1917 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1917.

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.
• Religious artefacts discovered beneath the Seven-story Stone Pagoda in Tappyeong-ri, Chungju, Korea.

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]
• 15 October: Ralph Solecki, American archeologist (d. 2019)[2]
• 28 October: Honor Frost, Cyprus-born underwater archaeologist (d. 2010)[3]
• 31 January: Sinclair Hood, British classical archaeologist (d. 2021)[4]

Deaths

• 15 October: Maxime Collignon, French Classical archaeologist (b. 1849)[5]
• 27 October: Worthington George Smith, English illustrator, palaeolithic archaeologist and mycologist (b. 1835)[6]
• 22 November: Teoberto Maler, German explorer, archaeologist and writer of accounts of the ruins of the Maya civilization (b. 1842)

References

1. "Term details". British Museum. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
2. Roberts, Sam (2019-04-11). "Ralph Solecki, Who Found Humanity in Neanderthals, Dies at 101". The New York Times.
3. Carswell, John (26 October 2010). "Honor Frost obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
4. Ανδρικακης, Αλεκος (2021-01-19). "Sinclair Hood". Candia Doc (in Greek).
5. "Maxime Collignon - Dictionary of Art Historians". arthistorians.info. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
6. Hoare, Peter G.; McCullough, John L. (2019). "Worthington George Smith (1835–1917)". London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Transactions. 70: 233–56.