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1879 In Archaeology
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1879. Explorations Excavations * Major excavation at Babylon, conducted by Hormuzd Rassam on behalf of the British Museum. Work continues until 1882. * Excavation of the group tomb of the Sacred Band of Thebes who fell in the Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC) in Boeotia by Panagiotis Stamatakis. * Excavation of the stone circles of Junapani by J. H. Rivett-Carnac in Maharashtra. Finds * April 12: Burial of a Thracian chieftain at Dalboki in central Bulgaria. * Paintings of bison on the ceiling of the Cave of Altamira in Spain. c. 12000 BC; accepted as authentic in 1902. * Bronze Age weapons hoard at New Bradwell, Buckinghamshire, England. Publications Events * May 10: Establishment of the Archaeological Institute of America. * Establishment of the Bureau of Ethnology. * Percy Gardner is elected to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge. Births * March 29 - Alan Gardiner, Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12000 BC
The 12th millennium BC spanned the years 12,000 BC to 11,001 BC (c. 14 ka to c. 13 ka). This millennium is during the Upper Paleolithic period. The Paleolithic-Mesolithic transition began in the Near East during this millennium. It is impossible to precisely date events that happened during this millennium, and all dates associated with this millennium are estimates mostly based on geological analysis, anthropological analysis, and radiometric dating. Geology Animals The Horn core of Saiga tatarica is from the Komishan cave that indicates an occupation of the cave at the end of this millennium. In France, the first incisor from a red deer is dated to the 13-12th millennium BC. During this millennium, the first dog remains came from the Natufian culture of the southern Levant. Environmental changes There is material evidence for the build up of the Mediterranean islands that is pointing to such activity as early as the 12-11th millennium BC. More than a century ago, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Burton (Egyptologist)
Harry Burton (13 September 1879 – 27 June 1940) was an English archaeological photographer, best known for his photographs of excavations in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. Today, he is sometimes referred to as an Egyptologist, since he worked for thEgyptian Expeditionof the Metropolitan Museum of Art for around 25 years, from 1915 until his death. His most famous photographs are the estimated 3,400 or more images that he took documenting Howard Carter's excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb from 1922 to 1932. Life and work Burton was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, to journeyman cabinet maker William Burton and Ann Hufton, the fifth of eleven children. In his teens he began to work for the art historian Robert Henry Hobart Cust and in 1896 moved to Florence, Italy, acting as Cust's secretary and establishing a reputation as an art photographer. While in Florence, Burton met Theodore M. Davis, a wealthy American lawyer who sponsored a number of excavations of ancient tom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 In Archaeology
The year 1957 in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations * Minaret of Jam site in Afghanistan surveyed by André Maricq, Gaston Wiet and Ahmed Ali Kohzad. Excavations *August–September - Chestnuts Long Barrow, one of the Medway Megaliths in south-east England. *So-called 'mound of Midas', the Great Tumulus near Gordium. * Monastic cell on Iona believed to belong to Columba, by Charles Thomas. *1957–1960 - James Mellaart at Hacilar. *1957–1961 - Ralph Solecki at Shanidar, Iraq. Publications * '' Medieval Archaeology'' the journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology first published. Finds * January - Relics of off Pitcairn Island by Luis Marden. * Right arm of Laocoön and his Sons. * Sperlonga sculptures. * Ban Chiang. * Maine penny. Awards Miscellaneous * Society for Medieval Archaeology established in the United Kingdom. Births * October 21 - Julian Cope, English post-punk singer-songwriter and antiquarian * Nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Wace
Alan John Bayard Wace (13 July 1879 – 9 November 1957) was an English archaeologist. Biography Wace was educated at Shrewsbury School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was director of the British School at Athens (1914–1923), Deputy Keeper in the Department of Textiles in the Victoria and Albert Museum (1924–1934), the second Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology at University of Cambridge (1934–1944) and professor at the Farouk I University in Egypt (1943–1952). Among Wace's field projects were those at Sparta, Mycenae, Troy, Thessaly, Corinth, and Alexandria. Along with Carl Blegen, Wace carried out important work on the decipherment of Linear B tablets. Elizabeth (Lisa) Bayard French, was Wace's daughter. Works *''Prehistoric Thessaly'' (1912). *''The nomads of the Balkans : an account of life and customs among the Vlachs of northern Pindus''(1913). *''Excavations at Mycenae'' (1923). *''Chamber tombs at Mycenae'' (1932). *''The Sarcophagus of Alexander ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 In Archaeology
The year 1963 in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations * Exploration of Geissenklösterle caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura begins. Excavations * Excavation of Eshmun Temple by Maurice Dunand begins (continues into the 1970s). * Excavation of Masada by Yigael Yadin begins (continues until 1965). * Excavation of Tel Arad by Yohanan Aharoni (continues until 1967). * Excavation at Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey by Rosemary Cramp (continues until 1978). * Recovery of silver rupees minted by Aurangzeb from a shipwreck off Ceylon by Arthur C. Clarke and associates. Finds * April 13 - Dutch East India Company ship ''Vergulde Draeck'' wrecked in 1656 off Western Australia. * September - Hinton St Mary Mosaic in England. * Warrior of Hirschlanden. * Hal Ball spots Maya site of Altun Ha from the air. * Neolithic site of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey. * Ferriby Boat 3 found by Ted Wright. The boat is at least 4,000 years old and dates back to the Bronze Age. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Gardiner
