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1949 in archaeology
Below are notable events in
archaeology
that occurred in
1949
.
Events
November 21–23 - First
Internationales Sachsensymposion
held.
University of New Mexico
transfers lands to the
National Park Service
and expands
Chaco Canyon National Monument
, with the proviso that the university may continue scientific research.
Excavations
February 15 -
Gerald Lankester Harding
and
Roland de Vaux
begin excavations at Cave 1 of the
Qumran Caves
in the
West Bank
region of
Jordan
, the location of the first seven
Dead Sea Scrolls
.
Excavation work recommences at the
Peking Man
Site in
Zhoukoudian
,
China
.
Alberto Ruz Lhuillier
begins excavations of the Temple of the Inscriptions,
Palenque
.
Seton Lloyd
begins excavations at
Sakçagözü
.
Grahame Clark
begins excavations at
Star Carr
,
North Yorkshire
(continues to 1951).
Conclusion of excavations in the
Vatican Necropolis
.
Finds
Radiocarbon dating
technique discovered by
Willard Libby
and his colleagues during his tenure as a professor at the
University of Chicago
.
Anak Tomb No. 3
(dated 357 CE) found in
North Korea
.
New excavations at
Peking Man
Site in
Zhoukoudian
,
China
unearth 5 teeth and fragments of thigh and shin bone.
First new discoveries of
Nimrud ivories
by
British School of Archaeology in Iraq
led by
Max Mallowan
.
12th century
mural
s discovered in
Coombes Church
, West Sussex, England.
Publications
'
C. W. Ceram
' -
Götter, Gräber und Gelehrte
(
Gods, Graves and Scholars
: the story of archaeology
).
T. D. Kendrick
-
Late Saxon and Viking Art
.
Births
Dolores Piperno
- American archaeologist
Deaths
23 April -
Percy Newberry
, English archaeologist (b.
1869
)
References