1949 in archaeology

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The year 1949 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Excavations

• Excavation work recommences at the Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China.
• Alberto Ruz Lhuillier begins excavations of the Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque.
• Seton Lloyd begins excavations at Sakçagözü.
• Grahame Clark begins excavations at Star Carr, North Yorkshire (continues to 1951).

Finds

• Radiocarbon dating technique discovered by Willard Libby and his colleagues in 1949 during his tenure as a professor at the University of Chicago.
• New excavations at Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China unearth 5 teeth and fragments of thigh and shin bone.
• First new discoveries of Nimrud ivories by British School of Archaeology in Iraq led by Max Mallowan.

Publications

• 'C. W. Ceram' - Götter, Gräber und Gelehrte (Gods, Graves and Scholars: the story of archaeology).
• T. D. Kendrick - Late Saxon and Viking Art.

Miscellaneous

• University of New Mexico transfers lands to the National Park Service and expands Chaco Canyon National Monument, with the proviso that the university may continue scientific research.