1906 in archaeology

none August 2020 1906 archaeology science Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1906. Explorations Christiana Herringham begins copying the Ajanta Caves paintings. Excavations right|thumb|Maya painted stucco reliefs discovered in Acanceh, Yucatán Mexico Hugo Winckler begins excavations at Hattusa near Boğazköy in Turkey for the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft with Theodore Makridi which identify it as the royal capital of the Hittites (continue to 1911). Richard MacGillivray Dawkins begins excavations at the Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia in Sparta (continue to 1910).Dawkins R. M The Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at Sparta Journal of Hellenic Studies Supplement no. 5 London 1929 http://efts.lib.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/eos/eos_title.pl?callnum=DF261.S68D3 T. May begins excavations of the Principia of the Roman fort at Bremetennacum (Ribchester), Lancashire, England (continue to 1907). Excavations at Lisht are resumed by the Egyptian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (continue for 14 seasons to 1934). Approximate date – Antonios Keramopoulos begins systematic excavations of Mycenaean Thebes, Greece, starting at the Kolonaki hill (continue to 1921).The scientific work https://www.mthv.gr/en/the-museum/the-scientific-work/ Archaeological Museum of Thebes 2017-11-23 Finds Mummy of Senebtisi at Lisht in Egypt. The Sounion Kouros at Cape Sounion in Greece. Publications "Note sur une statuette mexicaine en wernerite représentant la déesse Ixcuina" by Ernest-Théodore Hamy in the Journal de la Société des Américanistes about the Dumbarton Oaks birthing figure.https://jsa.revues.org/8623 The Dumbarton Oaks Tlazolteotl: looking beneath the surface Journal de la Société des Américanistes Jane MacLaren Walsh 2008 94 7–43 10.4000/jsa.8623 12 August 2015 Events 8 June – Antiquities Act is passed by the United States Congresshttp://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Learn-About-TR/TR-Encyclopedia/Conservation/The-Antiquities-Act-of-1906.aspx Antiquities Act of 1906 Theodore Roosevelt Center 30 May 2017 23 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170523023351/http://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Learn-About-TR/TR-Encyclopedia/Conservation/The-Antiquities-Act-of-1906.aspx dead 29 June – Mesa Verde, an Ancestral Puebloan site, is made a United States National Park September – A military balloon is flown over Stonehenge carrying out the first aerial photography in archaeology.Martyn Barber A History of Aerial Photography and Archaeology Swindon English Heritage 2011 978-1-84802-036-8 Births 5 January – Kathleen Kenyon, English archaeologist of the Neolithic Fertile Crescent and college principal (d. 1978). 12 January – Eric Birley, British archaeologist associated with the excavations of forts on Hadrian's Wall (d. 1995).Obituary: Professor Eric Birley https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-professor-eric-birley-1579521.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-professor-eric-birley-1579521.html 1 May 2022 subscription live The Independent 30 May 2017 26 October 1995 27 January – Alberto Ruz Lhuillier, Mexican archaeologist (d. 1979). 26 June – Joan du Plat Taylor, British maritime archaeologist (d. 1983). References Archaeology Category:1900s in archaeology Category:Archaeology by year