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1916 in archaeology
Summary
Below are notable events in
archaeology
that occurred in
1916
.
List of years in archaeology
(
table
)
…
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
…
In science
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
Art
Archaeology
Architecture
Literature
Music
Philosophy
Science
+...
Explorations
edit
Excavations
edit
Start of first excavations at
Adelsö
.
In
Ireland
, the burial mound at Grannagh, near
Ardrahan
in County Galway, is first excavated by
R. A. Stewart Macalister
(re-excavated in
1969
by Etienne Rynne).
Publications
edit
Grafton Elliot Smith
-
On the Significance of the Geographical Distribution of Mummification: a study of the migrations of peoples and the spread of certain customs and beliefs
.
Finds
edit
Uaxactun
and the first known Maya inscription from the 8th Baktun of the
Maya calendar
are found by
Sylvanus G. Morley
.
Births
edit
January 1 -
Paul Faure
, French Mediterranean archaeologist (d.
2007
)
June 14 -
Joe Caldwell
, American archaeologist (d.
1973
)
August 23 -
Sheppard Frere
, British archaeologist of the Roman Empire (d.
2015
)
[1]
August 27 -
Halet Çambel
, Turkish archaeologist (d.
2014
)
[2]
September 15 -
Vronwy Hankey
, British Near Eastern archaeologist (d.
1998
)
[3]
November 3 -
Rúaidhrí de Valera
, Irish archaeologist (d.
1978
)
Matteo Sansone
, Italian archaeologist (d.
1992
)
Probable date -
Tahsin Özgüç
, Turkish archaeologist (d.
2005
)
Deaths
edit
May 25 -
Jane Dieulafoy
, French archaeologist, explorer, novelist and journalist (b.
1851
)
[4]
October 3 -
James Burgess
, Scottish archaeologist active in India (b.
1832
)
References
edit
^
Manning, William (10 March 2015). "Sheppard Frere obituary".
The Guardian
. Retrieved
16 May
2017
.
^
"Halet Çambel - obituary".
The Telegraph
. 2014
. Retrieved
21 November
2017
.
^
"Obituary: Vronwy Hankey"
.
independent.co.uk
. 22 June 1998. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01
. Retrieved
30 May
2017
.
^
"DIEULAFOY, Jane et Marcel".
www.inha.fr
(in French). 28 January 2009
. Retrieved
9 October
2017
.