1917 in archaeology
The year 1917 in archaeology involved some significant events.
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Explorations
- Thomas Gann makes the first detailed description of Maya ruins at Lamanai in British Honduras.
Excavations
- Max Uhle discovers 12 Chinchorro mummies at Morro I, Arica, Chile.
- Religious artefacts discovered beneath the Seven-story Stone Pagoda in Tappyeong-ri, Chungju, Korea.
Publications
- Wang Guowei reconstructs a complete Shang dynasty royal genealogy based on the translation of oracle bones from the site of Yinxu.
Births
- 14 October: Geoffrey Bibby, English-born archaeologist (d. 2001)[1]
- 28 October: Honor Frost, Cyprus-born underwater archaeologist (d. 2010)[2]
Deaths
- 15 October: Maxime Collignon, French Classical archaeologist (b. 1849)[3]
- 22 November: Teoberto Maler, German explorer, archaeologist and writer of accounts of the ruins of the Maya civilization (b. 1842)
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References
- "Term details". British Museum. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- Carswell, John (26 October 2010). "Honor Frost obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- "Maxime Collignon - Dictionary of Art Historians". arthistorians.info. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
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