1917 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1917.
Explorations
[edit]- Thomas Gann makes the first detailed description of Maya ruins at Lamanai in British Honduras.
Excavations
[edit]- Max Uhle discovers 12 Chinchorro mummies at Morro I, Arica, Chile.
- Religious artefacts discovered beneath the Seven-story Stone Pagoda in Tappyeong-ri, Chungju, Korea.
Publications
[edit]- Wang Guowei reconstructs a complete Shang dynasty royal genealogy based on the translation of oracle bones from the site of Yinxu.
Births
[edit]- 14 October: Geoffrey Bibby, English-born archaeologist (d. 2001)[1]
- 15 October: Ralph Solecki, American archeologist (d. 2019)[2]
- 28 October: Honor Frost, Cyprus-born underwater archaeologist (d. 2010)[3]
- 31 January: Sinclair Hood, British classical archaeologist (d. 2021)[4]
Deaths
[edit]- 15 October: Maxime Collignon, French Classical archaeologist (b. 1849)[5]
- 27 October: Worthington George Smith, English illustrator, palaeolithic archaeologist and mycologist (b. 1835)[6]
- 22 November: Teoberto Maler, German explorer, archaeologist and writer of accounts of the ruins of the Maya civilization (b. 1842)
References
[edit]- ^ "Term details". British Museum. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ Roberts, Sam (2019-04-11). "Ralph Solecki, Who Found Humanity in Neanderthals, Dies at 101". The New York Times.
- ^ Carswell, John (26 October 2010). "Honor Frost obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ Ανδρικακης, Αλεκος (2021-01-19). "Sinclair Hood". Candia Doc (in Greek).
- ^ "Maxime Collignon - Dictionary of Art Historians". arthistorians.info. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Hoare, Peter G.; McCullough, John L. (2019). "Worthington George Smith (1835–1917)". London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Transactions. 70: 233–56.