1943 in archaeology

none thumb|Gjermundbu helmet 1943 archaeology science Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1943. Excavations Excavations at Olmec site of La Venta by Matthew Stirling end. Start of excavations at El Tajín by José Garcia Payon. Start of excavations at Hassuna by a team from the Iraqi Directorate General of Antiquities led by Seton Lloyd (continue to 1945). Publications Christopher and Jacquetta Hawkes - Prehistoric Britain. Finds May 20 - Luttra Woman, a skeletonised early Neolithic bog body, is found in Sweden.https://www.falkoping.se/falbygdens-museum/upptack-falbygden/historien-om-hallonflickan Historien om Hallonflickan Story of the Raspberry Girl sv 2023-01-23 Cecilia Jensen Falbygdens Museum 2021 2022-08-26 Falköping https://web.archive.org/web/20220826223842/https://www.falkoping.se/falbygdens-museum/upptack-falbygden/historien-om-hallonflickan live First finds of Gaudo culture in Campania. Cache of late-medieval wax votive images at Exeter Cathedral in England.Ursula M. Radford The Wax Images Found in Exeter Cathedral Antiquaries Journal 29 1949 3–4 164–8 10.1017/S0003581500017273 161597476 "Greta", a skull found in the midlands of England, is believed to be the oldest in Britain, dated to 14,000 years BP, until redated to the late 11th century CE in 2021.Disturbing update on ancient skull found in Burton https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/burton-news/disturbing-update-ancient-skull-found-6113583 StaffordshireLive Mike Lockley Helen Kreft 2021-10-31 2021-12-21 Miscellaneous The National Trust purchases Avebury from Alexander Keiller.https://artuk.org/visit/venues/national-trust-avebury-manor-4918 National Trust, Avebury Manor Art UK 2 June 2017 November - Max von Oppenheim's private archaeological museum in Berlin is destroyed by bombing.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12308854 Berlin's Pergamon Museum exhibits Tell Halaf statues BBC News 29 January 2011 2 June 2017 Births July 2 - Peter Woodman, Irish archaeologist (d. 2017)Peter Woodman—an Obituary http://archaeologyireland.ie/2017/03/20/130/ Archaeology Ireland 7 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171024015414/http://archaeologyireland.ie/2017/03/20/130/ 2017-10-24 dead July 20 - Gordon Hillman, British archaeobotanist (d. 2018)Jones Martin Gordon Hillman obituary https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jul/23/gordon-hillman-obituary The Guardian London 3 August 2018 en 23 July 2018 December 17 - Heidemarie Koch, German Iranologist (d. 2022)https://www.arkeolojikhaber.com/haber-alman-sanat-tarihcisi-profesor-heidemarie-koch-hayatini-kaybetti-32989/ Alman Sanat Tarihçisi Profesör Heidemarie Koch hayatını kaybetti arkeolojikhaber.com 2022-01-28 fa 2022-01-28 September 28 - Anna Ritchie, British archaeologist of Orkney (d. 2026)Shepherd Alexandra 2025-05-24 Anna Ritchie obituary https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/24/anna-ritchie-obituary 2026-05-29 The Guardian London Deaths April 7 - Auguste Audollent, French historian, archaeologist and Latin epigrapher (b. 1864) September 5 - Aleš Hrdlička, Czech-American anthropologist (b. 1869) October 26 - Aurel Stein, Hungarian-British Central Asian archaeologist (b. 1862) References Archaeology Category:1940s in archaeology Category:Archaeology by year