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1929 in archaeology
Below are notable events in
archaeology
that occurred in
1929
.
Explorations
Expedition under
Neil Merton Judd
to collect
dendrochronological
specimens to date habitation of
Chaco Canyon
.
Blackwater Draw
,
New Mexico
, first recognized as archaeologically significant by Ridgely Whiteman.
Excavations
Agora
in
Athens
.
Amri
.
Excavations at
Ugarit
by
Claude F. A. Schaeffer
begin; first texts in
Ugaritic
discovered.
New excavations of
Tell Halaf
,
Syria
, by
Max von Oppenheim
.
Excavations of
palaeolithic
sites at
Mount Carmel
, including the first of the
Skhul and Qafzeh hominins
, by
Dorothy Garrod
begin (continue to 1934).
First of the
Pazyryk burials
in Siberia, by M. P. Gryaznov.
Grobià Âa
in Latvia, by
Birger Nerman
.
Chinese
archeologist
Pei Wenzhong
appointed field director of the continuing excavations at
Peking Man
Site in
Zhoukoudian
,
China
.
Whitehawk Camp
near
Brighton
in England by R. P. Ross Williamson and E. Cecil Curwen.
Finds
June 22: Beam
HH-39
is extracted at the
Show Low
site in
Arizona
enabling
A. E. Douglass
to construct a continuous
dendrochronology
record back to AD 700 for the
Southwestern United States
.
December 1:
Chinese
archaeologist
Pei Wenzhong
unearths the first
skullcap
at
Peking Man
Site in
Zhoukoudian
,
China
.
Jade
relics at
Sanxingdui
in China.
Mummy
of Queen
Meritamen (daughter of Thutmose III)
.
Roman
Amphitheatre
at
Chester
(England) found by Hugh Thompson.
Ruins of
Kamiros
on
Rhodes
.
Guido Ucelli discovers the barges of
Caligula
in Lake
Nemi
.
The
Lyres of Ur
in the tomb of
Puabi
.
Publications
V. Gordon Childe
-
The Danube in Prehistory
.
Births
May 6:
Rosemary Cramp
, British medieval archaeologist (died
2023
)
July 17:
Elin C. Danien
, American scholar of ancient Maya ceramics (died
2019
)
September 23:
Viktor Sarianidi
, Soviet archaeologist, discoverer of the
BactriaâÂÂMargiana Archaeological Complex
(died
2013
)
Deaths
Rodolfo Amadeo Lanciani
, Italian archaeologist (born
1845
)
References