1910 in archaeology

none August 2020 1910 archaeology science Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1910. Excavations Francis Llewellyn Griffith begins a 4-year series of excavations in Nubia. Edgar Lee Hewett begins a 4-year project at Quiriguá. Antonios Keramopoulos excavates the temple of Apollo in Thebes, Greece.The scientific work https://www.mthv.gr/en/the-museum/the-scientific-work/ Archaeological Museum of Thebes November 23, 2017 St Piran's Oratory, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England. Coldrum Long Barrow in southeast England. Jesús Carballo begins the first excavations at the archaeological site of Atapuerca in northern Spain. Robert Ranulph Marett begins a 4-year project at the Paleolithic site of La Cotte de St Brelade on Jersey, Channel Islands.1 Robert R. Marett The Site, Fauna, and Industry of La Cotte de St. Brelade, Jersey Archaeologia London LXVII 1916 Finds December – 'Meroë Head' looted from a bronze statue of Roman emperor Augustus buried in the Kushite site of Meroë in modern Sudan, excavated by John Garstang.The Meroë Head of Augustus Objects in Focus Opper Thorsten British Museum Press 2014 978-0714150918 London Events United Fruit Company purchases land in Guatemala including the Maya site of Quiriguá; 30 acres (120,000 m2) including and around the ruins are set aside as an archaeological zone. The National Museums of Kenya, a governmental body maintaining several museums and monuments in Kenya (with headquarters in Nairobi), is founded by the East Africa Natural History Society. Births February 13 – Ignacio Bernal, Mexican archaeologist (d. 1992). May 3 – Anne Strachan Robertson, Scottish archaeologist and numismatist (d. 1997).Obituary: Professor Anne Robertson https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-professor-anne-robertson-1294176.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-professor-anne-robertson-1294176.html May 1, 2022 subscription live The Independent June 21, 2017 November 15, 1997 May 28 – Stuart Piggott, English archaeologist (d. 1996).Obituary: Professor Stuart Piggott https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-stuart-piggott-1365215.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-stuart-piggott-1365215.html May 1, 2022 subscription live The Independent May 30, 2017 September 27, 1996 July 10 – Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski, American archaeologist (d. 2007).Holley Joe Pompeian Historian Wilhelmina Jashemski https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/13/AR2008011302806.html Washington Post December 22, 2017 January 14, 2008 August 5 – Jacquetta Hawkes, British archaeologist (d. 1996).Obituary: Jacquetta Hawkes https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-jacquetta-hawkes-1343032.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-jacquetta-hawkes-1343032.html May 1, 2022 subscription live The Independent May 30, 2017 March 20, 1996 Deaths May 26 – Cyrus Thomas, American ethnologist and archaeologist (b. 1825). June 22 – Richard Wetherill, American archaeologist (b. 1858). August 12 – Adolf Michaelis, German classical scholar (b. 1835). August 23 – Jakob Messikommer, Swiss archaeologist (b. 1828). See also Pompeii References Archaeology Category:1910s in archaeology Category:Archaeology by year