Cohen Getzel M., Joukowsky Martha Sharp (eds.) Breaking Ground: Pioneering Women Archaeologists

University of Michigan Press, 2004. — 616 p.This book presents twelve fascinating women whose contributions to the development and progress of Old World archaeology - in an area ranging from Italy to Mesopotamia - have been immeasurable. Each essay in this collection examines the life of a pioneer archaeologist in the early days of the discipline, tracing her path from education in the classics to travel and exploration and eventual international recognition in the field of archaeology. The lives of these women may serve as models both for those interested in gender studies and the history of archaeology because in fact, they broke ground both as women and as archaeologists.The interest inherent in these biographies will reach well beyond defined disciplines and subdisciplines, for the life of each of these exciting and accomplished individuals is an adventure story in itself.Getzel M. Cohen is Professor of Classics and Director of the Tytus Visiting Scholars Program at the University of Cincinnati. He is also Director of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies.
Martha Sharp Joukowsky is Professor Emerita of Old World Archaeology and Art and Anthropology at the Joukowsky Insitute for Archaeology and the Ancient world at Browns University, Providence, Rhode Island.