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1889 In Archaeology
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1889. Excavations * Early excavations at Lindholm Høje. * Birka female Viking warrior in Sweden. * Excavations in Plataea by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens begin. Finds * October – Folkton Drums (decorated Neolithic chalk cylinders) found in a barrow in Yorkshire, England. * Tauroctony found in Walbrook adjacent to the site of the London Mithraeum. Births * January 22 – Umberto Zanotti Bianco, Italian archaeologist, environmentalist and senator (d. 1963) * July 18 – Axel Boëthius, Swedish-born archaeologist of Etruscan culture (d. 1969) * August 5 – Rhys Carpenter, American Classical art historian (d. 1980) * December 1 – Alexander Keiller, Scottish archaeologist of Avebury (d. 1955) Deaths * References {{reflist Archaeology Archaeology by year Archaeology Archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umberto Zanotti Bianco
Umberto Zanotti Bianco (22 January 1889 – 28 August 1963) was an Italian historian social activist. He was once President of the Italian Red Cross. Career In 1920, Umberto Zanotti Bianco founded the Società Magna Grecia. In 1955, he co-founded the Italian patrimonial non-profit Italia Nostra along with Pietro Paolo Trompeo, Giorgio Bassani, Desideria Pasolini dall'Onda, Elena Croce, Luigi Magnani, and Hubert Howard Hubert John Edward Dominic Howard (23 December 1907 – 17 February 1987) was an English intelligence officer who lived in Italy. Early life Howard was born in Washington, D.C. on 23 December 1907. He was educated at the Downside School in Somerse ..., References External links Associazione Nazionale per gli Interessi del Mezzogiorno d'Italia 1889 births 1963 deaths Italian archaeologists Italian life senators 20th-century archaeologists {{Italy-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archaeology By Year
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes. Archaeology can be considered both a social science and a branch of the humanities. It is usually considered an independent academic discipline, but may also be classified as part of anthropology (in North America – the four-field approach), history or geography. Archaeologists study human prehistory and history, from the development of the first stone tools at Lomekwi in East Africa 3.3 million years ago up until recent decades. Archaeology is distinct from palaeontology, which is the study of fossil remains. Archaeology is particularly important for learning about prehistoric societies, for which, by definition, there are no written records. Prehistory includes over 99% of the human past, from the Paleolithic until the advent of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 In Archaeology
The year 1955 in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations * Thor Heyerdahl organizes the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island (continues to 1956). * Start of extensive discoveries at the Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Loveden Hill in Lincolnshire, England. Excavations * September - Gustav Riek begins systematic excavations at Brillenhöhle (continues to 1963). * A. C. O'Dell begins excavations on St Ninian's Isle (continues to 1958). * Alexander Sahinian begins excavations at Etchmiadzin Cathedral in Armenia (continues to 1956). * A. Ledyard Smith makes the first archaeological investigation of the Mayan site of Chutixtiox in Guatemala. * Archaeological Survey of India begins excavations at Nagda chalcolithic site (continues to 1957). * A Hebrew University team led by Yigal Yadin begins excavations at Tel Hazor (continues to 1958). * Excavation of Qujialing culture type site in China begins (continues to 1957). Publications * Cyril Fox - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avebury
Avebury () is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in southwest England. One of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest megalithic stone circle in the world. It is both a tourist attraction and a place of religious importance to contemporary pagans. Constructed over several hundred years in the third millennium BC, during the Neolithic, or New Stone Age, the monument comprises a large henge (a bank and a ditch) with a large outer stone circle and two separate smaller stone circles situated inside the centre of the monument. Its original purpose is unknown, although archaeologists believe that it was most likely used for some form of ritual or ceremony. The Avebury monument is a part of a larger prehistoric landscape containing several older monuments nearby, including West Kennet Long Barrow, Windmill Hill and Silbury Hill. By the Iron Age, the site had been effectively abandoned, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Keiller (archaeologist)
Alexander Keiller (1 December 1889 – 29 October 1955) was a Scottish archaeologist, pioneering aerial photographer, businessman and philanthropist. He worked on an extensive prehistoric site at Avebury in Wiltshire, England, and helped ensure its preservation. Keiller was heir to the marmalade business of his family, James Keiller & Son that had been established in 1797 in Dundee, and exported marmalade and confectionery across the British Empire. He used his wealth to acquire a total of of land in Avebury for preservation, where he conducted excavations and re-erected some standing stones. He also pioneered aerial photography for archaeological interpretation. At Avebury, Keiller founded the Morven Institute of Archeological Research, now the Alexander Keiller Museum. In 1943 he sold the land at Avebury to the National Trust for its agricultural value only. His fourth wife, Gabrielle Keiller, was also an archaeological photographer, whom he met in connection with Avebury ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 In Archaeology
