Dorothy Garrod

Dorothy Annie Elizabeth Garrod (5 May 1892–18 December 1968) was a British archaeologist who was the first woman to hold an Oxbridge chair, partly through her pioneering work on the Palaeolithic period. Her father was Sir Archibald Garrod , the physician. Born in Oxford , she attended Newnham College, Cambridge . Between 1925 and 1926 she excavated in Gibraltar and in 1928 led an expedition through South Kurdistan . Following this, she held excavations at Mount Carmel in Israel where, working closely with Dorothea Bate , she demonstrated a long sequence of Lower Palaeolithic , Middle Palaeolithic and Epipalaeolithic occupations in the caves of Tabun , El Wad , Es Skhul , Shuqba (Shuqbah) and Kebara Cave . Her work contributed majorly to the understanding of the prehistoric sequence in the region. She also coined the cultural label for the late Epipalaeolithic Natufian culture (from Wadi an-Natuf , the location of the Shuqba cave) following her excavations at Es Skhul and El Wad. The chronological framework established by her excavations in the Levant remain crucial to the present understanding of the prehistoric evolution in the region. Her excavations at the cave sites in the Levant were conducted with almost exclusively women workers recruited from local villages, although she worked with fellow archaeologist Francis Turville-Petre at Kebara Cave, the type-site for the Kebaran culture. After holding a number of other academic posts she was made Disney Professor of Archaeology at Cambridge in 1939, a post she held until 1952, aside from a gap towards the end of the Second World War when she served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force . Dorothy Garrod was the first female professor at Cambridge. The first women University Teaching Officers were appointed to Cambridge University in 1921, and in 1926 Cambridge University women first gave women the titles of degrees but without associated privileges (ie. no participation in University government). It was not until 1947 that full membership for women was granted by Cambridge University. In 1965, she was awarded the CBE .

Dorothy Annie Elizabeth Garrod , CBE , FBA (5 May 1892 – 18 December 1968) was a British archaeologist who was the first woman to hold an Oxbridge chair, partly through her pioneering work on the Palaeolithic period; she served as Disney Professor of Archaeology from 1938 to 1952. Her father was Sir Archibald Garrod , the physician.

British archaeologist and first female Professor at the University of Cambridge Dorothy Annie Elizabeth Garrod , CBE , FBA (5 May 1892 – 18 December 1968) was an English archaeologist who specialised in the Palaeolithic period. She held the position of Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge from 1939 to 1952, and was the first woman to hold an Oxbridge chair.

British archaeologist, 1892–1968 Dorothy Annie Elizabeth Garrod , CBE , FBA (5 May 1892 – 18 December 1968) was an English archaeologist who specialised in the Palaeolithic period. She held the position of Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge from 1939 to 1952, and was the first woman to hold a chair at either Oxford or Cambridge .

British archaeologist, 1892–1968 Dorothy Annie Elizabeth Garrod , CBE , FBA (5 May 1892 – 18 December 1968) was an English archaeologist who specialised in the Palaeolithic period. She held the position of Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge from 1939 to 1952, and was the first woman to hold a chair at either Oxford or Cambridge .