McBurney, Charles, 1914-1979 (archaeologist)
Dates
- Existence: 1914 - 1979
Biography
Born in the United States, in 1933, he entered King's College, Cambridge, reading French and German, and then Archaeology and Anthropology. In 1950, he became a British citizen. In 1952, he started as a lecturer in archaeology at Cambridge, and later Reader and finally Professor of Quaternary Prehistory. His work included studies of the Upper Paleolithic in Britain, important excavations in the Channel Islands, extensive excavations in Libya (the Haua Fteah cave) and, in later years, excavations in Iran and Afghanistan. He also published on French prehistory, archaeological work in the Soviet Union, and on cave art. He was the father of the composer and writer Gerard McBurney and the actor and director Simon McBurney.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, 1950 - 1995
Correspondence, 1976, 1976
Correspondence relating to Professor McBurney's earlier digs at La Cotte. Application for funds and financial estimates to the Trustees of the British Museum.
1976 report on work done by Charles McBurney, application for funds to British Museum for 5-year programme.
Correspondence, 1977, 1977
Includes budget and grant reports, reports on archaeological work undertaken in 1976 and 1977, field results.
Correspondence, 1978, 1978
Includes correspondence relating to projected operations during 1978, budgets and payments for labor.
Correspondence, 1979, 1979
Correspondence relating to the dig, payments, lab reports, and more detailed budgets for grant reports. Applications and letters for further funding and grants due to Professor McBurney's ill health and eventual death, which is also related in the correspondence.
Correspondence prior to 1976, 1952-01-01 - 1975-12-31
Letters and articles about Reverend Burdo's excavations of the La Cotte site prior to Professor McBurney's excavations and correspondence about where Burdo's finds should go to.
Papers concerning excavations at La Cotte de St Brelade, Jersey
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