Helene J. Cantor
Helene J. Kantor (born July 15, 1919 in Chicago ; † January 13, 1993 ibid) was an American archaeologist from the Middle East .
Kantor grew up in Bloomington, Indiana , where her father, the psychologist Jacob Robert Kantor , taught at the university. After attending college and a BA in biology, she studied Near Eastern Archeology at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago with Henri Frankfort from 1938 and received her doctorate in 1945. She also spent her entire professional career at the Oriental Institute: from 1945 she was research assistant, from 1951 assistant professor and from 1963 until her retirement in 1989 professor.
She carried out excavations in Nahal Tabur , Beth Yereh and Nahariya in Israel and in Chogha Mish , Chogha Bonut and Bonch Fazili in Iran . Her specialty was in particular the ceramics of the Middle East.
literature
- Essays in ancient civilization presented to Helene J. Kantor , ed. by Albert Leonard and Bruce Beyer Williams. Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 47. Chicago 1989 (pp. XXXI – XXXIX list of publications). ( online ; PDF; 53.5 MB)
- Abbas Alizadeh : In Memoriam Helene J. Kantor. In: Oriental Institute Annual Report 1991-92 , pp. 16-18 PDF .
- Bobby Joe Williams: Helene J. Kantor, 1919–1993. In: Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 30, 1993, pp. IX-XI.
- Helene J. Cantor. In: Israel Exploration Journal 43, 1993, pp. 269-270.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cantor, Helene J. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American archaeologist from the Middle East |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1993 |
| Place of death | Chicago |