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1952 in archaeology
Below are notable events in
archaeology
that occurred in
1952
.
Explorations
Site of
Kerkouane
discovered by Charles Saumagne.
Archaeological exploration of
Maijishan Grottoes
begins.
Excavations
Alberto Ruz Lhuillier
opens the tomb of
Pacal the Great
at
Palenque
.
Major excavations begin at
Viking
burial site of
Lindholm Høje
.
Excavations at
Jericho
led by
Kathleen Kenyon
begin (continues to 1958).
Excavations at the Palace of Nestor in
Pylos
resume (first started in 1939) by
Carl Blegen
(continues to 1969).
Oscar Broneer
discovers and begins excavations of the
Temple of Poseidon
in
Isthmia
.
Publications
J. G. D. Clark
-
Prehistoric Europe: the Economic Basis
.
David Knowles
and
J. K. S. St Joseph
-
Monastic Sites from the Air
.
Finds
In Schleswig, Germany,
Windeby I
and Windeby II,
bog bodies
, were discovered in a peat bog during a span of three months.
Another bog body, known as "
Grauballe Man
" is discovered in
Grauballe
, Denmark.
Events
Grahame Clark
is elected to the
Disney Professorship of Archaeology
in the
University of Cambridge
.
August 23 -
Glyn Daniel
begins to present
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?
on
BBC Television
, a
game show
often featuring other archaeologists and archaeological artefacts.
Michael Ventris
deciphers Minoan
Linear B
.
Births
March 30 -
Alan Vince
, British archaeologist (d.
2009
)
Deaths
Alfred Foucher
, French scholar and archaeologist (b.
1865
)
References