1916 in archaeology
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The year 1916 in archaeology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Explorations
[edit] Excavations
- Start of first excavations at Adelsö.
- In Ireland, the burial mound at Grannagh, near Ardrahan in County Galway, is first excavated in 1916 by R.A.S. Macalister (later re-excavated in 1969 by Etienne Rynne).
[edit] Publications
- Grafton Elliot Smith - On the Significance of the Geographical Distribution of Mummification: a study of the migrations of peoples and the spread of certain customs and beliefs.
[edit] Finds
- Uaxactun and the first known Maya inscription from the 8th Baktun of the Maya calendar are found by Sylvanus G. Morley.
[edit] Awards
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[edit] Miscellaneous
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