1932 in archaeology
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The year 1932 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
- "Antro della Sibilla" cave discovered by Amedeo Maiuri in Italy.
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.
- Aage Roussell and Eigil Knuth excavate old Norse sites on the west Greenland coast.
- 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.
- Mary Hamilton Swindler becomes the first woman editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Archaeology
Finds
- November 22: Dura-Europos synagogue (244 CE) is discovered in Syria.[1]
- Baal with Thunderbolt or the "Baal stele" is excavated in Ugarit.
Awards
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Miscellaneous
- October: Secunda nave of the Nemi ships is recovered.
Births
- Patty Jo Watson, American archaeologist[2]
Deaths
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References
- ^ Kee, Howard Clark; Cohick, Lynn H. (November 1999). Evolution of the Synagogue: Problems and Progress. A&C Black. p. 73. ISBN 9781563382963.
- ^ "Watson, Patty Jo (1932-) - People and organisations". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 31 May 2017.