1892 in archaeology
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The year 1892 in archaeology
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Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
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Miscellaneous
- Sir William RidgewayWilliam RidgewaySir William Ridgeway was a classical scholar and the Disney Professor of Archaeology at Cambridge University....
is elected to the Disney Professorship of ArchaeologyDisney Professorship of ArchaeologyThe Disney Professorship of Archaeology, also known as the Disney Chair, is a professorship in the University of Cambridge. It was endowed with a donation of £1,000 by John Disney in 1851, followed by a further £3,500 in a bequest at his death...
in the University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
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Births
- April 14 - V. Gordon ChildeVere Gordon ChildeVere Gordon Childe , better known as V. Gordon Childe, was an Australian archaeologist and philologist who specialised in the study of European prehistory. A vocal socialist, Childe accepted the socio-economic theory of Marxism and was an early proponent of Marxist archaeology...
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n-born prehistorian (d. 19571957 in archaeologyThe year 1957 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:*1957-1960: James Mellaart at Hacilar.*1957-1961: Ralph Solecki at Shanidar, Iraq.-Publications:...
). - May 5 - Dorothy GarrodDorothy GarrodDorothy Annie Elizabeth Garrod CBE was a British archaeologist who was the first woman to hold an Oxbridge chair, partly through her pioneering work on the Palaeolithic period. Her father was Sir Archibald Garrod, the physician.-Life:Born in Oxford, she attended Newnham College, Cambridge...
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Palaeolithic archaeologist of the Near EastNear EastThe Near East is a geographical term that covers different countries for geographers, archeologists, and historians, on the one hand, and for political scientists, economists, and journalists, on the other...
(d. 19681968 in archaeologyThe year 1968 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Anne Stine Ingstad and Helge Ingstad complete excavations of Viking site at L'Anse aux Meadows....
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