Excavations * Aëtos Hill, Menelaion Ridge, Laconia, Greece, takes place under H. W. Catling. * San Vincenzo al Volturno by the British School of Archaeology at Rome begin (continue to 1986). * Ain Dara temple, Syria; continues until 1985. * Excavations begin at Dryslwyn Castle in Wales under the direction of Chris Caple; the dig lasts until 1995 and the results written up in a monograph published by the Society for Medieval Archaeology in 2007 Finds * 17 February - Derrynaflan Chalice in the south of Ireland. * 28 March - Talpiot Tomb in Jerusalem. * August - Wreck of the '' Breadalbane'' in the Northwest Passage. * Wreck of on the Goodwin Sands. * Wreck of the paddle steamer ''Eric Nordevall'' in Vättern in Sweden. * Wreck of American Great Lakes whaleback barge ''115'' in Lake Superior. * Frieze at Aphrodisias in Anatolia showing Claudius subjugating Britannia. Publications * W. A. McCutcheon - ''The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland''. Belfast: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhys Carpenter
Rhys Carpenter (August 5, 1889 – January 2, 1980) was an American classical art historian and professor at Bryn Mawr College. Carpenter was unconventional as a scholar. He analyzed Greek art from the standpoint of artistic production and behavior. He argued for dating the Greek alphabet to the eighth century B.C. Early life and career Carpenter was born in Cotuit, Massachusetts in 1889. He received his B.A. in Classics from Columbia University in 1909. Carpenter won a Rhodes scholarship at the University of Oxford, studying at Balliol College. There he published his own poetry and earned a second B.A. (1911), upgraded to an M.A. in 1914. He spent the year 1912–13 at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. The president of Bryn Mawr College, Martha Carey Thomas (1857–1935) invited Carpenter to establish a department of classical archaeology at the college, which he did while completing his own graduate work at Columbia University; he completed his Ph.D. i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 In Archaeology
{{Year nav topic4, 1969, archaeology, science The year 1969 in archaeology involved some significant events. Excavations * The Byzantine Fortress at Isthmia is excavated. * In Iran, Bard-e Bal, a necropolis, is excavated by the Belgian archaeological mission, along the banks of the Garāb river (continue to 1970). * In Cyprus, an unlooted tomb of the Cypro-Classic I period is excavated. * At the Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, site ЕЮ/(Area 1), 1, 3, as a dump of the imperial period, predating the 3rd century, is excavated. * Excavations at Habuba Kabira by the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft begin (continue to 1975). * Excavations at Ekalte by the DO-G. * Excavations at Salona, Yugoslavia, by an American team (continue to 1972). * Excavations at Birka, Sweden, begin under Björn Ambrosiani. * On the Isle of Wight, two barrows on Ashey Down are excavated. * With a British expedition at Cambodunum, in Bavaria ( Germany), an area to the nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axel Boëthius
Axel Boëthius (July 18, 1889 in Arvika, Sweden – May 7, 1969 in Rome, Italy) was a scholar and archaeologist of Etruscan culture. Boëthius was primarily a student of Etruscan and Italic architecture. His father was the historian Simon Boëthius. As a student, Boëthius studied at the Uppsala University, where he completed his Ph.D. in 1918. He taught at Uppsala (1921–24) during which time he excavated at Mycenae in Greece. In 1925 he was selected as the first director of the Swedish Institute at Rome by the Swedish crown prince Gustav Adolf (also known as an accomplished amateur archaeologist). He became professor of archaeology at the Göteborg University in 1934, a post he held until 1955. He also served as rector of the university (1946–51). In 1955, he retired to Italy. There he published his book ''Golden House of Nero'' in 1960, which was the product of the Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures given in Rome. Boëthius, working together with John Bryan Ward-Perkins ... [...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] |
London Mithraeum
The London Mithraeum, also known as the Temple of Mithras, Walbrook, is a Roman Mithraeum that was discovered in Walbrook, a street in the City of London, during a building's construction in 1954. The entire site was relocated to permit continued construction and this temple of the mystery god Mithras became perhaps the most famous 20th-century Roman discovery in London. Excavation and artefacts The site was excavated by W. F. Grimes, director of the Museum of London, and Audrey Williams in 1954. The temple, initially hoped to have been an early Christian church, was built in the mid-3rd century and dedicated to Mithras or perhaps jointly to several deities popular among Roman soldiers. Then it was rededicated, probably to Bacchus, in the early fourth century. Found within the temple, where they had been carefully buried at the time of its rededication, were finely detailed third-century white marble likenesses of Minerva, Mercury the guide of the souls of the dead, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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