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and others. In the late 1960s, Fox played a key role in establishing Exeter
Archaeological Field Unit. She served as president of the Devon Archaeological Society in 1963β1964 and as a vice-president of the
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134:; 29 July 1907 β 21 November 2005) was an English archaeologist, who specialised in the archaeology of south-west England. She notably excavated the Roman legionary fortress in
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The daughter of a solicitor Walter Scott
Henderson and wife Alice livingstone Henderson (nee Mclean), Aileen Mary Henderson was educated at
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Davidson, Janet (1983). "Aileen Fox in New
Zealand: an appreciation". In Bulmer, Susan E.; Law, R. Garry; Sutton, Douglas G. (eds.).
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From the late 1940s, she undertook key excavations in south-west
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in 1974β1975. She also researched MΔori carving, burial chests in particular. Fox returned to
Britain in 1983.
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Fox, Aileen. "The legionary fortress at
Caerleon, Monmouthshire: Excavations in Myrtle Cottage Orchard 1939".
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Fox, Aileen (1955). "Some evidence for a Dark Age trading site at
Bantham, near Thurlestone, South Devon".
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Fox, Aileen (1955). "Celtic fields and farms on
Dartmoor, in the light of recent excavations at Kestor".
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A lot of spadework to be done: essays in honour of Lady Aileen Fox by her New
Zealand friends
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Fox, Aileen (1948). "The Early Plan and Town Houses of
Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum)".
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Fox, Aileen (1974). "Prehistoric Maori storage pits: problems in interpretation".
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Jeal, Mary (September 1983). "Lady Fox: ten years of spadework in New Zealand".
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Roman Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum): excavations in the war-damaged areas, 1945β1947
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in Kent, where she remained after it moved to Berkshire, under the headship of
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Prehistoric Maori Fortifications in the North Island of New Zealand
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In 1965, she was a founder of the Hillforts Study Group alongside
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After graduating in 1929, she worked as a volunteer excavating at
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Fox, Aileen (1980). "A new look at Maori carved burial chests".
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at Exeter in 1947, and stayed on until her retirement in 1971.
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Fox, Aileen (1980). "A new look at Maori burial chests".
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Tiromoana pa, Te Awanga, Hawke's Bay, excavations 1974-5
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Quinnell, Henrietta (2013). Goldman, Lawrence (ed.).
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308:Society of Antiquaries of London
16:English archaeologist, 1907β2005
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332:. London: Lutterworth Press.
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181:. In 1932 she excavated at
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523:. London. Archived from
202:National Museum of Wales
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421:The Antiquaries Journal
316:the Prehistoric Society
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599:"Obituary: Aileen Fox"
302:Awards and recognition
264:University of Auckland
257:British School at Rome
177:, before returning to
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150:in Surrey and then at
322:Selected publications
231:military presence in
196:In 1933, she married
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768:Fox, Aileen (1978).
637:Fox, Aileen (1952).
461:Fox, Aileen (1976).
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328:Fox, Aileen (1961).
312:University of Exeter
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500:References
398:: 87β102.
288:Hawkes Bay
96:Occupation
70:2005-11-22
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576:The Times
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354:Antiquity
296:Te Awanga
198:Cyril Fox
191:Hampshire
142:Biography
132:Henderson
110:(m. 1933)
108:Cyril Fox
80:, England
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