Pitt Rivers

Pitt-Rivers Collection

Known as the ‘father of modern scientific archaeology’, General Pitt- Rivers made many important discoveries digging on Cranborne Chase between 1880 and 1900. This collection was given to the museum by the Government in lieu of death duty in 1975. It not only contains important local finds, but also hand made models of archaeological sites and ethnographic items from the former Pitt-Rivers Museum at Farnham, Dorset.

General Pitt-Rivers
Lieutenant-General Pitt-Rivers inherited the Rushmore...
Model of Pentre Ifan Cromlech, Pembrokeshire
This model was made for...
Pitt-Rivers craniometer
Archaeologist General Pitt-Rivers owned two...
Rotherley Roman Settlement
General Pitt-Rivers was the first...
South Lodge Urn
General Pitt-Rivers excavated South Lodge...
Woodcuts Model
Woodcuts, near Tollard Royal, was...
Wor Barrow
Between 1893–1894 Lieutenant General Pitt-Rivers...
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