Gertrude Caton-Thompson

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British archaeologist archaeologist person prehistorian

Gertrude Caton-Thompson was a pioneering British archaeologist known for her influential work on prehistoric civilizations in Africa and Arabia, including her landmark investigations at Great Zimbabwe.

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Label	Occurrences
Gertrude Caton-Thompson canonical	4

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British archaeologist ⓘ archaeologist ⓘ person ⓘ prehistorian ⓘ
awardReceived	Percy Sladen Memorial Fund award ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
educatedAt	Newnham College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	British School of Archaeology in Egypt ⓘ
ethnicGroup	English ⓘ
familyName	Caton-Thompson ⓘ
fieldOfWork	African archaeology ⓘ Arabian archaeology ⓘ archaeology ⓘ prehistoric archaeology ⓘ
genre	archaeological monograph ⓘ scientific article ⓘ
givenName	Gertrude ⓘ
hasOccupation	excavation director ⓘ field archaeologist ⓘ
influenced	development of African archaeology as a discipline ⓘ interpretations of Great Zimbabwe as an African-built site ⓘ
knownFor	demonstrating indigenous African origins of Great Zimbabwe ⓘ pioneering work in the Fayum region of Egypt ⓘ pioneering work in the Kharga Oasis ⓘ systematic stratigraphic excavation methods in African archaeology ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Prehistoric Society ⓘ Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
name	Gertrude Caton-Thompson self-link ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notableAchievement	applied rigorous stratigraphic methods in African fieldwork ⓘ led one of the first professional archaeological investigations at Great Zimbabwe ⓘ produced early syntheses of North African prehistory ⓘ
notableWork	Kharga Oasis in Prehistory ⓘ Faiyum Oasis ⓘ surface form: The Desert Fayum The Zimbabwe Culture ⓘ excavations at Great Zimbabwe ⓘ research on prehistoric civilizations in Africa ⓘ research on prehistoric civilizations in Arabia ⓘ
occupation	archaeologist ⓘ author ⓘ
placeOfBirth	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
workedOn	Fayum Depression ⓘ Great Zimbabwe ⓘ Kharga Oasis ⓘ Southern Arabia ⓘ surface form: southern Arabia
workLocation	Africa ⓘ Arabian Peninsula ⓘ

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Subject: Gertrude Caton-Thompson
Description of subject: Gertrude Caton-Thompson was a pioneering British archaeologist known for her influential work on prehistoric civilizations in Africa and Arabia, including her landmark investigations at Great Zimbabwe.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Zimbabwe → excavatedBy → Gertrude Caton-Thompson ⓘ

Flinders Petrie → influenced → Gertrude Caton-Thompson ⓘ

Gertrude Caton-Thompson → name → Gertrude Caton-Thompson self-link ⓘ

Badarian culture → discoveredBy → Gertrude Caton-Thompson ⓘ