Sir Alan Henderson Gardiner, (29 March 1879 – 19 December 1963) was an English Egyptologist, linguist, philologist, and independent scholar. He is regarded as one of the premier Egyptologists of the early and mid-20th century. Personal life Gardiner was born on 29 March 1879 in Eltham, then in Kent. His mother died in his infancy and he and his elder brother, the composer H. Balfour Gardiner, were brought up by their father's housekeeper. Gardiner was educated at Temple Grove School and Charterhouse. At school he developed an interest in ancient Egypt, and in 1895–96 he studied under the French archaeologist Gaston Maspero in Paris. He then went to Queen's College, Oxford with a scholarship to study '' Literae humaniores'' ( classics). Having achieved a second class in Mods, he changed to Hebrew and Arabic, graduating with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1901. He was later a student of the prominent Egyptologist Kurt Heinrich Sethe in Berlin. In 1901, after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Cambridge
, mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge , type = Public research university , endowment = £7.121 billion (including colleges) , budget = £2.308 billion (excluding colleges) , chancellor = The Lord Sainsbury of Turville , vice_chancellor = Anthony Freeling , students = 24,450 (2020) , undergrad = 12,850 (2020) , postgrad = 11,600 (2020) , city = Cambridge , country = England , campus_type = , sporting_affiliations = The Sporting Blue , colours = Cambridge Blue , website = , logo = University of Cambridge logo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney Professorship Of Archaeology
The Disney Professorship of Archaeology is an endowed chair in archaeology at the University of Cambridge. It was endowed by John Disney in 1851 with a donation of £1,000, followed by a further £2,500 bequest upon his death in 1857. Disney Professors have also served as the Directors of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research since it was founded in 1990. List of Disney Professors of Archaeology * 1851–1865 John Howard Marsden * 1865–1879 Churchill Babington * 1879–1887 Percy Gardner * 1887–1892 George Forrest Browne * 1892–1926 William Ridgeway * 1926–1938 Ellis Minns * 1939–1952 Dorothy Garrod * 1952–1974 Grahame Clark * 1974–1981 Glyn Daniel Glyn Edmund Daniel FBA, FRAI (23 April 1914 – 13 December 1986) was a Welsh scientist and archaeologist who taught at Cambridge University, where he specialised in the European Neolithic period. He was appointed Disney Professor of Archa ... * 1981–2004 Colin Renfrew * 2004–2014 Graeme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Gardner
Percy Gardner, (24 November 184617 July 1937) was an English classical archaeologist and numismatist. He was Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge from 1879 to 1887. He was Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art at the University of Oxford from 1887 to 1925. Early life Gardner was born in Hackney, Middlesex, United Kingdom on 24 November 1846 to Thomas Gardner and Ann Pearse. He was educated at the City of London School to the age of fifteen when he joined his father's stockbroker business. Having been unsuccessful in the field, in 1865 he matriculated into Christ's College, Cambridge. He graduated with a first-class Bachelor of Arts (BA) in the classics and moral sciences tripos in 1869. In 1870, he received the one year, University of Cambridge Whewell Scholarship in international law. Academic career From 1871 to 1887, Gardner was an assistant in the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum. While there, he helped to write the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bureau Of American Ethnology
The Bureau of American Ethnology (or BAE, originally, Bureau of Ethnology) was established in 1879 by an act of Congress for the purpose of transferring archives, records and materials relating to the Indians of North America from the Interior Department to the Smithsonian Institution. But from the start, the bureau's visionary founding director, John Wesley Powell, promoted a broader mission: "to organize anthropologic research in America." Under Powell, the bureau organized research-intensive multi-year projects; sponsored ethnographic, archaeological and linguistic field research; initiated publications series (most notably its Annual Reports and Bulletins); and promoted the fledgling discipline of anthropology. It prepared exhibits for expositions and collected anthropological artifacts for the Smithsonian United States National Museum. In addition, the BAE was the official repository of documents concerning American Indians collected by the various US geological surveys, esp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archaeological Institute Of America
The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) is North America's oldest society and largest organization devoted to the world of archaeology. AIA professionals have carried out archaeological fieldwork around the world and AIA has established research centers and schools in seven countries. As of 2019, the society had more that 6,100 members and more than 100 affiliated local societies in the United States and overseas. AIA members include professional archaeologists and members of the public. The AIA has established many archaeological organizations and protected many historical sites in the world. The AIA has hosted an Annual Meeting every year for over 120 years, where archaeologists present their latest work. The institute also has established scholarships for students and awarded archaeologists for their contributions to archaeology. The institute publishes a scholarly journal, the '' American Journal of Archaeology'' (''AJA'') and the magazine ''Archaeology''. History T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
