Sharon Stocker

Sharon R. Stocker
Born
La Grange, Illinois
Education
Known forDiscovery of Griffin Warrior Tomb and Pylos Combat Agate
SpouseJack L. Davis
Scientific career
FieldsClassical archaeology
InstitutionsUniversity of Cincinnati
Thesis "Illyrian Apollonia: Toward a New Ktisis and Development History of the Colony"[1]

Sharon (Shari) Stocker is an American archaeologist who is best known, along with her husband, archaeologist Jack L. Davis, for leading an international team of researchers who discovered a previously undisturbed tomb of a Bronze Age warrior in southwest Greece. The 3500 year old intact grave was named the Griffin Warrior Tomb by the research team during the initial excavation in May 2015.[2]

Stocker is currently a senior research associate and the director of publications for the University of Cincinnati's excavations at the Palace of Nestor in Greece. She was a co-director of archaeological surveys in the ancient cities of Epidamnos and Apollonia, Albania. Her professional expertise "lies in the analysis of ceramics of the Middle Bronze Age and Early Greek colonization in the Western Mediterranean."[3] In 2021 Stocker was named a Commander of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece) by the Hellenic Republic.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference UC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Marchant, Jo. "This 3,500-Year-Old Greek Tomb Upended What We Thought We Knew About the Roots of Western Civilization". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. ^ "A Prince of Pylos: The Tomb of the Griffin Warrior". The J. Paul Getty Museum. Retrieved 27 December 2017.