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Molly Cotton OBE, FSA, Hon FBA 〔Potter, T. 1984. M. Aylwin Cotton, O.B.E., Hon. F.B.A. F.S.A 1902-1984. Papers of the British School at Rome 52: 1-2.〕 was a British archaeologist, noted for her work in Iron Age Britain and Roman Italy. == Biography == Molly was one of the first students to take the postgraduate diploma in archaeology at the recently founded Institute of Archaeology, London. She became deputy director of excavations at Maiden Castle in 1936 alongside Mortimer Wheeler, following the death of Tessa Wheeler.〔 She undertook excavations on the defences of Silchester from 1938-9.〔Cotton, M. A. 1947. Excavations at Silchester 1938-9. Archaeologia 92: 121-167.〕 Molly worked at the Ministry of Economic Warfare during World War II and received the OBE in 1945.〔 In 1949 she co-directed excavations at Verulamium alongside Mortimer Wheeler and excavated at Clausentum from 1951-54.〔Cotton, M. and Gathercole, P. 1958. Excavations at Clausentum, Southampton, 1951-1954. London : H.M. Stationery Office.〕 In the 1960s Molly became closely involved in the work of the British School at Rome. She was the field director of the first 'scientific' excavations of a Republican villa in Italy, directed by John Bryan Ward-Perkins and Peter von Blanckenhagen, "but essentially the project was hers".〔 The excavations at Posto and San Rocco (1962–65) were fully published.〔 * Cotton, M. 1979. The Late Republican Villa at Posto Francolise. London: British School at Rome.〕〔 * Cotton, M. and Métraux, G. 1985. The San Rocco villa at Francolise. London: British School at Rome.〕 From 1965, Molly was resident in Rome, and ran the archaeological work room of the British School at Rome,〔 including work on the finds from the cemetery of Quattro Fontanili at Veii, Monte Irsi, Basilicata (1970) and Tuscania (1972-73). In her later years, Molly continued to work on Latian archaeology, whilst continuing to attend conferences.〔 She received an honorary fellowship of the British Academy in 1980.〔http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/directory/dec.cfm?member=4344〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Molly Cotton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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