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The year 1902 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Excavations
- Leopoldo Batres initiates first major excavations at Monte Albán.
- E. A. Wallis Budge begins project at Meroë.
- Ludwig Borchardt leads Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft excavations at the Ancient Egyptian necropolis of Abusir.
- Georgios Sotiriadis excavates the tomb of the Macedonian warriors at the Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC).[1]
Finds
- May 17 – Antikythera mechanism found by Valerios Stais[2]
- Lansing Man found near Lansing, Kansas on the western bank of the Missouri River[3]
- Etruscan chariot at Monteleone di Spoleto
- Tuxtla Statuette
- Böyük Dəhnə ancient artifacts
- Saimaluu Tash petroglyphs
- Tomb KV45 (Userhet) in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, discovered by Howard Carter working for Theodore M. Davis.
- Neolithic settlement of Magoula Balomenou near Chaeronea, discovered by Georgios Sotiriadis.[1]
Miscellaneous
- Images of bison on the ceiling of the Cave of Altamira, Spain (discovered in 1879), accepted as authentic of c. 12000 BC.
- Restoration of Lion of Chaeronea begins.[1]
Births
- May 10 – Ian Richmond, British archaeologist of Ancient Rome (d. 1965).
- August 25 – Clarence Hungerford Webb, American archaeologist (d. 1991).[4]
- Arvid Andrén, Swedish classical art historian (d. 1999).
Deaths
- March 2 – Kate Bradbury Griffith, English Egyptologist (b. 1854)
- October 7 – Henry Syer Cuming, antiquarian, collector and secretary of the British Archaeological Association (b. 1817)
See also
References
- ^ a b c "The scientific work". Archaeological Museum of Thebes. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
- ^ Palazzo, Chiara (May 1, 2017). "What is the Antikythera Mechanism? How was this ancient 'computer' discovered?". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
- ^ Bass, William M. (January 1973). "Lansing man: A half century later". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 38 (1): 99–104. doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330380124. PMID 4345344.
- ^ "Clarence Hungerford Webb 1902–1991" (PDF). Cambridge.org. Retrieved June 8, 2017.