Luis Siret

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Luis Siret y Cels (Saint Nicolas Waes, August 26, 1860 – Herrerías, June 7, 1934) was a Belgian-Spanish archaeologist and illustrator.

He was born in Belgium, but when he was 21 he went to Cuevas del Almanzora (Almería) when he was contracted by the mining company Almagrera as a Mining Engineer.

Though 50 years, Siret investigated Neolithic sites in Almizaraque, Palacés, El Argar, El Gárcel or Los Millares. His discoveries meant a great advance in the history of South-easterner Iberian Peninsula and helped settle the sequence from Palaeolithic to Copper Age in the zone. His works were exhibited in 1900 Exposition universelle de Paris and 1929 Exposición Universal de Barcelona, and they are currently exhibited in the Museo Arqueológico Provincial de Almería, in the Museo arqueológico Nacional de Madrid and several important collections all over the world.

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  • Herguido, Carlos, (1994), Apuntes y documentos sobre Enrique y Luis Siret, ingenieros y arqueólogos. Instituto de Estudios Almerienses y Ayuntamiento de Cuevas del Almanzora, Almería.
  • Diccionario biográfico de Almería, (2006), artículo de Lorenzo Cara Barrionuevo, pp.371-374, Instituto de Estudios Almerienses, colección Historia N° 6, Almería.

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