Background
Kantor was born in Chicago in 1919 with amortous congenital myopathy, a rare muscular disease that limited her activity and eventually ended her career.
anthropologist archaeologist university professor
Kantor was born in Chicago in 1919 with amortous congenital myopathy, a rare muscular disease that limited her activity and eventually ended her career.
She attended Indiana University and received a Bachelor of Arts in Zoology and Biology at the age of 19.
She earned her Doctor of Philosophy in 1945 from the University of Chicago. In 1944, while still a student, Helene published an article entitled "The Final Phase of Predynastic Culture, Gerzean or Semainean" in the Journal of Near Eastern Studies. Her most noted work, The Aegean and the Orient in the Second Millennium British Columbia, was published in 1947.
This cross-cultural comparison demonstrated important connections between the artwork of the two civilizations.
Aside from her primary work at Chogha Mish, she saved the site of nearby Chogha Bonut from destruction by modern development and conducted two seasons of investigation there in 1976/77 and 1977/78.