Elizabeth Pye

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Elizabeth Mary Pye, FSA (born January 1946 [1] ) is a British conservator and academic. She had studied prehistoric archaeology at the University of Edinburgh and conservation at the University of London, before becoming a conservator at the British Museum. She was Professor of Archaeological and Museum Conservation at UCL Institute of Archaeology until she retired in 2013: she is now emeritus professor. [2] [3] [4] [5]

On 3 March 1997, Pye was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA). [3] In 2015, she was awarded the Conservation and Heritage Management Award by the Archaeological Institute of America for her "groundbreaking efforts to transform the field of objects conservation into a science-based discipline". [4] [6]

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References

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  6. "The 116th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America" (PDF). American Journal of Archaeology. 119 (2): 261–69. April 2015. doi:10.3764/aja.119.2.0261. S2CID   245265409 . Retrieved 11 March 2021.