1939 in archaeology

none 1939 archaeology science Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1939. Excavations Major excavation of Ostia Antica in Italy begins (continues to 1942). University of Pennsylvania project at Piedras Negras, Guatemala ends (started 1931). Palace of Nestor in Pylos by Carl Blegen (resumed 1952-69). Tomb of Psusennes at Tanis by Pierre Montet (started 1928). Deserted medieval village of Seacourt near Oxford by Rupert Bruce-Mitford (June–July 15).Bruce-Mitford R. L. S. 1940 The Excavations at Seacourt, Berks., 1939: an interim report Oxoniensia Oxford Architectural and Historical Society V 31–42 https://oxoniensia.org/volumes/1940/brucemitford.pdf Medieval settlement at Bere, North Tawton, England, by Martyn Jope.Jope E. M. Threlfall R. I. 1958 Excavation of a medieval settlement at Bere, North Tawton, Devon Medieval Archaeology 2 112–140 10.5284/1071332 free Bowl barrow at Knap Hill, Wiltshire, England, by C. W. Phillips. Publications Grahame Clark: Archaeology and Society. Finds May Sutton Hoo ship burial unearthed by Basil Brown and Edith Pretty in Suffolk, England. On July 28 the Sutton Hoo helmet is excavated. Battle of Thermopylae site unearthed by Spyridon Marinatos in Greece.Hamilakis Yannis 2007 The Nation and Its Ruins: Antiquity, Archaeology, and National Imagination in Greece Oxford University Press 978-0-19-923038-9 169 August 25: The Lion-man statue is discovered in the Hohlenstein-Stadel, a cave in southern Germany.The Lion Man: an Ice Age masterpiece https://blog.britishmuseum.org/the-lion-man-an-ice-age-masterpiece/ The British Museum Blog 12 February 2018 10 October 2017 Matthew Stirling discovers the bottom half of Stela C at Tres Zapotes in Veracruz, Mexico. Wyllys Andrews discovers the Maya civilization site of Kulubá in Yucatán, Mexico.https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/kuluba-maya-ruins-are-being-restored-their-ancient-splendor Kulubá Maya ruins are being restored to their ancient splendor 2019-06-15 El Universal Mexico City 2019-12-27 Miscellaneous May 6: Dorothy Garrod is elected to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge, the first woman to hold an Oxbridge chair. Births January 15: Neil Cossons, English industrial archaeologist and museum director July 12: Peter Addyman, English archaeologist November 6: Peter J. Reynolds, English experimental archaeologist (d. 2001)Aston Mick Peter Reynolds https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/oct/05/guardianobituaries.humanities The Guardian London 24 May 2017 5 October 2001 December 10: Barry Cunliffe, English archaeologist November 27: Malcolm Todd, English archaeologist (d. 2013) Deaths March 2: Howard Carter, English Egyptologist (b. 1874)Howard Carter - British archaeologist https://www.britannica.com/biography/Howard-Carter Encyclopedia Britannica 31 May 2017 en References Archaeology Category:1930s in archaeology Category:Archaeology by year