1933 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1933.
Explorations
[edit]- Hull of Henry V of England's flagship Grace Dieu identified in the River Hamble.[1]
Excavations
[edit]- Excavations at Et-Tell by Judith Marquet-Krause begin (continue through 1935).
- Excavations at Tell Arpachiyah by Max Mallowan and John Cruikshank Rose of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq.
- Excavations at Tepe Sialk by Roman Ghirshman begin (continue in 1934 and 1937).
- Excavation of mastaba of Senewosret-Ankh at Lisht in Egypt by Metropolitan Museum of Art concludes.
- Excavations at Tintagel Castle by C. A. Ralegh Radford begin (continue through 1938).
- Gordon Vivian begins preservation work at Pueblo Bonito, Chetro Ket and Casa Rinconada (through 1937).
Finds
[edit]- August 9 - Hoard of silver denarii and a fragment of tartan cloth found at Falkirk, Scotland.[2][3]
- Ancient city of Mari, Syria.
- Rock art at Tassili n'Ajjer.
- Submerged site of Heracleion in Egypt is identified from the air.[4]
Publications
[edit]- Stuart Piggott and Grahame Clark - "The age of the British flint mines", Antiquity.[5]
Births
[edit]- May 11 - Anna Marguerite McCann, American underwater archaeologist (d. 2017)
- June 9 - Jerzy Kolendo, Polish archaeologist (d. 2014)[6]
- August 10 - Denise Schmandt-Besserat, French-born archaeologist specialising in the origins of writing and information management
- November 5 – Sonia Elizabeth Chadwick, British early mediaeval archaeologist (d. 1999)[7]
- Don Brothwell, British archaeologist (d. 2016)[8]
- Christos G. Doumas, Greek archaeologist
- Robert Sténuit, Belgian underwater archaeologist
Deaths
[edit]- February 4 - Archibald Sayce, English Assyriologist (b. 1845)
- July 13 - Mary Brodrick, English Egyptologist (b. c.1858)
References
[edit]- ^ Royal Navy (2009). "Ships: Grace Dieu 1420". The National Archives (United Kingdom). Archived from the original on 2011-08-05. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ^ Bailey, Geoff (2006). "The Roman Coin Hoard And The Falkirk Tartan". Falkirk Local History Society. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
- ^ Macdonald, George (January 1934). "Hoard of coins from Falkirk". The Antiquaries Journal. 14 (1). Society of Antiquaries of London: 59. doi:10.1017/s0003581500037926. S2CID 162434922.
- ^ Shenker, Jack (2016-08-15). "Lost cities #6: how Thonis-Heracleion resurfaced after 1,000 years under water". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
- ^ Clark, Grahame; Piggott, Stuart (2 January 2015). "The Age of the British Flint Mines". Antiquity. 7 (26): 166–183. doi:10.1017/S0003598X00007912. S2CID 162607431.
- ^ "Im memoriam – Jerzy Kolendo (9 czerwca 1933 - 28 lutego 2014)". Histmag.org. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ^ Welch, Martin (1999-06-23). "Obituary: Sonia Chadwick Hawkes". The Independent. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ^ "In Memoriam Don Brothwell - Archaeology, The University of York". www.york.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.