1920 in archaeology

none 1920 archaeology science 1919 . 1920 . 1921 Other events: 1920 . Archaeology timeline Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1920. Explorations Synagogue of Tomar identified in Portugal.Ghiuzeli Haim F. The Synagogue of Tomar, Portugal https://www.bh.org.il/synagogue-tomar-portugal/ Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot 2020-07-09 1996 Excavations Work begins at Pueblo Bonito and other sites in Chaco Canyon by Neil Merton Judd for the National Geographic Society (through 1927). Work begins on the Philistine site at Ashkelon (then al-Majdal) by John Garstang (through 1921). Finds March 30: Wall paintings at the Temple of Bel, Dura Europos on the Euphrates are discovered by a soldier. November 29: The Kedukan Bukit inscription, a stone written in the Pallava script of the Malay language and dated May 1, 683 AD (604 in the local calendar), is unearthed on the banks of the Tatang River on the Indonesian island of Sumatra at Palembang, significant as containing the earliest dated use of a symbol for zeroAmir D. Aczel Finding Zero: A Mathematician's Odyssey to Uncover the Origins of Numbers St. Martin's P.ress 2015 96 and the oldest example of the Malay language. Hoby treasure is discovered on the Danish island of Lolland. Publications Sylvanus Morley - The Inscriptions of CopánMorley Sylvanus Griswold The inscriptions at Copan The Carnegie Institution of Washington English 1920 544798 Events O. G. S. Crawford is appointed as the first Archaeology Officer of the Ordnance Survey in the United Kingdom.Ashmolean Museum: British Archaeology Collections - O.G.S. Crawford http://britisharchaeology.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/aerial-photos/crawford.html britisharchaeology.ashmus.ox.ac.uk 30 December 2017 The Romanian Academy in Rome is established. Births 22 January: Richard J. C. Atkinson, English prehistorian and archaeologist (d. 1994)Obituary: Professor Richard Atkinson https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/obituary-professor-richard-atkinson-1443428.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/obituary-professor-richard-atkinson-1443428.html 2022-05-01 subscription live The Independent 30 May 2017 17 October 1994 21 May: John Chadwick, English co-decipherer of Linear B (d. 1998)Obituary: John Chadwick https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-john-chadwick-1189033.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-john-chadwick-1189033.html 2022-05-01 subscription live The Independent 30 May 2017 4 December 1998 22 August: Philip A. Barker, British archaeologist and castellologist (d. 2001) Deaths 25 February: Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy, French archaeologist of Iran (b. 1844) 17 July: Heinrich Dressel, German archaeologist (b. 1845) 18 July: Robert Munro, Scottish archaeologist (b. 1835) See also List of years in archaeology 1919 in archaeology 1921 in archaeology References Archaeology Category:1920s in archaeology Category:Archaeology by year