People · 1875–1957
Louis E. Lord
Classicist, led the 1939 blockhouse excavation
American classicist from Oberlin College. In 1939 he directed the small excavation of the blockhouses at Mycenae and near Myloi and published it in Hesperia in 1941.
Also written: Λούις Λορντ, Louis Eleazer Lord
Events
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7 August 1939 – 12 August 1939
Americans excavate the blockhouse near Myloi
From 7 to 12 August 1939 Louis E. Lord, Alison Frantz and Carl Roebuck of the American School excavated an ancient blockhouse three kilometres beyond the spring of Lerna, beside the road to Tripoli. The finds were given…