1955 in archaeology
| Table of years in archaeology |
|---|
| Related time period or subjects |
| Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more In Template:Year nav topic: extra parameters: science |
The year 1955 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
- Thor Heyerdahl organizes the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island (continues to 1956).
Excavations
- A. C. O'Dell begins excavations on St Ninian's Isle (continues to 1958).
- Alexander Sahinian begins excavations at Etchmiadzin Cathedral in Armenia (continues to 1956).
- A. Ledyard Smith makes the first archaeological investigation of the Mayan site of Chutixtiox in Guatemala.
- Archaeological Survey of India begins excavations at Nagda chalcolithic site (continues to 1957).
- A Hebrew University team led by Yigal Yadin begins excavations at Tel Hazor (continues to 1958).
Publications
- Cyril Fox - Offa's Dyke: a Field Survey of the Western Frontier Works of Mercia in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries AD.[1]
- Ivan D. Margary - Roman Roads in Britain, vol. 1.
- I. A. Richmond - Roman Britain (Penguin Books).
Finds
- May 19 - Greenock Coin Hoard.
Miscellaneous
- October - The term "Industrial archaeology" is popularised.[2]
Births
- January 1 - Mary Beard, English Classicist.
- April 20 - Svante Pääbo, Swedish paleogeneticist.
- September 30 - Martin Millett, English Classical archaeologist.
Deaths
- January 1 - Arthur C. Parker, part-Seneca American archaeologist and ethnographer of Native Americans in the United States (b. 1881).
- March 31 - Thomas Dunbabin, Australian-born Classical archaeologist and Greek Resistance leader (b. 1911).
- August 17 - Edward Thurlow Leeds, English archaeologist of the Anglo-Saxons (b. 1877).[3]
- October 29 - Alexander Keiller, British archaeologist and benefactor (b. 1889).[4]
- December 15 - V. E. Nash-Williams, Welsh archaeologist (b. 1897).[5]
- December 25 - Thomas J. Preston, Jr., American archaeologist (b. 1862).
References
- ↑ "Offa's Dyke: A Field Survey of the Western Frontier-Works of Mercia in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries A.D." British Academy. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ↑ Rix, Michael (October 1955). "Industrial Archaeology". The Amateur Historian. U.K. 2 (8): 225–9.
- ↑ "Papers of Edward Thurlow Leeds". nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ↑ "Keiller, Alexander (1889-1955), businessman and archaeologist". nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ↑ "Nash-Williams, Victor Erle". The National Library of Wales - Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.