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John Langdon Caskey (born December 7, 1908; died December 4, 1981) was an American classical archaeologist known for his excavations in Greece, in particular the Cyclades, Keos, and at ancient Lerna in Greece.[1]
Early Life and Education[edit]
Caskey was the son of Lacey D. Caskey, a curator of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.[2] J. L. Caskey was educated at Yale (B.A. in 1931) and the University of Cincinnati (Ph.D. 1939), where he was a student of Carl Blegen.
Caskey was married to fellow Cincinnati student Elizabeth Gwyn Caskey on August 4, 1936, in New York City.[3]
Scholarly Career[edit]
Caskey's fieldwork in mainland Greece and in the Aegean led to important conclusions. His work at ancient Lerna [4] Caskey is credited with the discovery of the House of the Tiles at Lerna, a site that shed important light on Early Helladic culture in Greece and which numbers among the most important archaeological sites of prehistoric Greece.[5]
Caskey first became assistant director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, and then Director until 1959.[6] He was the chairperson of the University of Cincinnati Classics department from 1959 to 1972.[7]
In 1980 he was awarded the gold medal by the Archaeological Institute of America.[8]
Caskey's death in 1981 was the result of Lou Gehrig's Disease.[9]
Publications[edit]
- John L. and Elizabeth G. Caskey, 1960. "The Earliest Settlements at Eutresis, Supplementary Excavations, 1958," Hesperia 29:126-167.
Necrology[edit]
- "John Langdon Caskey, Professor of Archeology." New York Times December 8, 1981
- Machteld J. Mellink. "John Langdon Caskey (1908-1981)." American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 86, No. 2 (Apr., 1982), p. 317
References[edit]
- ^ John Langdon Caskey— 1980 Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement http://www.archaeological.org/johnlangdoncaskey%E2%80%941980goldmedalawarddistinguishedarchaeologicalachievement
- ^ http://www.jstor.org/stable/504862 Machteld J. Mellink. "John Langdon Caskey (1908-1981)." American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 86, No. 2 (Apr., 1982), p. 317
- ^ http://www.brown.edu/Research/Breaking_Ground/bios/Caskey_Elizabeth.pdf
- ^ John Langdon Caskey; E. T. Blackburn (1997). Lerna in the Argolid: A Short Guide. ASCSA. ISBN 978-0-87661-680-2.
- ^ Melanie A. Fillios (2006). Measuring Complexity in Early Bronze Age Greece: The Pig as a Proxy Indicator of Socio-economic Structures. ProQuest. pp. 147–. ISBN 978-0-542-89033-8.
- ^ http://www.brown.edu/Research/Breaking_Ground/bios/Caskey_Elizabeth.pdf
- ^ History of the Department https://classics.uc.edu/index.php/aboutthedepartment/historyofdepartment
- ^ John Langdon Caskey— 1980 Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement http://www.archaeological.org/johnlangdoncaskey%E2%80%941980goldmedalawarddistinguishedarchaeologicalachievement
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/08/obituaries/john-langdon-caskey-professor-of-archeology.html "John Langdon Caskey, Professor of Archeology." New York Times December 8, 1981
Category:1908 births Category:1981 deaths Category:American archaeologists Category:Classical archaeologists Category:Classical scholars of the University of Cincinnati Category:Yale University alumni Category:University of Cincinnati alumni