1932 in archaeology

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The year 1932 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Excavations

• Excavations of Antioch begun by an international committee (until 1939).
• The first organized excavations, to be pursued until 1942, are started in Classical Period Smyrna by Rudolf Naumann and Selahattin Kantar, after preliminary explorations made in 1927.
• Excavations of Troy begun by Carl Blegen (until 1938).
• Brattahlid, home of Erik the Red, is excavated by Danish archaeologists in southern Greenland.
• Clovis, New Mexico, excavations reveal the tools of the Clovis culture.
• Excavation of a 'tumulus' in the grounds of Fawley Court in England proves it to have been created in 1731.

Publications

• William F. Albright - The Archaeology of Palestine and the Bible.
• R. G. Collingwood - Roman Britain.
• Cyril Fox - The Personality of Britain: its influence on inhabitant and invader in prehistoric and early historic times.

Miscellaneous

• October: Secunda nave of the Nemi ships is recovered.