Josephine Platner Shear
Josephine Platner Shear (born July 3, 1901 in Omaha , Nebraska , † February 11, 1967 in Princeton , New Jersey ) was an American classical archaeologist .
Josephine Platner studied at Wellesley College ( AB 1924) and Columbia University ( AM 1928). From 1927 to 1929 and from 1931 to 1939 she was a member and 1939/40 Fellow of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens . From 1929 to 1931 she took part in the excavations in Corinth . In 1931 she married the archaeologist Theodore Leslie Shear (1880-1945), who led the excavations in Corinth from 1925 to 1931 and in 1931 began the excavations on the Agora of Athens . During the Agora excavation, she worked for the conservation and processing of the found coins for many years .
After her husband's death in 1945, she continued to live in Princeton, and in 1955 was her second marriage to Floyd C. Harwood.
Publications (selection)
- Out of the Tombs at Corinth . In: Art & Archeology 29, 1930, pp. 195-202. 257-286.
- Tomb Excavations at Corinth, 1930 . In: Art & Archeology 31, 1931, pp. 153-160. 225-234.
- The Coins of Athens . In: Hesperia 2, 1933, pp. 231-278.
- Athenian Imperial Coinage . In: Hesperia 5, 1936, pp. 285-332 ( full text ).
literature
- New York Times , Feb 12, 1967, p. 92.
- Rachel Hood: Faces of Archeology in Greece. Caricatures by Piet de Jong. Leopard's Head Press, Oxford 1998, ISBN 0-904920-38-0 , pp. 178-181.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shear, Josephine Platner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Classical Archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 3, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Omaha , Nebraska |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 1967 |
| Place of death | Princeton , New Jersey |