Tessa Wheeler helped lead the dig and taught the team valuable archaeological skills.
An exhibit at the Verulamium Museum highlights the contributions.
AdvertisementIn the early 1930s, a 13-year-old girl, Helen Carlton-Smith, helped excavate a former Roman settlement.
A network of female archaeologistsCarlton-Smith's diary also revealed how Tessa Wheeler helped instruct the men and women working on the excavation.
Advertisement"I believe the real heroine of the story is Tessa Wheeler," Diggins said.
Persons:
Helen Carlton, Smith, Tessa Wheeler, —, Verulamium, Mortimer Wheeler, Tessa Verney Wheeler, Lexi Diggins, Diggins, Smith's, Helen, Helen of Troy, Carlton, Kathleen Kenyon, Peggy Piggot Guido, Tessa Wheeler's
Organizations:
Verulamium Museum, Service, London Museum, Carlton, St Albans
Locations:
what's, Hertfordshire, England, Roman, British, Sutton