Charles Phillips

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Charles Phillips was a British archaeologist best known for directing the 1939 excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship burial, one of the most important early medieval discoveries in England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British person
archaeologist
human
collaboratedWith Basil Brown NERFINISHED
British Museum staff NERFINISHED
contributedTo understanding of early medieval elite burial in England
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
educatedAt Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
employer Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
fieldOfWork archaeology
medieval archaeology
genre archaeological report
hasSubject Anglo-Saxon England NERFINISHED
early medieval burial practices
ship burial
influenced study of Anglo-Saxon archaeology in Britain
knownFor directing the 1939 excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship burial
research on early medieval England
languageSpoken English
nationality British
notableEvent directed excavation at Sutton Hoo in 1939
notableWork excavation of Sutton Hoo Mound 1 in 1939
occupation archaeologist
placeOfActivity Sutton Hoo NERFINISHED
significantDiscovery Sutton Hoo ship burial NERFINISHED
significantProject Sutton Hoo excavation NERFINISHED
workLocation England
Suffolk, England NERFINISHED

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Sutton Hoo treasure excavatedBy Charles Phillips
Edith Pretty collaboratedWith Charles Phillips
Basil Brown collaboratedWith Charles Phillips