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1911 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1911.

Explorations

  • 24 July: Hiram Bingham III rediscovers Machu Picchu, Peru.

Excavations

  • Excavations of the ruins of Tell el-Amarna, Egypt, by Ludwig Borchardt of the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft (continues to 1914).
  • First excavations of ancient Samarra, Iraq, by Ernst Herzfeld (continues to 1914).
  • First excavations of Tell Halaf, Syria, by Max von Oppenheim (continues to 1913).
  • Excavations of the Hittite city of Carchemish, northern Syria, by D. G. Hogarth of the Ashmolean Museum with Leonard Woolley and T. E. Lawrence (continues to 1914).
  • First excavations of Hengistbury Head by J. P. Bushe-Fox.
  • First excavations at Beit Shemesh (continues to 1912).
  • Excavations at the necropolis of Tanagra (Boeotia) by Nikolaos Papadakis.

Publications

  • James Curle: A Roman Frontier Post and its People: the Fort of Newstead.
  • Grafton Elliot Smith: The Ancient Egyptians and the Origin of Civilization.

Finds

  • Venus of Laussel.
  • First artefacts found at Dolní Věstonice.
  • Magdalenian Girl.
  • Clacton Spear.

Births

  • Leslie Peter Wenham, Yorkshire archaeologist (died 1990)

Deaths

  • 19 August: John Robert Mortimer, Yorkshire archaeologist (born 1825)

References

References

  1. "The scientific work". [[Archaeological Museum of Thebes]].
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