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1933 archaeology science
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1933.
Explorations
Hull of Henry V of England's flagship Grace Dieu identified in the River Hamble.http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/history/ships/grace-dieu-1420/index.htm http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110805134232/http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/history/ships/grace-dieu-1420/index.htm live 2011-08-05 The National Archives (United Kingdom) Ships: Grace Dieu 1420 Royal Navy 2009 2018-08-27 Royal Navy
Excavations
Excavations at Et-Tell by Judith Marquet-Krause begin (continue through 1935).
Excavations at Tell Arpachiyah by Max Mallowan and John Cruikshank Rose of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq.
Excavations at Tepe Sialk by Roman Ghirshman began (continued in 1934 and 1937).
Excavation of the mastaba of Senewosret-Ankh at Lisht in Egypt by the Metropolitan Museum of Art concludes.
Excavations at Tintagel Castle by C. A. Ralegh Radford began (continued through 1938).
Gordon Vivian begins preservation work at Pueblo Bonito, Chetro Ket and Casa Rinconada (through 1937).
Finds
August 9 - Hoard of silver denarii and a fragment of tartan cloth were found at Falkirk, Scotland.Geoff Bailey The Roman Coin Hoard And The Falkirk Tartan http://www.falkirklocalhistorysociety.co.uk/home/index.php?id=131 Falkirk Local History Society 2006 2014-05-07George Macdonald Hoard of coins from Falkirk The Antiquaries Journal Society of Antiquaries of London 14 1 January 1934 59 10.1017/s0003581500037926 162434922
Ancient city of Mari, Syria.
Rock art at Tassili n'Ajjer.
The submerged site of Heracleion in Egypt is identified from the air.https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/aug/15/lost-cities-6-thonis-heracleion-egypt-sunken-sea Lost cities #6: how Thonis-Heracleion resurfaced after 1,000 years under water Shenker Jack 2016-08-15 The Guardian 2018-02-11 London
Publications
Stuart Piggott and Grahame Clark - "The age of the British flint mines", Antiquity.Clark Grahame Piggott Stuart The Age of the British Flint Mines Antiquity 2 January 2015 7 26 166–183 10.1017/S0003598X00007912 162607431 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/the-age-of-the-british-flint-mines/4281E26420C7FACEC34766E953B3C628 subscription
Births
May 11 - Anna Marguerite McCann, American underwater archaeologist (d. 2017)
June 9 - Jerzy Kolendo, Polish archaeologist (d. 2014)Im memoriam – Jerzy Kolendo (9 czerwca 1933 - 28 lutego 2014) https://histmag.org/Im-memoriam-Jerzy-Kolendo-9-czerwca-1933-28-lutego-2014-9149 Histmag.org 21 November 2017
August 10 - Denise Schmandt-Besserat, French-born archaeologist specialising in the origins of writing and information management
November 5 – Sonia Elizabeth Chadwick, British early mediaeval archaeologist (d. 1999)Welch Martin 1999-06-23 Obituary: Sonia Chadwick Hawkes https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-sonia-chadwick-hawkes-1102025.html 2023-01-28 The Independent en
November 15 – Elizabeth Fowler (née Burley), British medieval archaeologist (d. 2017)Fowler Brigid 2018 The Ship St. Anne's College In memoriam: Elizabeth Fowler (Burley 1957) 15 November 1933 – 7 September 2017 109 https://www.st-annes.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2017-18_St_Annes_College_Ship_Magazine.pdf
Don Brothwell, British archaeologist (d. 2016)In Memoriam Don Brothwell - Archaeology, The University of York https://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/academic-staff/in-memoriam-don-brothwell/ www.york.ac.uk 7 June 2017 EN 10 April 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170410213641/https://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/academic-staff/in-memoriam-don-brothwell/ dead
Christos G. Doumas, Greek archaeologist
Robert Sténuit, Belgian underwater archaeologist
Deaths
February 4 - Archibald Sayce, English Assyriologist (b. 1845)
July 13 - Mary Brodrick, English Egyptologist (b. c.1858)
References
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