Dorothy Mackay

Dorothy Mary Mackay
Born	Dorothy Mary Simmons (1881-11-11)11 November 1881 Croydon, England
Died	8 February 1953(1953-02-08) (aged 71) Beaconsfield, England
Nationality	British
Education	University of London
Alma mater	University College London
Occupation(s)	Archaeologist, museum curator
Spouse	Ernest J. H. Mackay

Dorothy Mary Mackay (née Simmons, 11 November 1881 – 8 February 1953) was a British archaeologist who worked in Egypt, Iraq, and sites of the Indus Valley civilisation.

Personal life

Mackey was born Dorothy May Simmons at Croydon in 1881. She studied Greek and French at the University of London, graduating in 1902. She continued taking classes in botany, calculus, geology and zoology, gaining enough credits to graduate with a degree in zoology by 1909.

She was a member of the Croydon Branch of the Women's Social and Political Union.

In 1912, she married fellow archaeologist Ernest J. H. Mackay, with whom she often collaborated in later years.

Career

In 1940, Mackey was appointed assistant keeper at the Department of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, and between 1948–1951 she acted as curator at the Archaeological Museum of the American University of Beirut.

Publications

• "Ancient Cities of Iraq. A Practical Handbook". Baghdad, K. Mackenzie. 1926.
• Mohenjo-daro. Bombay: Indian State Railways Publicity Department. 1929.
• "Beads from Taxila". Antiquity, 18(72). pp. 201–204. 1944.
• "Ancient River Beds and Dead Cities". Antiquity, 19(75). pp. 135–144. 1945.
• "The jewellery of Palmyra and its significance." Iraq 11(2). pp. 160-187. 1949.
• "A Guide to the Archaeological Collections in the University Museum". 1951. Beirut: American University of Beirut
• Mudun al-‘Iraq al-qadima. Transl. by Y.J. Miscony. Baghdad: ʻAhd Bagdad. 1952