1934 in archaeology

The year 1934 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

• Maya site of Becan rediscovered by archaeologists Karl Ruppert and John Denison.

Excavations

• Poznań University project at Biskupin begins, led by Józef Kostrzewski and Zdzisław Rajewski.
• Snaketown, Arizona, under direction of Harold S. Galdwin.
• Kennet Avenue, by Alexander Keiller (continues to 1935).
• Maiden Castle, Dorset, by Mortimer Wheeler (continues to 1937).
• Persepolis, by Erich Schmidt (continues to 1939).
• The site of the Warrior of Capestrano, by Giuseppe Moretti.

Finds

• 2 January: Warka Vase found at Uruk.
• The Statue of Ebih-Il is unearthed in Mari, Syria.
• The Warrior of Capestrano is accidentally discovered.

Events

• Russian paleophytologist V. A. Petrov saw a Latin stone inscription near Füzuli, Azerbaijan, mentioning Legio XII Fulminata. The exact location of the inscription is unknown.^[1]

Births

• January 1 - Khaled al-Asaad, Syrian archaeologist (d. 2015)^[2]
• May 13 - Ehud Netzer, Professor of archeology at Hebrew University known for his excavations related to Herod the Great (d. 2010)^[3]
• September 2 - Donald B. Redford, Canadian Egyptologist.
• Giovanni Colonna, Italian archaeologist of the Etruscan civilization.

Deaths

• March 14 - Francis Llewellyn Griffith, British Egyptologist (b. 1862)
• March 15 - Davidson Black, Canadian paleoanthropologist (b. 1884)^[4]
• November 23 - E. A. Wallis Budge, English Egyptologist. (b. 1857)

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