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Caroline Amy Hutton (1861 – October 6, 1931) was a British archaeologist known for her work on Greek terracotta figurines.

Biography
Hutton was born in New Zealand and in 1879 enrolled at Girton College, Cambridge University, to study Classics.

After leaving Girton, Hutton taught at Allenswood Boarding School, a school for young women.

In 1892 she began to lecture about Greek sculpture and history at the British Museum, where she went on to carry out her own research for many years. With the encouragement of archaeologist Alexander Stuart Murray, who headed the museum's department of Greek and Roman antiquities, Hutton undertook research and restoration work on ceramics from the ancient Egyptian city of Naukratis. This resulted in Hutton’s first academic publication, "Inscriptions on Pottery from Naukratis."

In the late 1890s, Hutton traveled to Paris and Berlin to study Greek terracotta figurines in local collections. In 1896-97 she had a scholarship to undertake similar research at the British School at Athens. This work led to her 1899 book Greek Terracotta Statuettes, which focused on the British Museum collections and was the first book in English to survey the subject.

Hutton continued to research and write about Greek antiquities for many years thereafter, though at a slower pace, and devoted more of her energies to editorial and administrative work. She became an editor of the British School at Athens' annual publication, working with archaeologist Cecil Harcourt Smith. In addition, after joining the London-based Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies in 1908, Hutton served the society in various administrative capacities for more than two decades. Notably, she was acting librarian during World War I and was able to keep the Hellenic Society open during that conflict. She published the first article about the Hellenic Society's Wood Collection, an important archive of notebooks and other material related to a Syrian expedition undertaken by Robert Wood, James Dawkins and John Bouverie. She later spent a decade as the society's Honorary Secretary before retiring in 1930 due to poor health.

Selected Publications

 * Greek Terracotta Statuettes. Macmillan, 1899.
 * "Inscriptions on Pottery from Naukratis." The Classical Review, 1893.
 * "Votive Reliefs in the Acropolis Museum." The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1897.
 * "A Collection of Sketches by C.R. Cockerell, RA." The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1909.
 * "The Greek Inscriptions at Petworth House." Annual of the British School at Athens, 1916.
 * "The Travels of 'Palmyra' Wood in 1750-51." The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1927.