one of the neolithic plastered skulls from her excavations at Jericho in 1954; a collection of tomb finds from Jericho were later acquired as part of the division of finds in 1995, followed in 1970 by a small group of pottery finds excavated at Ophel, Jerusalem. Following her retirement from London, she became Principal of St.Hugh's College, Oxford in 1962 until 1973. While there she was instrumental in securing funding for a Research Fellowship in Archaeology, which provided the financial basis on which the College decided in 1994 to create a Tutorial Fellowship in Archaeology linked with Oxford University's Lectureship in African Prehistory (one of the few teaching positions desiginated for African archaeology within the United Kingdom).

123 related objects

animal remains

Museum number: 138931 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

bowl

Museum number: 135226 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Production date: 8thC BC-7thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Palestine (Historic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ophel

bowl

Museum number: 127415 |
Cultures/periods: x14243 Middle Bronze Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Jericho

bowl

Museum number: 138826 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

bowl

Museum number: 135234 |
Production date: 700BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jerusalem

bowl

Museum number: 135228 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Production date: 8thC BC-7thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Palestine (Historic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ophel

bowl

Museum number: 135235 |
Production date: 700BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jerusalem

bowl

Museum number: 138829 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

bowl

Museum number: 135229 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Production date: 8thC BC-7thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Palestine (Historic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ophel

bowl

Museum number: 138831 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

bowl

Museum number: 138827 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

bowl

Museum number: 135227 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Production date: 8thC BC-7thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Palestine (Historic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ophel

bowl

Museum number: 135230 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Production date: 8thC BC-7thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Palestine (Historic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ophel

bowl

Museum number: 138828 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

bowl

Museum number: 138833 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

bowl

Museum number: 138830 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

bowl

Museum number: 138834 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

bowl

Museum number: 135225 |
Production date: 700BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jerusalem

comb

Museum number: 138892 |
Cultures/periods: Middle Bronze Age IIbMiddle Bronze Age IIc |
Production date: 1750BC-1550BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

comb

Museum number: 138890 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

comb

Museum number: 138891 |
Cultures/periods: Middle Bronze Age IIbMiddle Bronze Age IIc |
Production date: 1750BC-1550BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

comb

Museum number: 138893 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

comb

Museum number: 138889 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

cooking-pot

Museum number: 135214 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Production date: 8thC BC-7thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Palestine (Historic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ophel

cooking-pot

Museum number: 135224 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Production date: 8thC BC-7thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Palestine (Historic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ophel

cooking-pot

Museum number: 135213 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Production date: 8thC BC-7thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Palestine (Historic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ophel

culinary equipment; platter

Museum number: 135223 |
Production date: 700BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jerusalem

decorated egg

Museum number: 138910 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

dipper-juglet

Museum number: 138851 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

dipper-juglet

Museum number: 138847 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

dipper-juglet

Museum number: 138852 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

dipper-juglet

Museum number: 138849 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

dipper-juglet

Museum number: 138846 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

dipper-juglet

Museum number: 138848 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

dipper-juglet

Museum number: 138850 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

dish-lamp

Museum number: 135222 |
Production date: 700BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jerusalem

dish-lamp

Museum number: 135221 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Production date: 8thC BC-7thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Palestine (Historic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ophel

drawing

Museum number: 2009,6013.1 |
Producer name: BIOG189075 Drawn by:Michael Ricketts |
Production date: 1953

human skeletal remains

Museum number: 138930 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

human skeletal remains

Museum number: 138927 |
Cultures/periods: x13712 Bronze Age |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

human skeletal remains

Museum number: 138926 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

human skeletal remains

Museum number: 138923 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

human skeletal remains

Museum number: 138929 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

human skeletal remains

Museum number: 138928 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

human skeletal remains; religious/ritual equipment

Title: Jericho skull |
Museum number: 127414 |
Cultures/periods: x14417 Pre-Pottery Neolithic B |
Production date: 8500BC-6000BC 8200BC-7500BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

human skeletal remains

Museum number: 138925 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

human skeletal remains

Museum number: 138924 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

jar

Museum number: 138864 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

jar

Museum number: 138822 |
Cultures/periods: Early Bronze AgeMiddle Bronze Age |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

jar

Museum number: 138865 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

jug

Museum number: 135219 |
Production date: 700BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jerusalem

jug

Museum number: 135218 |
Production date: 700BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jerusalem

jug

Museum number: 135217 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Production date: 8thC BC-7thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Palestine (Historic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ophel

jug

Museum number: 135216 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Production date: 8thC BC-7thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Palestine (Historic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ophel

jug

Museum number: 135215 |
Production date: 700BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jerusalem

juglet

Museum number: 138888 |
Cultures/periods: Middle Bronze Age IIbMiddle Bronze Age IIc |
Production date: 1750BC-1550BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

juglet

Museum number: 138845 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

juglet

Museum number: 135220 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Production date: 8thC BC-7thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Palestine (Historic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ophel

lamp

Museum number: 138857 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

lamp

Museum number: 138853 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

lamp

Museum number: 138856 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

lamp

Museum number: 138854 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

lamp

Museum number: 138855 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

medal

Museum number: 1977,0415.11 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 1977,0415.45 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

pedestal vase

Museum number: 138837 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

pedestal vase

Museum number: 138842 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

pedestal vase

Museum number: 138841 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

pedestal vase

Museum number: 138838 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

pedestal vase

Museum number: 138835 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

pedestal vase

Museum number: 138843 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

pedestal vase

Museum number: 138836 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

pedestal vase

Museum number: 138839 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

pedestal vase

Museum number: 138844 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

pedestal vase

Museum number: 138840 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

photographic print

Museum number: Af,A1.74 |
Producer name: BIOG133702 Photographed by:Hermann Justus Braunholtz |
Production date: 1929 |
Production place: Made in:Great Zimbabwe

photographic print

Museum number: Af,A1.22 |
Production date: 1929 |
Production place: Made in:Pniel KopjeMade in:Kimberley (Northern Cape)

photographic print

Museum number: Af,A1.54 |
Producer name: BIOG133702 Photographed by:Hermann Justus Braunholtz |
Production date: 1929 |
Production place: Made in:ZimbabweMade in:Limpopo, River

plate

Museum number: 135231 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Production date: 8thC BC-7thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Palestine (Historic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ophel

platter

Museum number: 135232 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Production date: 8thC BC-7thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Palestine (Historic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ophel

platter

Museum number: 135233 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Production date: 8thC BC-7thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Palestine (Historic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ophel

sample

Museum number: 138933 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

staff

Museum number: 138896 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

staff

Museum number: 138897 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

stool

Museum number: 138880 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

stool

Museum number: 138875 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

stool

Museum number: 138874 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

stool

Museum number: 138873 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

stool

Museum number: 138877 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

stool

Museum number: 138876 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

stool

Museum number: 138879 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

storage-jar

Museum number: 138863 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

storage-jar

Museum number: 138861 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

storage-jar

Museum number: 138858 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

storage-jar

Museum number: 138860 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

storage-jar

Museum number: 138862 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

storage-jar

Museum number: 138859 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

table

Museum number: 138871 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

table

Museum number: 138867 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

table

Museum number: 138872 |
Cultures/periods: x41307 Middle Bronze Age II |
Production date: 22ndC BC-20thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Jericho

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