1909 in archaeology

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… 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 …
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The year 1909 in archaeology involved some significant events.

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) by the Society of Antiquaries of London completed (began in 1890)

Finds

• Lady of Auxerre located in the Louvre
• Betatakin ruins discovered by Byron Cummings

Miscellaneous

• The National Trust purchases White Barrow on Salisbury Plain, its first archaeological site.