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SINCLAIR HOOD (1917–2021)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2021

Gerald Cadogan
Gerald Cadogan*
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geraldcadogan2@gmail.com
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Abstract

Sinclair Hood (1917–2021) was one of the two leading archaeologists of Minoan Crete of the second generation after Sir Arthur Evans, the other being Nikolaos Platon (1909–92). He spent much of his life researching the history of Knossos, including a major programme of excavations during his Directorship of the British School at Athens (1954–62) to test Evans’ chronological system for Knossos and Crete in the Bronze Age. He also directed excavations at prehistoric Emporio in Chios, and was versed in the archaeology of Central Europe and the Near East, as well as every aspect of Aegean prehistory, on which he wrote profusely. In Greece he revolutionised methods for British archaeologists and trained many students who later became project directors. His monumental study The Masons’ Marks of Minoan Knossos crowned his career. It was published in 2020, when he was 103.

Sinclair Hood (1917–2021)

Ο Sinclair Hood (1917–2021) υπήρξε ένας από τους δύο ηγετικούς αρχαιολόγους της μινωικής Κρήτης της δεύτερης γενιάς μετά από τον Sir Arthur Evans⋅ ο άλλος ήταν ο Νικόλαος Πλάτων (1909–92). Πέρασε το μεγαλύτερο μέρος της ζωής του ερευνώντας την ιστορία της Κνωσού, και μεσά από ένα σπουδαίο ανασκαφικό πρόγραμμα όταν ήταν ο Διευθυντής της Βρετανικής Σχολής Αθηνών (1954–62) που είχε στόχο μια επαναξιολόγηση του χρονολογικού συστήματος του Evans για την Κνωσό και την Κρήτη της Εποχής του Χαλκού. Υπήρξε, επιπλέον, διευθυντής των ανασκαφών στο προïστορικό Εμποριό της Χίου, και γνώριζε καλά την αρχαιολογία της κεντρικής Ευρώπης και της Μέσης Ανατολής, καθώς και κάθε πλευρά της προïστορίας του Αιγαίου για την οποία δημοσίευσε άφθονες μελέτες. Στην Ελλάδα εισήγαγε επαναστατικές ανασκαφικές μεθόδους για τους Βρετανούς αρχαιολόγους και εκπαίδευσε πολλούς φοιτητές που έγιναν αργότερα διευθυντές διαφορετικών προγραμμάτων. Το μνημειακό έργο The Masons’ Marks of Minoan Knossos, που υπήρξε το αποκορύφωμα της καριέρας του εκδόθηκε το 2020, όταν ο ίδιος ήταν 103 ετών.

Μετάφραση: G. Cadogan, Κ. Κόπακα.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 116 , December 2021 , pp. 399 - 415
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Council, British School at Athens

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