1933 in archaeology
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The year 1933 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
- Hull of Henry V of England's flagship Grace Dieu identified in the River Hamble.[1]
Excavations
- Excavations at Et-Tell by Judith Marquet-Krause begin (continue through 1935).
- Excavations at Tell Arpachiyah by Max Mallowan and John Cruikshank Rose of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq.
- Excavations at Tepe Sialk by Roman Ghirshman begin (continue in 1934 and 1937).
- Gordon Vivian begins preservation work at Pueblo Bonito, Chetro Ket and Casa Rinconada (through 1937).
Finds
- August 9 - Hoard of silver denarii and a fragment of tartan cloth found at Falkirk, Scotland.[2][3]
- Ancient city of Mari, Syria.
- Rock art at Tassili n'Ajjer.
Publications
- Stuart Piggott and Grahame Clark - The age of the British flint mines, Antiquity.[4]
Births
- May 11 - Anna Marguerite McCann, American underwater archaeologist (d. 2017)
- June 9 - Jerzy Kolendo, Polish archaeologist (d. 2014)[5]
- August 10 - Denise Schmandt-Besserat, French-born archaeologist specialising in the origins of writing and information management
- Christos G. Doumas, Greek archaeologist
- Robert Sténuit, Belgian underwater archaeologist
- Don Brothwell, British archaeologist (d. 2016)[6]
Deaths
- July 13 - Mary Brodrick, English Egyptologist (b. c.1858)
References
- ↑ Royal Navy (2009). "Ships: Grace Dieu 1420". The National Archives (United Kingdom). Archived from the original on 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ↑ Bailey, Geoff (2006). "The Roman Coin Hoard And The Falkirk Tartan". Falkirk Local History Society. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
- ↑ Macdonald, George (January 1934). "Hoard of coins from Falkirk". The Antiquaries Journal. Society of Antiquaries of London. 14 (1): 59. doi:10.1017/s0003581500037926.
- ↑ Clark, Grahame; Piggott, Stuart (2 January 2015). "The Age of the British Flint Mines". Antiquity. 7 (26): 166–183. doi:10.1017/S0003598X00007912.
- ↑ "Im memoriam – Jerzy Kolendo (9 czerwca 1933 - 28 lutego 2014)". Histmag.org. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ↑ "In Memoriam Don Brothwell - Archaeology, The University of York". www.york.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
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