• Source: 1900 in archaeology

      • Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1900.


      Explorations




      Excavations


      March 16: Arthur Evans purchases Knossos and soon after begins excavations.
      Excavations by Friedrich Delitzsch begin at Assur.
      University of Pennsylvania excavations at Nippur conclude (began in 1888).
      Gordium excavated by Gustav and Alfred Körte.
      Kavousi excavated by Harriet Boyd.
      Villa Boscoreale, near Pompeii, excavated.
      Excavations at Hedeby in Jutland begin.


      Publications




      Finds


      April 5: A large cache of clay tablets with a script used for writing Mycenaean Greek, now known as Linear B, is found at Knossos.
      May: Migdale Hoard of early Bronze Age jewellery discovered near Bonar Bridge in Scotland.
      October: Greek sponge divers discover the Antikythera wreck.
      Dr. James K. Hampson documents find of the Island 35 Mastodon skeleton in the Mississippi River.
      Site of Temple of Eshmun discovered in Lebanon.


      Awards




      Miscellaneous




      Births


      May 2 – A. W. Lawrence, English Classical archaeologist (d. 1991).
      May 23 – Gustav Riek, German archaeologist (d. 1976).
      August 18 – Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist (d. 1964).
      August 19 – Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian (d. 2001).


      Deaths


      May 4 – Augustus Pitt Rivers, English ethnologist and archaeologist (b. 1827).
      May 18 – Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French philosopher and archaeologist (b. 1813).


      See also


      List of years in archaeology
      1899 in archaeology
      1901 in archaeology


      References

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