1953 in archaeology

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The year 1953 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Excavations

• German excavations at Uruk resume.

Finds

• 1st century Roman leather bikini briefs found in the City of London.

Events

• November 21: Piltdown Man is shown to be a hoax.
• Michael Ventris deciphers Minoan Linear B.

Publications

• O. G. S. Crawford - Archaeology in the Field (Dent).
• B. H. St.J. O'Neil - Castles: an introduction to the castles of England and Wales (HMSO).
• Gordon R. Willey - Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in the Virú Valley, Perú (Bureau of American Ethnology).