1934 in archaeology
Appearance
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The year 1934 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
Excavations
- Poznań University project at Biskupin begins, led by Józef Kostrzewski and Zdzisław Rajewski.
- Snaketown, Arizona, under direction of Harold S. Galdwin.
- Kennet Avenue, by Alexander Keiller (continues to 1935).
- Maiden Castle, Dorset, by Mortimer Wheeler (continues to 1937).
- Persepolis, by Erich Schmidt (continues to 1939).
- The site of the Warrior of Capestrano, by Giuseppe Moretti.
Finds
- 2 January: Warka Vase found at Uruk.
- The Statue of Ebih-Il is unearthed in Mari, Syria.
- The Warrior of Capestrano is accidentally discovered.
Publications
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Events
- Russian paleophytologist V. A. Petrov saw a Latin stone inscription near Füzuli, Azerbaijan, mentioning Legio XII Fulminata. The exact location of the inscription is unknown.[1]
Births
- January 1 - Khaled al-Asaad, Syrian archaeologist (d. 2015)[2]
- May 13 - Ehud Netzer, Professor of archeology at Hebrew University known for his excavations related to Herod the Great (d. 2010)[3]
- September 2 - Donald B. Redford, Canadian Egyptologist.
- Giovanni Colonna, Italian archaeologist of the Etruscan civilization.
Deaths
- March 14 - Francis Llewellyn Griffith, British Egyptologist (b. 1862)
- March 15 - Davidson Black, Canadian paleoanthropologist (b. 1884)[4]
- November 23 - E. A. Wallis Budge, English Egyptologist. (b. 1857)
References
- ^ Тревер, Камилла (1959). Очерки по истории о культуре Кавказской Албании (in Russian). Издательство Академии Наук СССР. p. 330.
- ^ "Khaled al-Asaad, curator - obituary". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ Dove, Aytan (7 December 2010). "Ehud Netzer obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ "Davidson Black - Canadian anthropologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 31 May 2017.