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1919 in archaeology
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1919 archaeology science
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1919.
Events
22 May: A. E. Douglass provides the first comparative dendrochronology datings, to Clark Wissler of the American Museum of Natural History for sites in New Mexico.
Explorations
Julio C. Tello makes the first scientific survey of Chavin de Huantar in Peru.
Late: Col. William Hawley begins work at Stonehenge in England.
Excavations
St Piran's Old Church, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England.
Excavation of Tell al-'Ubaid in Mesopotamia by Henry Hall of the British Museum begins.H. R. Hall Season's Work at Ur, Al-'Ubaid, Abu Shahrain (Eridu), and Elsewhere; Being an Unofficial Account of the British Museum Archaeological Mission to Babylonia, 1919 Methuen London 1930
1919–1921: Graig Lwyd Neolithic stone axe factory in North Wales.F. Hazzledine Warren Excavations at the stone-axe factory of Graig-Llwyd, Penmaenmawr Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 51 1921 165–99
Finds
12 May: Traprain Treasure of Roman silver found in Scotland.Notable Dates in History http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm The Flag in the Wind The Scots Independent 2014-07-15 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20140523225830/http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm 2014-05-23
Publications
Katherine Routledge – The Mystery of Easter Island: the story of an expedition.
Births
13 March: Mualla Eyüboğlu, Turkish restoration architect (died 2009).
23 October: Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist (died 1992).
Deaths
1 October: Francis J. Haverfield, English Romano-British archaeologist (born 1860).
22 November: Sir Guy Francis Laking, keeper of the London Museum (born 1875).
References
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