Penelope A. Mountjoy
Penelope-Anne Mountjoy FSA (* 20th century) is a British Classical Archaeologist .
Mountjoy graduated in Classical Studies at the University of Bristol with a BA from (Honors). She then obtained an M.Phil. from the University of London and finally a Ph.D. again at Bristol University.
She is a member of the British School at Athens and the School of Archeology at Oxford University as a Visiting Research Fellow. She was Scholar in Residence at Queens University , Kingston , Canada , and held visiting professorships at the Universities of Mannheim , Tübingen and a Mercator Professorship at the University of Frankfurt am Main . She held the Glassman Holland Fellowship at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem . Mountjoy is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London .
Mountjoy has participated in excavations in Myrtos , Knossos , Mycenae , Pyrgos ( Crete ), Paphos ( Cyprus ) and Troy ( Asia Minor ). She has extensive experience as an archaeological draftsman in the field of vase painting .
She is currently working on post-palace ceramics ( Late Helladic IIIC: 1200–1050 BC) from Cyprus, Turkey and Israel .
Fonts (selection)
- Knossos. The South House. Oxford, 2003.
- Regional Mycenaean Decorated Pottery. 2 volumes. Leidorf, Rahden 1999, ISBN 3-89646-011-0 .
- Mycenaean Athens. P. Åström förlag, 1995.
- Mycenaean Pottery. An Introduction. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1993.
- Mycenaean Decorated Pottery. A Guide to Identification. Gothenberg, 1986.
- Orchomenos V. Mycenaean Pottery from Orchomenos, Eutresis and other Boeotian Sites. Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich 1983 (Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Philosophical-Historical Class, NS, 89).
Web links
- Literature by and about Penelope A. Mountjoy in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Personal page at the College Year in Athens (with picture)
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SURNAME | Mountjoy, Penelope A. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mountjoy, Penelope-Anne (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Classical Archaeologist and Mycenaeologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |