Background
Jashemski was born in York, Nebraska.
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Wilhelmina Jashemski
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Education
She studied at York College, the University of Nebraska, and the University of Chicago.
Career
She began teaching in 1935, and taught at Lindenwood College, Missouri, before serving on the faculty of the University of Maryland from 1946 to 1980. Jashemski"s work at Pompeii, Boscoreale, and Oplontis began in 1961 and continued until 1984. She is known for being a pioneer in the field of garden archaeology She also worked on the excavation of the gardens of the villa of Hadrian at Tivoli.
Jashemski is viewed as a pioneer of the field of garden archaeology in the ancient Mediterranean.
Her husband was the physicist Stanley A. Jashemski, who photographed many of her excavations for publication.
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December 24, 2007 (aged 97)