Rachel Maxwell-Hyslop
| Rachel Maxwell-Hyslop | |
|---|---|
| Born |
27 March 1914 Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 9 May 2011 (aged 97) Banbury, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Downe House School |
| Alma mater | Sorbonne, UCL Institute of Archaeology |
| Known for | Western Asiatic Jewellery: c.3000–612 BC |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Archaeologist |
Rachel Maxwell-Hyslop, FSA, FBA (née Kathleen Rachel Clay, 27 March 1914, London – 9 May 2011, Banbury) was a British archaeologist and scholar of the Ancient Near East.
Kathleen Rachel Clay was born in London to Sir Charles Travis Clay, librarian to the House of Lords, and Violet Clay. She attended Downe House School in Newbury, and graduated from Sorbonne, where she read French.
In 1933, Clay joined Mortimer Wheeler's excavations at Verulamium and Maiden Castle, Dorset. She was inspired by Kathleen Kenyon to join the newly established Institute of Archaeology at the University of London in 1934, one of its first three students. She studied under Sidney Smith and received a postgraduate diploma in Western Asian archaeology.
In 1938, she married Aymer Robert Maxwell-Hyslop, a civil servant. They had three children.
Maxwell-Hyslop was given a role as honorary demonstrator at the Institute of Archaeology's new permanent location near Regent's Park. She was also involved in archaeological digs with Winifred Lamb at Kusura, Turkey.
During the Second World War, she joined the ambulance corps.
In 1946, Maxwell-Hyslop became a staff member of the department of Western Asiatic archaeology at the Institute. Here she was initially an assistant to Max Mallowan, later becoming a lecturer. Mallowan encouraged her to investigate Near Eastern metalwork. Her archaeological research on metal artefacts from the ancient Near East resulted in two articles on western Asian swords and daggers, establishing a new typology for these matériel.
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