Luis Siret
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Luis Siret y Cels was a Belgian-Spanish
archaeologist and illustrator
.
He was born in Belgium
, but when he was 21 he went to Cuevas del Almanzora
(Almería
) when he was contracted by the mining company Almagrera as a Mining Engineer.
Though 50 years, Luis Siret and his brother Henri Siret investigated Neolithic
, chalcolitic and Bronze Age
sites in Almizaraque, Palacés, El Argar
, El Gárcel or Los Millares
. His discoveries meant a great advance in the history of South-easterner Iberian Peninsula
and helped settle the sequence from Palaeolithic to Copper Age
in the zone. His works were exhibited in 1900 Exposition universelle de Paris and 1929 Exposición Universal de Barcelona
, and they are currently exhibited in the Museo Arqueológico Provincial de Almería, in the Museo arqueológico Nacional de Madrid, in the Museé du Cinquentenaire in Brussels and several important collections all over the world including in The British Museum in London.
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
archaeologist and illustrator
Illustrator
An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
.
He was born in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, but when he was 21 he went to Cuevas del Almanzora
Cuevas del Almanzora
-External links:* - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía - Diputación Provincial de Almería...
(Almería
Almería
Almería is a city in Andalusia, Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the province of the same name.-Toponym:Tradition says that the name Almería stems from the Arabic المرية Al-Mariyya: "The Mirror", comparing it to "The Mirror of the Sea"...
) when he was contracted by the mining company Almagrera as a Mining Engineer.
Though 50 years, Luis Siret and his brother Henri Siret investigated Neolithic
Neolithic
The Neolithic Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world. It is traditionally considered as the last part of the Stone Age...
, chalcolitic and Bronze Age
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...
sites in Almizaraque, Palacés, El Argar
El Argar
El Argar is the type site of an Early Bronze Age culture called the Argaric culture, which flourished from the town of Antas, in what is now the province of Almería, south-east of Spain, between c. 1800 BC and 1300 BC....
, El Gárcel or Los Millares
Los Millares
Los Millares is the name of a Chalcolithic occupation site 17 km north of Almería, in the municipality of Santa Fe de Mondújar, Andalusia, Spain. The complex was in use from the end of the fourth millennium to the end of the second millennium BC and probably supported somewhere around 1000...
. His discoveries meant a great advance in the history of South-easterner Iberian Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula , sometimes called Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes the modern-day sovereign states of Spain, Portugal and Andorra, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar...
and helped settle the sequence from Palaeolithic to Copper Age
Copper Age
The Chalcolithic |stone]]") period or Copper Age, also known as the Eneolithic/Æneolithic , is a phase of the Bronze Age in which the addition of tin to copper to form bronze during smelting remained yet unknown by the metallurgists of the times...
in the zone. His works were exhibited in 1900 Exposition universelle de Paris and 1929 Exposición Universal de Barcelona
Exposición Universal de Barcelona
The Exposición Universal de Barcelona was Spain's first international Exposition and ran from May 20 to December 9 1888.-Summary:Eugenio Serrano de Casanova tried to launch an expo in 1886, and when that failed the Mayor took over. The fair was hosted on the 115 acre site of Parc de la Ciutadella...
, and they are currently exhibited in the Museo Arqueológico Provincial de Almería, in the Museo arqueológico Nacional de Madrid, in the Museé du Cinquentenaire in Brussels and several important collections all over the world including in The British Museum in London.
Biography
- Herguido, Carlos, (1994), Apuntes y documentos sobre Enrique y Luis Siret, ingenieros y arqueólogos. Instituto de Estudios Almerienses y Ayuntamiento de Cuevas del Almanzora, Almería.
External links
- Siret, Luis y Enrique (2006), Las Primeras Edades del Metal en el Sudeste de España (Facsímil ed.), Museo Arqueológico de Murcia, Murcia, España, MU-584-2006 [9 de julio de 2007]
- Arqueomurcia.com - Tu portal de Arqueología en la Región de Murcia at www.arqueomurcia.com
- Patrimur.com - El portal de Patrimonio de la Región de Murcia at patrimur.com
- Biografía
- Biografía de Canalsur
- Biografía de lycos