Marcelle Werbrouck

Sep 14, 2022 | Archaeology, Articles

While Marcelle Werbrouck was certainly not hailed as the most renowned scientist of her generation, she deserves to be remembered as the first Belgian woman Egyptologist. In the shadow of Jean Capart, the founder of Belgian Egyptology, she contributed to the discipline’s emergence in Belgium for over 25 years as his main collaborator and his […]

(Some) Women in Early Twentieth Century Egyptology...

Aug 5, 2022 | Blog

Egyptology can be depicted as a very male-dominated field – think of Howard Carter, Flinders Petrie, the list goes on. However, this undermines the integral role women have played in the discipline from the very start, both in more domestic roles and in actual excavations. Most notably, records typically omit or quietly reference the ‘Mrs’, […]

A Truly TrowelBlazing Network: The Impact of Tessa...

Jul 27, 2022 | Blog

If there is one thing TrowelBlazers has shown us, it’s that women in the digging sciences are not a 21st century revolution – they have always been present contributors to research, be their names written down in ink or not. Because ultimately, that is what decides whether or not someone is remembered in the world […]

Joan Gero

Jul 26, 2022 | Archaeology, Articles

Joan Gero (1944-2016) was a leader in feminist archaeology, Andean archaeology and archaeological ethics. Her first academic pursuit was English Literature, in which she earned a B.A. in 1968 from the University of Pennsylvania. She then received a M.Ed. from Boston College and subsequently worked for Teacher Corps, a programme established to improve education for […]

Feminist Archaeology in North America and Europe

Jul 26, 2022 | Blog

This article covers the history of feminist archaeology in North America and parts of Europe, where there was a distinct label was given to this new approach to archaeological thinking. Elsewhere in the world, women’s access to, and role within, the discipline evolved without being labelled as a movement in the same way. In order […]

Tessa Wheeler

Jul 26, 2022 | Archaeology, Articles

Tessa Wheeler (1893-1936) was a South-African born British archaeologist, primarily known for her hand in establishing the Institute of Archaeology at University College London (UCL) with her husband and professional partner, Mortimer Wheeler. Due to the gender politics of the time, Tessa was often overshadowed by Mortimer and perceived as just his wife. However, the […]