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- Finds
- Events
- Publications
- Births
- Deaths
- References
{{Year nav topic4|1897|archaeology|science}}The year 1897 in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations- Rudolf Ernst Brünnow and Alfred von Domaszewski begin a two-year expedition to the Arabian Peninsula, including Petra.
Excavations- Excavation of Glastonbury Lake Village by Arthur Bulleid and Harold St George Gray begins.
- Maud Cunnington carries out her first excavations in the Devizes area of England.
- Excavation of the first Mycenaean chamber tombs in Kolonaki at Thebes, Greece, by Dimitrios Filios.[1]
Finds- May - Yde Girl, a bog body, is discovered in the village of Yde, The Netherlands.[2]
- August 4 - The "Lady of Elche" Iberian sculpture (4th century BCE) is found at L'Alcúdia near Elche in Spain.
- Coligny calendar.
- Alekanovo inscription.
Events- February 18 - Conclusion of the Benin Expedition of 1897, leading to the Benin Bronzes being carried off to London.
Publications- William Copeland Borlase - The Dolmens of Ireland: their distribution, structural characteristics, and affinities in other countries, together with the folklore attaching to them; supplemented by considerations on the anthropology, ethnology, and traditions of the Irish people (3 vols, London).
Births- June 1 - Yang Zhongjian, father of Chinese vertebrate paleontology (d. 1979).
- August 21 - Victor Erle Nash-Williams, Welsh archaeologist (d. 1955).[3]
- October 30 - Einar Gjerstad, Swedish archaeologist of the ancient Mediterranean (d. 1988).
Deaths- May 5 - James Theodore Bent, English explorer, archaeologist and author (b. 1852).
- May 21 - Augustus Wollaston Franks, English antiquarian (b. 1826).
References1. ^{{cite web|title=The scientific work|url=https://www.mthv.gr/en/the-museum/the-scientific-work/|publisher=Archaeological Museum of Thebes|accessdate=2017-11-23}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=The Yde Girl - Drents Museum|url=https://drentsmuseum.nl/en/in-the-spotlight-top-exhibits/yde-girl|website=drentsmuseum.nl|accessdate=28 May 2017|language=en}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Nash-Williams, Victor Erle|url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-NASH-ERL-1897|publisher=The National Library of Wales|work=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|accessdate=13 November 2017}}
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