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1003: 31: 218: 339: 312: 383:, was published in 1908 by the American Exploration Society. She excavated many more Bronze and Iron Age settlements in the Aegean Sea region of the world and became a recognized authority on the area. In 1910, Smith College bestowed on her an 292:. Hawes soon became well known for her expertise in the field of archaeology, and for four months in the spring of 1900 she led an excavation at Kavousi, during which she discovered settlements and cemeteries of Late Minoan IIIC, 354:
on the northeastern coast of the island. Hawes was the first woman to direct a major field project in Greece, her crew consisting of over 100 workers and she was the first archaeologist to discover and completely excavate an
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during the Greco-Turkish War a short while earlier, earned her a degree of goodwill from the local people that proved critical to the success of her work. In Crete, she visited the excavation of
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Vasso Fotou and Ann Brown, "Harriet Boyd Hawes (1871-1945)," in Getzel M. Cohen and Martha Sharp Joukowsky, eds., Breaking Ground: Pioneering Women Archaeologists
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When Charles retired in 1936, the couple moved to Washington D.C., where Harriet remained after her husband died. She died there on March 31, 1945, aged 73.
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Gournia, Vasiliki and other prehistoric sites on the isthmus of Hierapetra, Crete; excavations of the Wells-Houston-Cramp expeditions, 1901, 1903, 1904
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During one trip to Crete, she met Charles Henry Hawes, an English anthropologist and archaeologist who later became the associate-director of the
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Born to Rebel. The Life of Harriet Boyd Hawes. Edited by Annie Allsebrook. First published in 1992, reprited with corrections and a postscript
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After working as a teacher for four years at academic institution in the states of North Carolina and Delaware, she followed her passion for
1107: 241:. She had originally intended on pursuing studies in England but she decided to go Greece based both on the brother of the archaeologist, 898: 431:
in France (1917). Boyd Hawes was director of the latter for three years, during which time she also worked as a nurse's aide at the
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Boyd, H.A. 1904. “Gournia. Report of the American Exploration Society's Excavations at Gournia, Crete, 1902-1905,” in
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on the northeastern coast of the island. She made this decision even though the area was only just emerging from the
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Transactions of the Department of Archaeology: Free Museum of Science and Art University of Pennsylvania I
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and therefore was far from safe. Her ability to speak fluent Greek, and her record of service with the
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speak while a student at Smith. During her stay in Greece she also served as a volunteer nurse in
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in the field of Humane Letters. Between 1920 and her retirement in 1936, she lectured at
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Later the same year, Hawes returned to the United States. She accepted a position at
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Boyd Hawes became involved in wartime nursing efforts after her graduation from
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Ladies of the Field: Early Women Archaeologists and their Search for Adventure
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Ladies of the Field: Early Women Archaeologists and their Search for Adventure
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Ladies of the Field: Early Women Archaeologists and their Search for Adventure
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Ladies of the Field: Early Women Archaeologists and Their Search for Adventure
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Gournia, Vasiliki and Other Prehistoric Sites on the Isthmus of Hierapetra
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in Massachusetts, a historically women's college, on pre-Christian art.
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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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Charles Henry Hawes and Harriet Boyd-Hawes, with a preface by
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Smith College Archives: Harriet Boyd Hawes Papers, 1888-1967
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Boyd, H.A. 1901. “Excavations at Kavousi, Crete, in 1900,”
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Minoan town site. The material excavated from the site of
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Between 1901 and 1904, while on a leave of absence from
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Map of the Aegean Sea surrounding Greece and Crete.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Washington D.C.
Smith College
Archaeologist
Wellesley College
archaeologist
Gournia
archaeological excavations
Minoan
Aegean island
Crete
Archaeological Institute of America
Boston
Massachusetts
Classics
Prospect Hill School
Greenfield
Smith College
Northampton
Massachusetts
Classics

Greece
its ancient culture
American School of Classical Studies
Athens, Greece
Louis Dyer
Amelia Edwards

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