Female archaeologist’s work receives overdue recognition — 90 years later

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The Library of Congress has taken a “historic step” in acknowledging the contributions of Mary Ellingson, a former University of Evansville archaeologist whose work was not recognized during her lifetime and had instead been wrongfully attributed to her male supervising professor for 90 years. 

According to a press release from the small, private university in Indiana, Ellingson’s name was officially added to the catalog entry of the Excavations at Olynthus series, a scholarly archaeological publication, in late October.