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1933 in archaeology
Below are notable events in
archaeology
that occurred in
1933
.
Explorations
Hull of
Henry V of England
's
flagship
Grace Dieu
identified in the
River Hamble
.
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
began (continued in 1934 and 1937).
Excavation of the
mastaba
of
Senewosret-Ankh
at
Lisht
in Egypt by the Metropolitan Museum of Art concludes.
Excavations at
Tintagel Castle
by
C. A. Ralegh Radford
began (continued through 1938).
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 were found at
Falkirk
,
Scotland
.
Ancient city of
Mari, Syria
.
Rock art
at
Tassili n'Ajjer
.
The submerged site of
Heracleion
in Egypt is identified from the air.
Publications
Stuart Piggott
and
Grahame Clark
- "The age of the British flint mines",
Antiquity
.
Births
May 11 -
Anna Marguerite McCann
, American underwater archaeologist (d.
2017
)
June 9 -
Jerzy Kolendo
, Polish archaeologist (d.
2014
)
August 10 -
Denise Schmandt-Besserat
, French-born archaeologist specialising in the origins of writing and information management
November 5 âÂÂ
Sonia Elizabeth Chadwick
, British early mediaeval archaeologist (d.
1999
)
November 15 âÂÂ
Elizabeth Fowler
(née Burley), British medieval archaeologist (d. 2017)
Don Brothwell
, British archaeologist (d.
2016
)
Christos G. Doumas
, Greek archaeologist
Robert Sténuit
, Belgian underwater archaeologist
Deaths
February 4 -
Archibald Sayce
, English Assyriologist (b.
1845
)
July 13 -
Mary Brodrick
, English Egyptologist (b. c.
1858
)
References