Gertrude Caton–Thompson

Gertrude Caton- Thompson (* February 1, 1888; † 18 April 1985) was a British archaeologist.

Life

Gertrude Caton- Thompson in 1893 lost her father, this left her a considerable fortune. For the rest of her life she was thus financially independent. After her schooling she traveled a lot, so in the period from 1906 to 1910 by France, Italy, Malta and Switzerland and in the years 1907 and 1911 to Egypt. She discovered her passion for bygone cultures and prehistory.

Services

In 1921 she began the study of prehistoric archeology at University College in London, while she learned the couple Petrie know. First excavation experiences she made with the Petrie at Abydos, later she headed own excavations in Faiyum ( 1925-1928 ). In Zimbabwe, she investigated the 1929 " Zimbabwe ruins " on behalf of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, she further examined the Kharga oasis ( 1930-1934 ) and the South Arabian Hadhramaut ( 1937-1938 ).

She specialized in the prehistoric period and disproved the theory of Dr. Hume of the Geological Survey, that there had been in Egypt Prehistoric no time.

Awards and Honours

Works (selection)

• Mixed Memoirs. Gateshead 1983
• The Zimbabwe Culture: ruins and reactions. Oxford 1931
• The Tombs and Moon Temple of Hurheida ( Hadhramaut ). London 1944
• The Badarian Civilization ( British School of Archaeology in Egypt 46 ), London 1928
• The Desert Fayum. London 1934
• Kharga Oasis in Prehistory. London 1952

• Prehistorians
• Briton
• Born in 1888
• Died in 1985
• Woman