Diggers at excavations are unsung and often women , but if it's doing poncey stuff like book writing then Frances Yates gets my votes but to be fair she did dig too as did Ruth Tringham , and Margaret Stewart , must give a mention to Miss Sylvia Benton ,who excavated Sculptors Cave in the late 1920's ,the daftest . But the bonny Blaze O' Connor was a great recent loss to excavation and interpretation and would be first choice .