1901 in archaeology

The year 1901 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Events

• British School at Rome established.

Excavations

• KV44 at the Valley of the Kings, Egypt by Howard Carter and Donald P. Ryan.
• Excavations and renovations at Mitla conducted by Leopoldo Batres.
• Excavation of the Minoan town at Gournia by Harriet Boyd-Hawes and Blanche Wheeler Williams begins (continues to 1904).

Finds

• December: Code of Hammurabi at Susa.
• "Ivory bangle lady" in York, England, the skeleton and grave goods of a later fourth century high-status, possibly Christian, inhabitant of Eboracum, much later identified as of mixed race.^[1]

Miscellaneous

• Edward Herbert Thompson buys the ruins of Chichen Itza for 75 United States dollars
• General Land Office special agent S. J. Holsinger recommends creating a national park to preserve archaeological sites in Chaco Canyon

Births

• February 15 - André Parrot, French archaeologist of the Near East (d. 1980)^[2]
• July 17 - Theresa Goell, American archaeologist of the Near East (d. 1985)
• October 18 - A. Ledyard Smith, American archaeologist of the Americas (d. 1985)
• Charles Green, English archaeologist (d. 1972)

Deaths

• May 10 - Christian Maclagan, Scottish antiquary (b. 1811)

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