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Overview of the events of 1909 in archaeology
List of years in archaeology
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Below are notable events in
archaeology
that occurred in
1909
.
Explorations
Discovery of the
Burgess Shale
Cambrian
fossil
site in the
Canadian Rockies
by
palaeontologist
Charles Walcott
of the
Smithsonian Institution
.
Excavations
Excavation of
Calleva Atrebatum
(
Silchester
Roman Town) in England by the
Society of Antiquaries of London
completed (begun in 1890).
Excavations at
Ritsona
in
Boeotia
by
Ronald Burrows
and
Percy
and
Annie Ure
of the
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
begin (completed in 1922).
Excavations at
Villa of Mysteries
at
Pompeii
begin.
At
Knap Hill
in
Wiltshire
, England, the first excavation of a
causewayed enclosure
, by
Ben
and
Maud Cunnington
, is completed (begun in 1908).
Finds
Betatakin
ruins discovered by
Byron Cummings
Miscellaneous
The
National Trust
purchases
White Barrow
on
Salisbury Plain
in England, its first archaeological site.
Births
January 8 –
Nikolaos Platon
, Greek archaeologist (d. 1992)
December 10 –
Robert Wauchope
, American archaeologist and anthropologist (d. 1979)
Su Bingqi
, Chinese archaeologist (d. 1997)
References
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