1902 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1902.
Excavations
- Leopoldo Batres initiates first major excavations at Monte Albán.
- E. A. Wallis Budge begins project at Meroë.
- Ludwig Borchardt leads Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft excavations at the Ancient Egyptian necropolis of Abusir.
- Georgios Sotiriadis excavates the tomb of the Macedonian warriors at the Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC).[1]
Finds
- May 17 â Antikythera mechanism found by Valerios Stais[2]
- Lansing Man found near Lansing, Kansas on the western bank of the Missouri River[3]
- Etruscan chariot at Monteleone di Spoleto
- Tuxtla Statuette
- Böyük DÉhnÉ ancient artifacts
- Saimaluu Tash petroglyphs
- Tomb KV45 (Userhet) in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, discovered by Howard Carter working for Theodore M. Davis.
- Neolithic settlement of Magoula Balomenou near Chaeronea, discovered by Georgios Sotiriadis.[1]
Miscellaneous
- Images of bison on the ceiling of the Cave of Altamira, Spain (discovered in 1879), accepted as authentic of c. 12000 BC.
- Restoration of Lion of Chaeronea begins.[1]
Births
- February 19 â Humfry Payne, English Classical archaeologist (d. 1936).
- May 10 â Ian Richmond, British archaeologist of Ancient Rome (d. 1965).
- August 25 â Clarence Hungerford Webb, American archaeologist (d. 1991).[4]
- Arvid Andrén, Swedish classical art historian (d. 1999).
Deaths
- March 2 â Kate Bradbury Griffith, English Egyptologist (b. 1854)
- October 7 â Henry Syer Cuming, antiquarian, collector and secretary of the British Archaeological Association (b. 1817)