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 explored several of these camps in the county of Sussex.

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

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

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

In Norfolk, at Grime’s Graves, and in Sussex, at Cissbury near Worthing, the flint shafts have been carefully explored by William Greenwell, General Pitt-Rivers and others.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

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)