1902 in archaeology
# 1902 in archaeology

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)
