1910 in archaeology explained

1780s ^. 1790s in archaeology ^. 1800
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1910.

Excavations

• Francis Llewellyn Griffith begins a 4-year series of excavations in Nubia.
• Edgar Lee Hewett begins a 4-year project at Quiriguá.
• Antonios Keramopoulos excavates the temple of Apollo in Thebes, Greece.^[1]
• St Piran's Oratory, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England.
• Coldrum Long Barrow in southeast England.
• Jesús Carballo begins the first excavations at the archaeological site of Atapuerca in northern Spain.
• Robert Ranulph Marett begins a 4-year project at the Paleolithic site of La Cotte de St Brelade on Jersey, Channel Islands.^[2]

Finds

• December – 'Meroë Head' looted from a bronze statue of Roman emperor Augustus buried in the Kushite site of Meroë in modern Sudan, excavated by John Garstang.^[3]

Events

• United Fruit Company purchases land in Guatemala including the Maya site of Quiriguá; 30 acres (120,000 m²) including and around the ruins are set aside as an archaeological zone.
• The National Museums of Kenya, a governmental body maintaining several museums and monuments in Kenya (with headquarters in Nairobi), is founded by the East Africa Natural History Society.

Births

• February 13 – Ignacio Bernal, Mexican archaeologist (d. 1992).
• May 3 – Anne Strachan Robertson, Scottish archaeologist and numismatist (d. 1997).^[4]
• May 28 – Stuart Piggott, English archaeologist (d. 1996).^[5]
• July 10 – Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski, American archaeologist (d. 2007).^[6]
• August 5 – Jacquetta Hawkes, British archaeologist (d. 1996).^[7]

Deaths

• May 26 – Cyrus Thomas, American ethnologist and archaeologist (b. 1825).
• June 22 – Richard Wetherill, American archaeologist (b. 1858).
• August 12 – Adolf Michaelis, German classical scholar (b. 1835).
• August 23 – Jakob Messikommer, Swiss archaeologist (b. 1828).

See also

• Pompeii

Notes and References

1. Web site: The scientific work. Archaeological Museum of Thebes. November 23, 2017.
2. 1. Robert R.. Marett. The Site, Fauna, and Industry of La Cotte de St. Brelade, Jersey. Archaeologia. London. LXVII. 1916.
3. Book: Opper, Thorsten. The Meroë Head of Augustus. Objects in Focus. British Museum Press. 2014. 978-0714150918. London.
4. Web site: Obituary: Professor Anne Robertson. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-professor-anne-robertson-1294176.html . May 1, 2022 . subscription . live. The Independent. June 21, 2017. November 15, 1997.
5. Web site: Obituary: Professor Stuart Piggott. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-stuart-piggott-1365215.html . May 1, 2022 . subscription . live. The Independent. May 30, 2017. September 27, 1996.
6. News: Holley. Joe. Pompeian Historian Wilhelmina Jashemski. Washington Post. December 22, 2017. January 14, 2008.
7. Web site: Obituary: Jacquetta Hawkes. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-jacquetta-hawkes-1343032.html . May 1, 2022 . subscription . live. The Independent. May 30, 2017. March 20, 1996.