Elizabeth Virginia Schofield (1935-2005) was a British-American archaeologist and classical scholar.

Career

Schofield attended Cheltenham Ladies' College in the UK before studying at Wilson College (Pennsylvania). She followed her college studies with a master's degree from Washington State University and then, in 1959, a PhD at the University of Cincinnati under Jack Caskey.^[1]

Schofield taught at Cornell University before moving with her partner and family to a teaching position at St John's College, Cambridge.^[1] Academically, she focused full-time on excavations at Kea; first with Jack Caskey and then directing the archaeological project there after Caskey's death.^[2]

In 2005 she was awarded the distinguished service award by the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Cincinnati.^[1]

Select publications

• Schofield, E. 1990. "Conical Cups in Context" in Betancourt, P., Karageorghis, V., Laffineur, R. and Niemeier, W-D. (eds), MELETEMATA. Studies in Aegean Archaeology Presented to Malcolm H. Wiener as He enters his 65th year (Aegeum 20). pp757-760.
• Schofield, E. 1990. "Evidence for Household Industries on Thera and Kea" in: Hardy, D.A., Doumas, C.G., Sakellarakis, J.A., Warren, P.M. (eds.), Thera and the Aegean World III, Vol I: Archaeology, Proceedings of the Third International Congress Santorini, Greece 3–9 September 1989. London, The Thera Foundation. pp201-211.
• Schofield, E. 2011. Keos: Results of Excavations Conducted by the University of Cincinnati Under the Auspices of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens: Volume X Ayia Irini: The Western Sector.