1909 in archaeology

The year 1909 in archaeology involved some significant events.

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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 (began 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.

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)

Deaths

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