1902 in archaeology
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The year 1902 in archaeology
involved some significant events.
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...
involved some significant events.
Explorations
- Bison, on the ceiling of a cave at AltamiraAltamira-Places:*Cave of Altamira, a cave in Cantabria, Spain famous for its paintings and carving*Altamira, Brazil, a city in the state of Pará*Altamira, Huila, a town and municipality in Colombia*Altamira, Puerto Plata, a town in the Dominican Republic...
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accepted as authentic. c. 12000 BC. Discovered in 1879.
Excavations
- Leopoldo Batres initiates first major excavations at Monte AlbánMonte AlbánMonte Albán is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Municipality in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca...
. - E. A. Wallis BudgeE. A. Wallis BudgeSir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East.-Earlier life:...
begins project at MeroëMeroëMeroë Meroitic: Medewi or Bedewi; Arabic: and Meruwi) is an ancient city on the east bank of the Nile about 6 km north-east of the Kabushiya station near Shendi, Sudan, approximately 200 km north-east of Khartoum. Near the site are a group of villages called Bagrawiyah...
. - Ludwig BorchardtLudwig BorchardtLudwig Borchardt was a German Egyptologist who was born in Berlin.-Life:Borchardt initially studied Architecture and later Egyptology under Adolf Erman. In 1895 he journeyed to Cairo and produced, with Gaston Maspero, the Catalogue of the Egyptian Museum...
leads Deutsche Orient-GesellschaftDeutsche Orient-GesellschaftThe Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft is a Eingetragener Verein - a registered voluntary association - based at Berlin in Germany....
excavations at the Ancient EgyptAncient EgyptAncient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
ian necropolisNecropolisA necropolis is a large cemetery or burial ground, usually including structural tombs. The word comes from the Greek νεκρόπολις - nekropolis, literally meaning "city of the dead"...
of AbusirAbusirAbusir is the name given to an Egyptian archaeological locality – specifically, an extensive necropolis of the Old Kingdom period, together with later additions – in the vicinity of the modern capital Cairo...
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Finds
- May: Antikythera mechanismAntikythera mechanismThe Antikythera mechanism is an ancient mechanical computer designed to calculate astronomical positions. It was recovered in 1900–1901 from the Antikythera wreck. Its significance and complexity were not understood until decades later. Its time of construction is now estimated between 150 and 100...
- Lansing ManLansing ManLansing Man is the name commonly given to a collection of human remains dug up near Lansing, Kansas in 1902. The remains were found when digging a cellar, and included at least a jaw, and according to various accounts, possibly an entire adult skull, several adult bones, and a child's jaw.The...
- Etruscan chariot at Monteleone di SpoletoMonteleone di SpoletoMonteleone di Spoleto , is a town and comune of Italy, in the province of Perugia in southeast Umbria at 978 meters above sea-level overhanging the upper valley of the Corno River...
- Tuxtla StatuetteTuxtla StatuetteThe Tuxtla Statuette is a small 6.3 inch rounded greenstone figurine, carved to resemble a squat, bullet-shaped human with a duck-like bill and wings. Most researchers believe the statuette represents a shaman wearing a bird mask and bird cloak...
- Böyük Dəhnə ancient artifacts
- Tomb KV45KV45Tomb KV45, located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, was used for the burial of the noble Userhet of the Eighteenth dynasty.-External links:* - Includes detailed maps of most of the tombs....
(UserhetUserhetThe Ancient Egyptian noble Userhet was buried in the Valley of the Kings, in tomb KV45. He probably lived during the rule of Thutmose IV. Amongst his titles was Overseer of the Fields of Amun . He presumably received the honour of a burial in the royal necropolis because of his rank....
) in the Valley of the KingsValley of the KingsThe Valley of the Kings , less often called the Valley of the Gates of the Kings , is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for the Pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom .The valley stands on the west bank of...
in EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
, discovered by Howard CarterHoward CarterHoward Carter may refer to:* Howard Carter , English archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb* Howard Carter , American basketball player...
working for Theodore M. DavisTheodore M. DavisTheodore M. Davis was an American lawyer and is best known for his excavations in Egypt's Valley of the Kings between 1902 and 1914.-Biography:...
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Births
- Arvid AndrénArvid AndrénArvid Andrén was a Swedish classical art historian who focused his work on decorative architectural terracotta sculpture from ancient Italy.Andrén served as director of the Swedish Institute at Rome from 1948 to 1952 and 1964-1966.-References:...
, SwedishSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
classical art historian (d. 19991999 in archaeologyThe year 1999 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Excavations resume at Qatna, in Syria, by the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft....
). - 10 May - Ian Richmond, BritishBritish peopleThe British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
archaeologist of Ancient RomeAncient RomeAncient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
(d. 19651965 in archaeologyThe year 1965 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Start of 5 year project of excavations and restorations at Altun Ha led by Dr. David Pendergast of the Royal Ontario Museum.* Excavations at Brahmagiri by Amalananda Ghosh....
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