1917 in archaeology

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The year 1917 in archaeology involved some significant events.

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.

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)

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". dictionaryofarthistorians.org. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

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