1931 in archaeology

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The year 1931 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Events

• Athens Charter for the Restoration of Historic Monuments adopted at the First International Congress of Architects and Technicians of Historic Monuments.

Explorations

• Aleš Hrdlička begins survey of Kodiak Island.

Excavations

• Chinese prehistorian Jia Lanpo and archaeologist Bian Mienmien join the ongoing excavations at Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China.
• University of Pennsylvania project at Piedras Negras, Guatemala begins (lasts to 1939).
• International project at Samaria begins (lasts to 1935).
• Alfonso Caso begins eighteen-year project at Monte Albán.
• Prima nave of the Nemi ships is recovered.

Finds

• 29 December: Calakmul rediscovered by Cyrus L. Lundell
• French archaeologist Henri Breuil visits the Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian, China and confirms the presence of stone tools
• George Florescu discovers Vlad III Dracula's tomb in Snagov Monastery
• Ferriby Boat 1 discovered by Ted Wright
• The remains of 450 infants and 150 dogs dated to 165 BC–150 BC are found at the Athenian Agora; the infants were subsequently found to die from meningitis and other natural causes

Publications

• W. D. Caröe - The Importance of the Historical Buildings of Cyprus.
• C. F. C. Hawkes - "Hillforts". Antiquity 5 pp. 60–97.

Births

• 13 September: Brian Dobson (died 2012), British archaeologist notable for work on Hadrian's Wall and the Roman Army

Deaths

• Alfred Maudslay, explorer, archaeologist and writer of accounts of the ruins of the Maya civilization