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1939 in archaeology
Below are notable events in
archaeology
that occurred in
1939
.
Excavations
Major excavation of
Ostia Antica
in Italy begins (continues to 1942).
University of Pennsylvania
project at
Piedras Negras, Guatemala
ends (started 1931).
Palace of Nestor in
Pylos
by
Carl Blegen
(resumed 1952-69).
Tomb of Psusennes at
Tanis
by
Pierre Montet
(started 1928).
Deserted medieval village of
Seacourt
near Oxford by
Rupert Bruce-Mitford
(June–July 15).
Medieval settlement at Bere,
North Tawton
, England, by
Martyn Jope
.
Bowl barrow
at
Knap Hill
,
Wiltshire
, England, by C. W. Phillips.
Publications
Grahame Clark
:
Archaeology and Society
.
Finds
May
Sutton Hoo
ship burial
unearthed by
Basil Brown
and
Edith Pretty
in
Suffolk
,
England
. On July 28 the
Sutton Hoo helmet
is excavated.
Battle of Thermopylae
site unearthed by
Spyridon Marinatos
in Greece.
August 25: The
Lion-man
statue is discovered in the
Hohlenstein-Stadel
, a cave in southern Germany.
Matthew Stirling
discovers the bottom half of
Stela
C at
Tres Zapotes
in
Veracruz
, Mexico.
Wyllys Andrews discovers the
Maya civilization
site of
Kulubá
in
Yucatán
, Mexico.
Miscellaneous
May 6:
Dorothy Garrod
is elected to the
Disney Professorship of Archaeology
in the
University of Cambridge
, the first woman to hold an
Oxbridge
chair.
Births
January 15:
Neil Cossons
, English industrial archaeologist and museum director
July 12:
Peter Addyman
, English archaeologist
November 6:
Peter J. Reynolds
, English experimental archaeologist (d.
2001
)
December 10:
Barry Cunliffe
, English archaeologist
November 27:
Malcolm Todd
, English archaeologist (d.
2013
)
Deaths
March 2:
Howard Carter
, English Egyptologist (b.
1874
)
References