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1956 in archaeology
The
year 1956 in
archaeology
involved some significant events.
Explorations
Excavations
Large
University of Pennsylvania
project at
Tikal
begins.
Excavations of the
Neolithic
settlement at
Argissa Magoula
in
Thessaly
by Vladimir MilojÃÂiÃÂ of the University of
Heidelberg
begin (continue to 1958).
Excavations of the
Danubian
Neolithic
settlement at
Bylany
in
Bohemia
begin.
Excavations at
Brahmagiri
.
Excavations at
Teppe Hasanlu
begin (continue to 1974).
Systematic excavation of
Diolkos
in Greece by Nikolaos Verdelis begins (continues to 1962).
Excavations at
Longbridge Deverill Cow Down
in the United Kingdom under the direction of
Sonia Chadwick
for the
Ministry of Works
(continues to 1960).
Publications
Documents in Mycenaean Greek
by
Michael Ventris
and
John Chadwick
; documenting decipherment of
Linear B
writing.
Finds
Anders Franzén
locates the
Swedish
warship
Vasa
, sunk on her maiden voyage in 1628, in
Stockholm
harbor.
K. M. A. Barnett discovers
Lo Ah Tsai Stone Circle
on
Lamma Island
in Hong Kong.
Events
W. F. Grimes
succeeds
V. Gordon Childe
as director of the
University of London
Institute of Archaeology
.
Births
March 24 -
Alanah Woody
,
American
archaeologist
(d.
2007
).
April 30 -
Antonio Sagona
, Australian archaeologist (d.
2017
).
Yosef Garfinkel
, Israeli archaeologist.
Deaths
June 6 -
Hiram Bingham III
, American rediscoverer of
Machu Picchu
(b.
1875
).
September 6 -
Michael Ventris
,
English
co-decipherer of
Linear B
(car accident) (b.
1922
).
September 12 -
John Garstang
, English archaeologist of the
Near East
(in
Beirut
) (b.
1876
).
November 9 -
Alan Wace
, English archaeologist who worked on Linear B (b.
1879
).
References