Gertrude Caton Thompson
Date of Birth :
1-02-1888 – 18-04-1985
Place of Birth :
London
Country :
United Kingdom
Field of Expertise :
Archaeology
Educational background :
Studied at British School of Archaeology in Egypt from 1921 to 1926.
Acheivements / Contributions :
From 1928-1929, Caton-Thompson excavated the famed ruins at Zimbabwe in Rhodesia. Her discoveries about the nation's past contributed to new national pride and, later, a new name for this country.
From 1930-1933, worked in Egypt excavating the early site of Kharga Oasis.
In 1937-1938, she investigated the tombs and temples of Hureidha in the Hadramaut in southern Arabia.
She received an honorary doctorate from Cambridge University, and was an Honorary Fellow of Newham College, Cambridge.
Some of her publications include:
The Zimbabwe Culture, 1931.
The Desert Fayum, 1935.
Kharga Oasis in Prehistory, 1952.
source:
Gertrude Caton Thompson
Bibliography :
The Zimbabwe Culture; Ruins and Reactions,
Mixed Memoirs,
The Aterian industry: Its place and significance in the Palaeolithic world (Huxley memorial lecture for 1946) .
