Emeline Hurd Hill Richardson ( Hill; June 6, 1910,

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– August 29, 1999,

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) was an American classical

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and

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scholar. Hill was the daughter of William Hurd Hill and Emeleen (Carlisle) Hill. She studied at

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, receiving an A.B. in 1932 and an M.A. in 1935. In 1935/36, she studied with Bernard Ashmole at the

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. She completed her Ph.D. in 1939 at Radcliffe College. From 1941 to 1949, she was on the faculty of Wheaton College in

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. In 1950, Emeline Hill Richardson held a stipend at the

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and was involved in the

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excavations. She married Lawrence Richardson in 1952. She lectured both at

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and

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Universities. From 1968 until 1979, she was Professor of Classical Archaeology at the

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. The primary focus of her research was the civilization of the Etruscans. She was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1974. She was a member of the

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, the

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and a corresponding member of the

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(DAI). In 1994, she received the

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for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement from the

.Emeline Richardson — 1994 Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement

She was also awarded a centennial medal of the

in 1994. Her major study of

votive A votive offering or votive deposit is one or more objects displayed or deposited, without the intention of recovery or use, in a sacred place for religious purposes. Such items are a feature of modern and ancient societies and are generally ...

bronze Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals (such as phosphorus) or metalloid ...

objects of the

Etruscan civilization The Etruscan civilization ( ) was an ancient civilization created by the Etruscans, a people who inhabited Etruria in List of ancient peoples of Italy, ancient Italy, with a common language and culture, and formed a federation of city-states. Af ...

appeared in 1983.

Publications

#Brown, Frank Edward – Richardson, Emeline – Richardson, Lawrence, ''Cosa II: the temples of the Arx'' (Rome 1960). #Richardson, Emeline, ''The Etruscans: their art and civilization'' (Chicago 1964). #Richardson, Emeline, ''Etruscan Votive Bronzes: Geometric, Orientalizing, Archaic'' (Mainz 1983). #Brown, Frank Edward – Hill Richardson, Emeline – Richardson, Lawrence, ''Cosa III: the buildings of the forum; colony, municipium, and village'' (Pennsylvania State Univ. Press 1993).

Necrology

* Lawrence Richardson, Jr. 2000. "Emeline Hill Richardson, 1910-1999", ''American Journal of Archaeology'
104.1:125
* Nancy T. de Grummond. 2000. "Emeline Hill Richardson (1910 – 1999)" ''Etruscan Studies'' 7.1:27-9. DOI: 10.1515/etst.2000.7.1.27.

Sources

Dictionary of Art Historians: Richardson, Emeline Hurd Hill (née Hill)

References

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