Mar 01, 2015 · Earlier still, the Babylonian King Nabonidus, who reigned in the mid-sixth century BC, may be thought of as the ‘father’ of archaeology. His excavation and subsequent restoration of ancestral tombs and buildings in Sippar (Iraq) and Harran (Turkey) are the first known attempts to unearth and understand the past.

Apr 02, 2003 · The first modern archaeologist is arguably John Aubrey, who investigated Stonehenge and other stone circles in the 17th century CE. The First Excavation Archaeology as a scientific study is only about 150 years old.

Jul 27, 2010 · Another potential candidate for the Father of Modern Archaeology is Flinders Petrie, a late 1880s British archaeologist and Egyptologist by trade. His reputation as a methodical digger -- no trowelful went unexamined -- and his development of a sequential dating method using potsherd comparison, earned the respect of many.

king Nabonidus. When did the archaeological excavation first begin? Archaeology proper began with an interest in the Greeks and Romans and first developed in 18th-century Italy with the excavations of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Jun 24, 2021 · A great biblical archaeologist was the late Greek archaeologist Vasilios Tzaferis, the first and so far the only Greek to become Director of the Israeli Service of Antiquities who discovered the so-called “the Jesus Boat” and who also found nails from crucifixions, some of them still inside bone fragments!

Among the first sites to undergo archaeological excavation were Stonehenge and other megalithic monuments in England.The first known excavations made at Stonehenge were conducted by William Harvey and Gilbert North in the early 17th century. Both Inigo Jones and the Duke of Buckingham also dug there shortly afterwards. John Aubrey was a pioneer …

Sep 16, 2014 · No one really knows who the first archaeologist was becausehumans have always dug for treasure and for knowledge. It isbelieved that Thomas Jefferson might have been the first person toconduct an...

One of the first sites to undergo archaeological excavation was Stonehenge and other megalithic monuments in England. John Aubrey (1626–1697) was a pioneer archaeologist who recorded numerous megalithic and other field monuments in southern England. He was also ahead of his time in the analysis of his findings. He attempted to chart the chronological stylistic evolution …

The first true female archaeologist was probably Margaret Murray (1863 - 1963) who helped developed the field of Egyptology. In 1899 she became the first female lecturer in archaeology in the U.K. She taught at the University College London and mentored other women archaeologists. She led excavations in Malta, Menorca and Palestine.

Dec 17, 2020 · Garrod was the first archaeologist to identify a distinct time period between the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages: the Middle Stone Age, now known as the Mesolithic era. She was also instrumental in finding the first evidence for the domestication of the dog .