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1935 in archaeology
Below are notable events in
archaeology
that occurred in
1935
.
Excavations
September 18: Excavation of the
Kirkhaugh cairns
in
Northumberland
(England) by
Herbert Maryon
begins.
December:
Chinese
prehistorian
Jia Lanpo
appointed field director of the continuing excavations at
Peking Man
site in
Zhoukoudian
,
China
.
Finds
February 28: The
Ladby ship
Viking
grave is discovered on
Funen
in
Denmark
.
June 29: First portion of
Swanscombe skull
, belonging to a woman from 400,000 BP, is discovered in England.
October 7: The skeleton of the
Mesolithic
Loschbour man
is discovered in
Mullerthal, Luxembourg
.
A hoard of more than 11,000
Celtic
coins is discovered at La Marquanderie on the
Channel Island
of
Jersey
.
The mural of the
Investiture of Zimrilim
is discovered in
Mari, Syria
.
Viking Age
ruins at
Narsaq
in
Greenland
are discovered by
Aage Roussell
.
Events
July: The
Ahnenerbe
is established in
Nazi Germany
as a division of the
Schutzstaffel
"for the Study of the History of Primeval Ideas" in support of
Nazi racial ideology
.
August 2: The is raised from
Lake Champlain
.
V. Gordon Childe
delivers the inaugural Presidential address to
The Prehistoric Society
in
England
on 'Changing Methods and Aims in Prehistory'.
Col.
William Hawley
reburies cremated human remains in A47 of the
Aubrey holes
at
Stonehenge
in England.
Awards
Leonard Woolley
knight
ed for his work in
archaeology
.
Births
January 19:
Robin Birley
,
English
archaeologist
, director of excavations at the
Roman
site of
Vindolanda
(d.
2018
)
Deaths
May 11:
Edward Herbert Thompson
,
American
Mayanist
(b.
1857
)
May 19:
T. E. Lawrence
,
British
archaeologist of the Middle East, military officer, diplomat and author, result of motorcycle accident (b.
1888
)
December 2:
James Henry Breasted
, American
Egyptologist
(b.
1865
)
References