Abstract
Grace Simpson (Fig. 1) was one of the small group of students who enrolled at the Institute, which was then housed in St John's Lodge in Regent's Park, when teaching re-started after the Second World War. She fondly recalls those days, when she was taught by Kathleen Kenyon, Gordon Childe, Stuart Piggott and, most memorably, Frederick Zeuner.
Highlights
When I was about eight years of age, my father, F
Matriculation, and I was in! Six students attended the evening lectures, which were given by Kathleen Kenyan on the European Early Iron Age and by Frederick Zeuner (Fig. 2) on environmental archaeology
Nancy Sandars described in a recent letter to me how she remembers "a lecture on domestication of animals when he showed a slide of a fine, lithe, lean wild pig and after it a heavy, rolling-in-fat, snub-nosed domestic pig and beside it its overweight snub-nosed owner - so very alike".5. He liked to see us squirm with horror when he explained the probable use of a flint handaxe as a grubbing tool for Old Stone Age man's way of obtaining his meat and veg, or " earthworms and wild carrots" as he preferred to describe it
Summary
When I was about eight years of age, my father, F. They knew each other through their excavations and discoveries, Petrie from his extensive research in Egypt and my father through his naming of Hadrian's Wall.
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
