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Hallam L. Movius | |
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 Archaeologist Hallam L. Movius, who posited the existence of theMovius Line. | |
| Born | (1907-11-28)November 28, 1907 |
| Died | May 30, 1987(1987-05-30) (aged 79) |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Known for | Excavations in Europe and throughout Asia Posited theMovius Line |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Archaeology,Anthropology |
| Institutions | Harvard University, |
Hallam Leonard Movius (November 28, 1907 – May 30, 1987) was anAmericanarchaeologist most famous for his work on thePalaeolithic period.
He was born inNewton, Massachusetts and attended Harvard College, graduating in 1930. After receiving his PhD from Harvard and serving in the 12th Air Force in North Africa and Italy during World War II, he returned to Harvard and became a professor of archaeology there. Eventually he also became curator of Paleolithic Archaeology at Harvard'sPeabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
In 1948 he proposed the existence of aMovius Line dividing theAcheulean tool users of Europe, Africa and western Asia from thechopping tool industries of East Asia.
He also studied thePerigordian andAurignacian cultures of PalaeolithicFrance, excavating at the rock shelter of Abri Pataud in Les Eyzies (Dordogne) from 1958 to 1973.
He married Nancy Champion de Crespigny (1910–2003), daughter of the Australian physician SirTrent Champion de Crespigny on 25 September 1936. The American poet Geoffrey Movius (born 1940) was a son.[1]
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