1931 in archaeology

none 1931 archaeology science Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1931. Events Athens Charter for the Restoration of Historic Monuments adopted at the First International Congress of Architects and Technicians of Historic Monuments. Explorations Aleš Hrdlička begins survey of Kodiak Island. Excavations 23 May–1 October: Discovery and subsequent excavation of human artefacts at Vogelherd Cave in Germany, including Upper Paleolithic figurines (under direction of Gustav Riek). Chinese prehistorian Jia Lanpo and archaeologist Bian Mienmien join the ongoing excavations at Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China. University of Pennsylvania project at Piedras Negras, Guatemala begins (lasts to 1939). Excavation of tomb of Hemaka at Saqqara in Egypt is begun by Cecil Mallaby Firth. Tunnelling into Great Pyramid of Cholula in Mexico is begun by Ignacio Marquina. Alfonso Caso begins eighteen-year project at Monte Albán, Oaxaca, Mexico. International project at Samaria, led by John Winter Crowfoot, begins (lasts to 1935). Prima nave of the Nemi ships is recovered. Finds 9 February: The Uzziah Tablet, a 1st-century CE Aramaic funerary inscription commemorating the reburial of King Uzziah of Judah, is identified by Eleazar Sukenik in the collection of the Russian Orthodox Eleona Church on the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem.Sukenik E. L. 1931-10-01 Funerary Tablet of Uzziah, King of Judah https://doi.org/10.1179/peq.1931.63.4.217 Palestine Exploration Quarterly 63 4 217 10.1179/peq.1931.63.4.217 0031-0328 subscription September: First prehistoric tool recovered from Doggerland.http://livebettermagazine.com/article/global-warming-and-lost-lands-understanding-the-effects-of-sea-level-rise/ Vincent Gaffney Global Warming and Lost Lands: Understanding the Effects of Sea Level Rise 2008-04-17 Livebetter Center for a Better Life 2020-01-30 2022-10-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20221025175322/http://livebettermagazine.com/article/global-warming-and-lost-lands-understanding-the-effects-of-sea-level-rise/ dead October: The Parel Relief or Parel Shiva, an important monolithic relief of the Hindu god Shiva in seven forms that is dated to the late Gupta period, in the 5th or 6th century AD is found in Parel, now a neighbourhood of Mumbai, India, where a road is being constructed.Archaeological Survey of India information board at the site, 2012 29 December: Calakmul rediscovered by Cyrus L. Lundell. French archaeologist Henri Breuil visits the Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian, China and confirms the presence of stone tools. George Florescu discovers Vlad III Dracula's tomb in Snagov Monastery. The remains of 450 infants and 150 dogs dated to 165 BC–150 BC are found at the Athenian Agora; the infants are subsequently found to have died from meningitis and other natural causes. A statue of Tyche is uncovered at Prusias ad Hypium in Turkey. A conch from 18000 years BP in Marsoulas Cave in the Haute-Garonne of France, demonstrated in 2021 as having been adapted by Magdalenian people as a musical instrument.Listen to the oldest known conch shell horn from 18,000 years ago https://www.newscientist.com/article/2267417-listen-to-the-oldest-known-conch-shell-horn-from-18000-years-ago/ New Scientist Karina Shah 2021-02-10 2021-02-11 Publications W. D. Caröe - The Importance of the Historical Buildings of Cyprus. C. F. C. Hawkes - "Hillforts". Antiquity 5 pp. 60–97. Births 15 July - Clive Cussler, American thriller writer and underwater explorer (died 2020) 13 September - Brian Dobson, British archaeologist notable for work on Hadrian's Wall and the Roman Army (died 2012)Lives Remembered: Brian Dobson, Archaeologist and noted authority on https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lives-remembered-brian-dobson-archaeologist-and-noted-authority-on-hadrian-s-wall-8002039.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lives-remembered-brian-dobson-archaeologist-and-noted-authority-on-hadrian-s-wall-8002039.html 2022-05-01 subscription live The Independent 12 March 2017 3 August 2012 8 October - Giovanni Garbini, Italian Orientalist (died 2017) 30 October - Giancarlo Ligabue, Italian paleontologist, discoverer of Ligabueino (died 2015)In memory of Giancarlo Ligabue http://www.ligabuemagazine.it/en/news/dettaglio_21.html www.ligabuemagazine.it 16 May 2017 28 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201128012754/https://www.ligabuemagazine.it/en/news/dettaglio_21.html dead 21 November - Lewis Binford, American archaeologist known for his development of processual archaeology (died 2011)Gamble Clive Lewis Binford obituary https://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/may/17/lewis-binford-obituary The Guardian 12 March 2017 17 May 2011 Deaths Alfred Maudslay, explorer, archaeologist and writer of accounts of the ruins of the Maya civilization (b. 1850)Merwin Keith Alfred P. Maudslay http://www.instituteofmayastudies.org/index.php/features/pioneers-in-maya-archaeology-2/alfred-p-maudslay Institute of Maya Studies 12 March 2017 en-gb 13 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170313045611/http://www.instituteofmayastudies.org/index.php/features/pioneers-in-maya-archaeology-2/alfred-p-maudslay dead References Archaeology Category:1930s in archaeology Category:Archaeology by year