Alice Stevenson
Alice Stevenson | |
|---|---|
| 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]
Education[edit]
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]
Career[edit]
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]
Selected publications[edit]
- Mairs, R., Stevenson, A. (2007). Current Research in Egyptology: 2005 Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Symposium which Took Place at the University of Cambridge, 6–8 January 2005. Oxbow Books Limited.
- Stevenson, A. E. (2009). The Predynastic Egyptian Cemetery of el-Gerzeh. Social Identities and Mortuary Practices. Leuven: Peeters.
- Hicks, D., Stevenson, A. E. (Eds.), (2013). World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: A Characterization. Oxford: Archaeopress.
- Stevenson, A. E. (2015). The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology: Characters and Collections. London: UCL Press.
- Stevenson, A., Libonati, E., Williams, A. (2016). 'A selection of minor antiquities': a multi-sited view on collections from excavations in Egypt. World Archaeology, 48 (2), 282–295. doi:10.1080/00438243.2016.1165627
- Stevenson, A. E., Libonati, E., Baines, J. (2017). 'Introduction—object habits: Legacies of fieldwork and the museum'. Museum History Journal, 10 (2), doi:10.1080/19369816.2017.1328780
References[edit]
- ^ "Alice Stevenson". The Conversation. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Alice Stevenson". UCL Institute of Archaeology. Archived from the original on 17 December 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ a b Ward, C. (2017). "Interview with Dr. Alice Stevenson". Papers from the Institute of Archaeology. 27 (1): 13. doi:10.5334/pia-526.
- ^ "World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: a characterization". Pitt Rivers Museum. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ Stevenson, A., ed. (2015). The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology: Characters and Collections. UCL Press.
- ^ Lobell, Jarrett A. (May 2016). "Dressing for the Ages". Archaeology. No. 1605. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ Stevenson, Alice; Dee, Michael W. (February 2016). "Confirmation of the world's oldest woven garment: the Tarkhan dress". Antiquity. 90 (349). Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ Stevenson, Alice (13 July 2017). "Why archaeological antiquities should not be sold on the open market, full stop". The Conversation. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "12 December Ballot Result". Society of Antiquaries of London. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
