1929 in archaeology
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| List of years in archaeology (table) |
|---|
| … 1919 . 1920 . 1921 . 1922 . 1923 . 1924 . 1925 … 1926 1927 1928 -1929- 1930 1931 1932 … 1933 . 1934 . 1935 . 1936 . 1937 . 1938 . 1939 … In science: 1926 1927 1928 -1929- 1930 1931 1932 |
| Related time period or subjects |
| … 1926 . 1927 . 1928 - 1929 - 1930 . 1931 . 1932 … … 1890s . 1900s . 1910s -1920s- 1930s . 1940s . 1950s |
| Art . Archaeology . Architecture . Literature . Music . Science +... |
The year 1929 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Contents |
[edit] Explorations
- Expedition under Neil Merton Judd to collect dendrochronological specimens to date habitation of Chaco Canyon.
- Blackwater Draw, New Mexico, first recognized as archaeologically significant by Ridgely Whiteman.
[edit] Excavations
- Agora in Athens.
- Amri.
- Excavations at Ugarit by Claude F. A. Schaeffer begin.
- New excavations of Tell Halaf, Syria, by Max von Oppenheim.
- Excavations of palaeolithic sites at Mount Carmel by Dorothy Garrod begin (continue to 1934).
- Chinese archeologist Pei Wenzhong appointed field director of the continuing excavations at Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China.
[edit] Finds
- June 22: Beam HH-39 is extracted at the Show Low site in Arizona enabling A. E. Douglass to construct a continuous dendrochronology record back to AD 700 for the Southwestern United States.
- December 1: Chinese archaeologist Pei Wenzhong unearths the first skullcap at Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China
- Mummy of Queen Meryet-Amun (daughter of Tuthmosis III)
- Roman Amphitheatre at Chester found by Hugh Thompson
- Ruins of Kamiros on Rhodes
- Guido Ucelli discovers the legendary barges of Caligula in Lake Nemi
- The Lyres of Ur is the tomb of Puabi
[edit] Publications
- V. Gordon Childe - The Danube in Prehistory.
[edit] Births
 |
This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. |
[edit] Deaths
- Rodolfo Amadeo Lanciani, Italian archaeologist
