Crystal Bennett
Crystal-Margaret Bennett Bruton, Somerset | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | UCL Institute of Archaeology |
| Influences | Kathleen Kenyon |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Near Eastern archaeologist |
| Sub-discipline | Biblical archaeology in Palestine and Jordan |
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Crystal-Margaret Bennett,
Early life and education
Crystal-Margaret Rawlings was born to George Rawlings, a soldier, and Elizabeth Rawlings (née Jennings) of
Roman Catholicism to the Church of England. The marriage lasted six years; the couple separated in 1946, a year after the birth of their only child Simon Bennett.[2] Following the divorce, Bennett moved in with her former mother-in-law and raised her son Simon.[1]
In 1954, Bennett enrolled at the
Bruton, Somerset.[3] She then took a second postgraduate diploma in Palestinian Archaeology, which she studied under Kathleen Kenyon.[1]
Edomite excavations
After completing her second postgraduate diploma, Bennett was invited to join Kenyon's final season of excavations at Jericho in 1957–58, and subsequently contributed to the second volume of Kenyon's monograph on the site.[1] She then went on to work with Peter Parr at Petra (1958–1963), and again with Kenyon in Jerusalem (1961–1963).[1][3]
It was whilst working with Parr at Petra that Bennett first became interested in the
Bozrah, the capital of the Edomite kingdom; and a number of mining sites around Wadi Dana and Wadi Faynan.[3]
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