Freer Expedition Excavates Near Nanking

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Summary

Carl W. Bishop, associate curator of the Freer Gallery of Art, leads an expedition to excavate tombs near Nanking, China. The site dates to the Liang Dynasty.

Subject

  • Bishop, Carl Whiting 1881-1942
  • Freer Gallery of Art

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1930. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1930, p. 60.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Date

  • Spring 1929
  • 1929

Topic

  • Tombs
  • Archaeology
  • Antiquities
  • Expeditions
  • Museums
  • China--Antiquities
  • Archaeologists
  • Museum curators
  • Fieldwork

Place

China

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