1938 in archaeology
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The year 1938 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
- Matthew Stirling first visits the Tres Zapotes and San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán sites.
Excavations
- The Iron Age farmstead site at Little Woodbury, Wiltshire, England, by Gerhard Bersu for the Prehistoric Society using open area excavation techniques (continues to 1939; published 1940).
- Llantwit Major Roman Villa in Wales, by V. E. Nash-Williams (continues to 1948).
- The Neolithic settlement of Rinyo on Rousay in Orkney (Scotland), by V. Gordon Childe (resumed 1946).
Publications
- T. D. Kendrick - Anglo-Saxon Art to A.D. 900.
Finds
- Maya site of Caracol is rediscovered.
- Luther Cressman, the first to explore the region, discovered preserved 9,000-year-old shredded sage sandals at Fort Rock Cave in south central Oregon, USA. Until radiocarbon dating verified his find, his belief was that humans had occupied the area a maximum of 4,000 years ago.
- 'Barber surgeon of Avebury'.
- Bronze Head from Ife.
Births
- Anthony Aveni, American anthropologist [1]
Deaths
- 24 February - Thomas Gann, explorer and archaeologist (born 1867)
References
- ↑ "Aveni, Anthony F. (Anthony Francis), 1938- - Full record view - Libraries Australia Search". nla.gov.au. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
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