Name of Object:

Petrie and typology

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Holding Institution:

The Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF)

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Date of Object:

1890’s

Inventory Number:

PEF-DA-Bliss-171.5

Provenance:

?

Description:

In 1890 Petrie carried out a six-week season of excavations at Tell el-Hesy (as he transliterated it), which he identified, wrongly, as the ancient city of Lachish. This was the first proper archaeological excavation ever carried out in Palestine, and in the course of this single season Petrie established the principle of dating strata by the pottery which they contained, thus establishing the outlines of the archaeological sequence, which continues to be refined to this day. This section drawing was made by Frederick Jones Bliss, who continued Petrie’s excavations from 1892–1894.

Citation of this web page:

"Petrie and typology" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;uk;86;en

MWNF Working Number: UK 086