Nationality Spanish | Occupation archaeologist | |
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Full Name Martín Almagro Basch Born 1895, December 1 Soria Spain Died 1 February 1951, Madrid, Spain Employer National Archaeological Museum of Spain | ||
Blas Taracena Aguirre (Soria, 1 December 1895 – Madrid, 1 February 1951), Spanish archaeologist.
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Biography
Blas Taracena Aguirre directed the Museum Numantino (Soria, Spain) and the excavations of Numancia. His investigations covered the near zones of Soria, as well as Rioja and mainly Navarra. He continued the works of his teacher José Ramón Mélida, headed the Museum Numantino and held important positins in the National Archaeological Museum of Spain.
In 1939 he was appointed the Director of the National Archaeologic Museum of Spain, till 1943 he was the Secretary of the Institute of the CSIC.
He is the author of an extensive bibliography and has been awarded with several national and international premios. 1918–1919 he was deputy director of regional magazine Castilla in Soria.