Alice Stevenson | |
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Occupation(s) | Curator, archaeologist |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Pitt Rivers Museum, Petrie Museum of Egyptology, University College London |
Alice Stevenson FSA is a British archaeologist and museum curator. She is Professor of Museum Archaeology at UCL's Institute of Archaeology and a specialist in Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egyptian archaeology. [1]
Stevenson completed her bachelor's degree in Archaeology and Anthropology from the University of Cambridge in 1998 and followed this with a master's degree in museum studies at the University of Leicester, completed in 2001.[ citation needed] She went on to gain a PhD in archaeology from the University of Cambridge in 2006 with a thesis titled The Predynastic Egyptian Cemetery of el-Gerzeh. Mortuary Rituals and Social Identities. [2] [3] She became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2014. [2]
Stevenson was Research Fellow at the UCL Institute of Archaeology in 2010. From 2009 to 2012 she worked as a Researcher in World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum. [2] During her time there, she co-edited a book characterising the nature and research potential of the museum's collections celebrating one hundred years of public access to the collections in 2015. [3] [4]
Stevenson was Curator of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology from 2013 to 2016 and published an edited volume about the museum titled The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology: Characters and Collections in 2015. [5] During her time at the museum, a garment in the museum collection was radiocarbon dated to between 3482 and 3102 BC, and heralded as the world's oldest dress. [6] [7]
Stevenson is a contributor to The Conversation news outlet and has written an article about the sale of archaeological antiquities on the open market. [8]
She was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 12 December 2019. [9]
Alice Stevenson | |
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Occupation(s) | Curator, archaeologist |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Pitt Rivers Museum, Petrie Museum of Egyptology, University College London |
Alice Stevenson FSA is a British archaeologist and museum curator. She is Professor of Museum Archaeology at UCL's Institute of Archaeology and a specialist in Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egyptian archaeology. [1]
Stevenson completed her bachelor's degree in Archaeology and Anthropology from the University of Cambridge in 1998 and followed this with a master's degree in museum studies at the University of Leicester, completed in 2001.[ citation needed] She went on to gain a PhD in archaeology from the University of Cambridge in 2006 with a thesis titled The Predynastic Egyptian Cemetery of el-Gerzeh. Mortuary Rituals and Social Identities. [2] [3] She became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2014. [2]
Stevenson was Research Fellow at the UCL Institute of Archaeology in 2010. From 2009 to 2012 she worked as a Researcher in World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum. [2] During her time there, she co-edited a book characterising the nature and research potential of the museum's collections celebrating one hundred years of public access to the collections in 2015. [3] [4]
Stevenson was Curator of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology from 2013 to 2016 and published an edited volume about the museum titled The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology: Characters and Collections in 2015. [5] During her time at the museum, a garment in the museum collection was radiocarbon dated to between 3482 and 3102 BC, and heralded as the world's oldest dress. [6] [7]
Stevenson is a contributor to The Conversation news outlet and has written an article about the sale of archaeological antiquities on the open market. [8]
She was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 12 December 2019. [9]