1906 in archaeology explained

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1906.

Explorations

• Christiana Herringham begins copying the Ajanta Caves paintings.

Excavations

• Hugo Winckler begins excavations at Hattusa near Boğazköy in Turkey for the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft with Theodore Makridi which identify it as the royal capital of the Hittites (continue to 1911).
• Richard MacGillivray Dawkins begins excavations at the Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia in Sparta (continue to 1910).^[1]
• T. May begins excavations of the Principia of the Roman fort at Bremetennacum (Ribchester), Lancashire, England (continue to 1907).
• Excavations at Lisht are resumed by the Egyptian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (continue for 14 seasons to 1934).
• Approximate date – Antonios Keramopoulos begins systematic excavations of Mycenaean Thebes, Greece, starting at the Kolonaki hill (continue to 1921).^[2]

Finds

• Mummy of Senebtisi at Lisht in Egypt.
• The Sounion Kouros at Cape Sounion in Greece.

Publications

• "Note sur une statuette mexicaine en wernerite représentant la déesse Ixcuina" by Ernest-Théodore Hamy in the Journal de la Société des Américanistes about the Dumbarton Oaks birthing figure.^[3]

Events

• 8 June – Antiquities Act is passed by the United States Congress^[4]
• 29 June – Mesa Verde, an Ancestral Puebloan site, is made a United States National Park
• September – A military balloon is flown over Stonehenge carrying out the first aerial photography in archaeology.^[5]

Births

• 5 January – Kathleen Kenyon, English archaeologist of the Neolithic Fertile Crescent and college principal (d. 1978).
• 12 January – Eric Birley, British archaeologist associated with the excavations of forts on Hadrian's Wall (d. 1995).^[6]
• 27 January – Alberto Ruz Lhuillier, Mexican archaeologist (d. 1979).
• 26 June – Joan du Plat Taylor, British maritime archaeologist (d. 1983).

Notes and References

1. Dawkins. R. M. The Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at Sparta. Journal of Hellenic Studies. Supplement no. 5. London. 1929.
2. Web site: The scientific work. Archaeological Museum of Thebes. 2017-11-23.
3. The Dumbarton Oaks Tlazolteotl: looking beneath the surface. Journal de la Société des Américanistes. Jane MacLaren Walsh. 2008. 94 . 7–43 . 10.4000/jsa.8623 . 12 August 2015.
4. Web site: Antiquities Act of 1906. Theodore Roosevelt Center. 30 May 2017. 23 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170523023351/http://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Learn-About-TR/TR-Encyclopedia/Conservation/The-Antiquities-Act-of-1906.aspx. dead.
5. Book: Barber, Martyn. A History of Aerial Photography and Archaeology. Swindon. English Heritage. 2011. 978-1-84802-036-8.
6. Web site: Obituary: Professor Eric Birley. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-professor-eric-birley-1579521.html . 1 May 2022 . subscription . live. The Independent. 30 May 2017. 26 October 1995.