Jack L. Davis
Jack Lee Davis (born August 13, 1950 in Apple Creek , Ohio ) is an American classical archaeologist .
Life
After receiving his doctorate from the University of Cincinnati in 1977, he moved to the University of Illinois at Chicago , where he stayed until 1993 before returning to Cincinnati as a Blegen Professor - the position he currently holds. In the 1980s he held visiting positions at Northwestern University and (twice) at the University of Cambridge (Faculty of Classics and Fitzwilliam College ). From 2007 to 2012 he was director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens .
For 2020, Davis was awarded the Gold Medal by the Archaeological Institute of America .
Fonts (selection)
- Ayia Irini. Period V . Mainz 1986, ISBN 3-8053-0841-8 .
- with Efi Mantzourani and John F. Cherry : Landscape archeology as long-term history. Northern Keos in the Cycladic Islands from earliest settlement until modern times . Los Angeles 1991, ISBN 0-917956-72-9 .
- with Fariba Zarinebaf and John Bennet : A historical and economic geography of Ottoman Greece. The southwestern Morea in the 18th century . Athens 2005, ISBN 0-87661-534-5 .
- as editor: Sandy Pylos. An archaeological history from Nestor to Navarino . Princeton 2008, ISBN 978-0-87661-961-2 .
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Davis, Jack L. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Davis, Jack Lee |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American classical archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Apple Creek |