Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr. (June 3, 1937 – May 4, 2012) was an American classical archaeologist at the University of California, Berkeley who made contributions to the study of
Lydia through his excavations at
Sardis
Sardis () or Sardes (; Lydian: 𐤳𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣 ''Sfard''; el, Σάρδεις ''Sardeis''; peo, Sparda; hbo, ספרד ''Sfarad'') was an ancient city at the location of modern ''Sart'' (Sartmahmut before 19 October 2005), near Salihli, ...
.
Personal life
Greenewalt was the son of
Crawford Hallock Greenewalt, a
chemical engineer and later president of the
DuPont, and Margaretta L. Greenewalt.
He had one brother, David Greenewalt, and one sister, Nancy G. Frederick.
He attended the
Tower Hill School
Tower Hill School is a private college preparatory school in Wilmington, Delaware, offering instruction for pre-school through 12th grade.
History
Tower Hill was founded in 1919. The school is situated at the high point of Wilmington's neighbo ...
, received a B.A. from
Harvard in 1959, and a Ph.D. in
Classical Archaeology from the
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...
in 1966.
Greenwalt died of a brain tumor in 2012.
Archaeology
Greenewalt first showed in interest in archaeology at age eight.
While an undergraduate at Harvard, Greenewalt worked at the Sardis excavation, where he became known for his ability to crawl through the narrow tunnels constructed by earlier
tomb robbers.
After graduating in 1959, Greenewalt joined the Sardis excavation as a staff photographer.
Greenewalt's Ph.D. thesis was on the Lydian pottery, like those recovered at the Sardis excavation.
Greenewalt worked on the Sardis excavation every summer from 1959 to 2011.
In 1976 he was made the field director of the excavation, a position he held until 2007 when he turned it over to Nicholas Cahill.
Awards and honors
Greenewalt was a member of the
American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society (APS), founded in 1743 in Philadelphia, is a scholarly organization that promotes knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and communit ...
, and an honorary member the
German Archaeological Institute
The German Archaeological Institute (german: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, ''DAI'') is a research institute in the field of archaeology (and other related fields). The DAI is a "federal agency" under the Federal Foreign Office of Germany ...
and Austrian Archaeological Institute.
In 1993 he was awarded the Henry Allen Moe Prize in Humanities by the American Philosophical Society for his paper "When a Mighty Empire Was Destroyed" and for his work on reconstructing the history of Lydia.
In 2012 he was awarded
Archaeological Institute of America's Bandelier Award for Public Service to Archaeology for his work at Sardis.
The research library of archaeology at
Ege University
Ege University or Aegean University ( tr, Ege Üniversitesi) is a public research university in Bornova, İzmir. It was founded in 1955 with the faculties of Medicine and Agriculture. It is the first university to start courses in İzmir and the ...
,
Izmir, to which Greenewalt had left his private library, was named "Greenewalt Library" in 2015.
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External links
2007 Video Interview with Crawford Greenewalt Jr. by Atomic Heritage Foundation—
Voices of the Manhattan Project
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American archaeologists
Classical archaeologists
University of California, Berkeley College of Letters and Science faculty
University of Pennsylvania alumni
Harvard University alumni
People from Wilmington, Delaware
1937 births
2012 deaths
Deaths from brain cancer in the United States
Tower Hill School alumni