L Editorial

Over the past several years. I have been considering the creation of a new section to be included in future issuesof TheBulletin of theHi story of Archaeology. Archaeologicaljournals over the past few years have chosen not to C81Ty obituaries of deceased archaeologists ostensibly because of space constraints and/or for the reasons of pressure tQpublish scientific papers, sometimes at the expense of historical treatment of the discipline. It notwill be. the intentionpublish oftheto fannal obituariesarchaeolo&ists ofdeceased . Begin­ ning with this issue. TheBulletin of the History of Archaeology will inaugurate a new section which will allow its readers to obtain infonnation concerning the passing of scholars who have been engaged in writing the history of ourdiscipline. It is my intention to keep this section a pennanent feature of the BRA for the readersbip to report deaths of those who have written upon thehistory of anthropology, most especially archaeology. and to provide a short commentary as to theircontributions. To thatend, I have the very sad duty of making the firstreport (see section vm inthis issue. "DeathNotices of Colleagues Who Were engaged inWriting theHistory of Archaeology". By adding this section, the BHA will add to its role as a forum fordiscourse and research in the history of archaeology.

Douglas R. Givens, Editor

U. Discourseon theHist ory of Archaeology

ProfessorDorotby A.E. Gamxl: "Small, Dark, and Alive!"(l)

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Pame1aJane Smith Department of Archaeology DowningStreet Cambridge University Cambridge, England

In 1939, Dorothy Garrod became thefIrst woman Professor in either Cambridge or . Garrod at the ' time wasDirector of, Studies at Newnham College, Cambridge University and had been in charge of excava­ tions IDGibraltar, Western Judaea, Southern Kurdistan and Mount Carmelfor which she is now renowned. Trained by Marettat Oxford andAbbe Hemi Breuil in France, she was one of our finest archaeologists. By 1939, Garrod had unearthedthe well-preservedskull of'Abel' , a child. in , discovered and named the NatufUlll culture whileexcavating Shukba near Jerusalem. directedthe long term, large scale excavations at and traveled withBruce Howe as her assistant toexplore Bacho Kiro in Bulgaria. Once elected Professor, she became instrumental inestablishing Archaeology andAnthropology as a full degree course and i�fluential in Cambridge's decision to admit women to full membership in 1948. Afterretireme nt, she continued excavating in Lebanonand France. Here, with her close friend Suzanne Cassou � SaintMathurln, she discovered the superbMagdalenian sculptured friezeat Angles-sur-!'Anglin.

Yet until Spring 1996. it waswidely believed thatGaITOd had bumt her papersbefore her death in 1968. Littlewas known of her academic or personallife. Only four photos were thought to have survived. Appar­ ently, no unpublished material. letters, notes, field notes or diaries had been saved.

As apartmy of Ph.D research into knowledge and itssocial settings, with hope of finding remains, I spent weeksinterviewing ProfessorGmod's fanner staffand students during the Spring of 1996. Although many suggested thatnothing survived, it becameclear thatcareful, thoughtful Garrod was not the typeto destroy hermemories. Fortunately, Dr.Pa �l. Bahn, Exec�tor, recalled thatMadame Genevieve Pin�on, one of the executors forSuzanne de St. Mathurin's estate, had mentioned that the Garrod material had been deposited alongwith St. Mathurin's legacy at the Musee des Antiquites Nationales in St. Gennain-en-Laye near Paris.

Such excitement! Upon �val at theMuseum, I found massesof unpublished fieldnotes, hundreds of photographs, excav8:tion records, personal and professional correspondence,notes, mementos -Garrod's liferecords -boxes,boxes, andboxes! Certainly enough raw materialfor manydissertations The.. ar­ chaeologicalpublic was unaware of the extent �d importanceof this archive within an archive.

Now Gmod's past is found - availableto us all. Now she may remain "darkand alive."

A fullreport, prepared by my colleague. Jane Callander,who has recently visited the archivewith me. will be publishedin theJune 1997, volume 72, of Antiquity. Thisreport includes summariesand instructions on how to approach the Museum archivists. In the meantime, please contactme at pjs 10 11 @cus.cam.ac.uk.

(I)Quoted from an interview withMary Kitson Clark the sole survivor of theall women drew that dug at Mt. Cannelwith Garrod in 1929. When asked how she rememberedGarr od, MaryKitson Clark, now 92 andliving in Wales, paused, then said, "Small, dark, alive!" (in conversationwith Jane Callander andPamela Jane Smith, 1996).

Acknowledgments: I wish to thank Paul Bahn, Jane Callander and MadameGenevieve Pin�on for their cOntributions.

m. Bibliographic/Archival Material Relating tothe History of Archaeology

A. Works by Subscribers

Moser, Stephanie - 1996 "Science, Stratigraphyand theDeep Sequence: Excavation vs. Regional Survey andthe Questionof GenderedPractice in Archaeology",Antiquity. 70-813- 823.

Murray,Tunotby "Archaeology and theThreat of thePast: Sir Henry Rider Haggardand theAcquisition of Tnne," Wo rldArchaeology, 25:175-186.

Smith,Pamela Jane 1997 "Grahame elarlc'sNew Archaeology",Antiquity, 71(271):11-30.

1997 "GrahameClark's New Archaeology: The Fenland ResearchCommittee and CambridgePrehistory in the 1930s," Antiquity, 71(271):11-30.

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