1903 in archaeology
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The year 1903 in archaeology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Explorations
- Thomas Gann makes first scholarly investigation of Lubaantun.
- Raphael Pumpelly explores at Anau in Turkestan.
[edit] Excavations
- Excavations at Assur are continued by a team from the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft led initially by Robert Koldewey (continue until 1913).
[edit] Publications
- G. Baldwin Brown - The Arts in Early England, vol. 1.
- Teoberto Maler - Researches in the Central Portion of the Usumatsintla Valley: report of explorations for the Museum, 1898-1900, vol. 2, completing a detailed description of Yaxchilan and nearby Maya sites (Peabody Institute).
[edit] Finds
- The remains of "Cheddar Man" are found within Gough's Cave in Cheddar Gorge, Britain’s oldest complete human skeleton, dating to approximately 7150 BCE.[1]
- KV43, the tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose IV in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, is discovered by Howard Carter for Theodore M. Davis.[2]
[edit] Awards
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[edit] Miscellaneous
- Salomon Reinach suggests that cave paintings are expressions of "sympathetic magic".
- Cubiculum (bedroom) from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, near Pompeii, with fresco wall paintings (c.50–40 BCE) first installed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.[3]
[edit] Births
- 7 August: Louis Leakey
[edit] Deaths
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[edit] References
- ^ "Gough's Cave excavation". Natural History Museum. http://piclib.nhm.ac.uk/piclib/www/image.php?search=cave&getnext=89335. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
- ^ Carter, Howard; Newberry, Percy E. (1904). The Tomb of Thoutmôsis IV. Westminster: Constable.
- ^ "Works of Art Collection Database". Metropolitan Museum of Art. http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/greek_and_roman_art/cubiculum_bedroom_from_the_villa_of_p_fannius_synistor/objectview.aspx?collID=13&OID=130007491. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
