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10 unusual facts about Mortimer Wheeler


Arikamedu

It is located at a distance 7 km from its capital Pondicherry, in the Indian territory of Puducherry, where Mortimer Wheeler conducted his best-known excavation in the 1940s.

Ariyankuppam

Arikamedu is an archaeological site located at a distance of 1 km from Ariyankuppam, where Mortimer Wheeler conducted his best-known excavation in the 1940s.

Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai

To help his research he mastered Tamil, Kannada, Tulu, and Paali languages and associated himself for some time with Sir Mortimer Wheeler in the excavation works at Harappa, Chandravally, and Brahmagiri.

Kakkayanthope

Arikamedu is an archaeological site located at a distance of 1 km from Ariyankuppam, where Mortimer Wheeler conducted his best-known excavation in the 1940s.

Laurence Gower

He served in the army throughout the war initially in the Royal Artillery (RA) as a Private where he served under Sir Mortimer Wheeler.

Maiden Castle, Dorset

Excavations by archaeologist Mortimer Wheeler in this area revealed several houses, storage pits, an area used for iron working, and a cemetery.

In the 1930s, archaeologist Mortimer Wheeler undertook the first archaeological excavations at Maiden Castle, raising its profile among the public.

Pushkalavati

This site was first excavated in 1902 by Marshal and then by Mortimer Wheeler in 1958.

Ring of Silvianus

In 1929, during excavations of the site of the Roman temple of Nodens at Lydney Park, the archaeologist Sir Mortimer Wheeler discovered details of the curse.

Stanwick St John

Excavations in 1951 (Wheeler) and during the 1980s (Haselgrove) have revealed traces of round houses both within the Tofts and outside the larger enclosed area suggesting that from about 200BC agrarian settlers began to establish what became the largest oppidum in the north of England.


Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?

The show included appearances by archaeologists such as Glyn Daniel and Sir Mortimer Wheeler.

However, on the Christmas special, Glyn Daniel and Mortimer Wheeler selected the item and it was for Attenborough to examine.

Ffridd Faldwyn, Montgomery

This was following the most recent excavation practices developed by Mortimer Wheeler for his excavations at the hillfort at Maiden Castle in Dorset.

Oakeshott typology

The system is a continuation of Jan Petersen's typology of the Viking sword, introduced in De Norske Vikingsverd ("The Norwegian Viking Swords", 1919), modified in 1927 by R. E. M. Wheeler into a typology of nine types labelled I to IX.