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Excavations
- Work begins at Pueblo Bonito and other sites in Chaco Canyon by Neil Merton Judd for the National Geographic Society (through 1927).
- Work begins on the Philistine site at Ashkelon by John Garstang (through 1921).
Finds
- Dura-Europos is discovered by a French army officer
Publications
- Sylvanus Morley - The Inscriptions of Copán[1]
Events
- O. G. S. Crawford is appointed as the first Archaeology Officer of the Ordnance Survey in the United Kingdom.[2]
- The Romanian Academy in Rome is established.
Births
- 22 January: Richard J. C. Atkinson, prehistorian & archaeologist (d. 1994)[3]
- 21 May: John Chadwick, co-decipherer of Linear B (d. 1998)[4]
Deaths
- 17 July: Heinrich Dressel, German archaeologist (born 1845).
- Robert Munro, Scottish archaeologist (born 1835).
See also
References
- ↑ Morley, Sylvanus Griswold (1920). "The inscriptions at Copan". worldcat.org. The Carnegie Institution of Washington. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ↑ "Ashmolean Museum: British Archaeology Collections - O.G.S. Crawford". britisharchaeology.ashmus.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ↑ "Obituary: Professor Richard Atkinson". The Independent. 17 October 1994. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ↑ "Obituary: John Chadwick". The Independent. 4 December 1998. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
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