Mary Van Dyke

Mary Van Dyke explores themes of nature and culture: structures in time and place.

A memoir of archaeology, identity and family, Cretan Chronicle follows Mary’s childhood between Crete and England, her work with her father Sinclair Hood, and her journey through love, trauma and self‑discovery. Blending myth and memory, it reveals the secrets and complexities of a mid‑20th‑century archaeological life.