Pitt-Rivers

British  

/ ˈpɪtˈrɪvəz /

noun

1. Augustus Henry Lane Fox. 1827–1900, British archaeologist; first inspector of ancient monuments (1882): assembled a major anthropological collection of tools and weapons (now in the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford)

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Example Sentences

General Pitt-Rivers, on comparing the remains excavated near Lewes with a modern hamper in his possession, found the method to be identical.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various

Of these discoveries by Pitt-Rivers and others, Maspero appears to know nothing.

From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by White, Andrew Dickson

A parallel to the non-Roman burials found by General Pitt-Rivers may be found in the will of a Lingonian Gaul who died probably in the latter part of the first century.

From The Romanization of Roman Britain by Haverfield, F. (Francis)

General Pitt-Rivers explored several of these camps in the county of Sussex.

From Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples by D'Anvers, N.

As Pitt-Rivers also found at Winkelbury the fragment of a comb and a chalk spindle whorl, which are textile tools, we may safely presume these fashioned pieces of chalk are warp weights.

From Ancient Egyptian and Greek Looms by Roth, H. Ling (Henry Ling)