Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1902.
Excavations Leopoldo Batres initiates first major excavations at Monte Albán. E. A. Wallis Budge begins project at Meroë. Ludwig Borchardt leads Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft excavations at the Ancient Egyptian necropolis of Abusir. Georgios Sotiriadis excavates the tomb of the Macedonian warriors at the Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC).
Finds May 17 – Antikythera mechanism found by Valerios Stais Lansing Man found near Lansing, Kansas on the western bank of the Missouri River Etruscan chariot at Monteleone di Spoleto Tuxtla Statuette Böyük Dəhnə ancient artifacts Saimaluu Tash petroglyphs Tomb KV45 (Userhet) in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, discovered by Howard Carter working for Theodore M. Davis. Neolithic settlement of Magoula Balomenou near Chaeronea, discovered by Georgios Sotiriadis.
Miscellaneous Images of bison on the ceiling of the Cave of Altamira, Spain (discovered in 1879), accepted as authentic of c. 12000 BC. Restoration of Lion of Chaeronea begins.
Births February 19 – Humfry Payne, English Classical archaeologist (d. 1936). May 10 – Ian Richmond, British archaeologist of Ancient Rome (d. 1965). August 25 – Clarence Hungerford Webb, American archaeologist (d. 1991). Arvid Andrén, Swedish classical art historian (d. 1999).
Deaths March 2 – Kate Bradbury Griffith, English Egyptologist (b. 1854) October 7 – Henry Syer Cuming, antiquarian, collector and secretary of the British Archaeological Association (b. 1817)
See also List of years in archaeology 1901 in archaeology 1903 in archaeology
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