1947 in archaeology

none 1947 archaeology science 1780s . 1790s in archaeology . 1800 Other events: 1790s . Archaeology timeline Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1947. Explorations Donaldson site in Ontario, Canada first documented. Excavations Mortimer Wheeler excavates Brahmagiri for the Archaeological Survey of India. Stuart Piggott begins excavations at Cairnpapple Hill in Scotland. J. F. S. Stone excavates the first trench across the Stonehenge cursus. Publications I. A. Richmond - Roman Britain (London: Collins). Finds April: Previous discoveries of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi codices become known. The Dead Sea Scrolls are found east of Jerusalem, in caves at Qumran, near the Dead Sea.Ancient History in depth: Lost and Hidden Christianity https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/losthiddenchristianity_article_01.shtml BBC History 1 June 2017 18 April: 'Mrs. Ples', an Australopithecus africanus skull, is discovered in the Sterkfontein area in Transvaal, South Africa. Star Carr discovered in North Yorkshire.Star Carr Early Mesolithic settlement site, 960m NNW of Woodhouse Farm, Seamer 1401425 2 June 2017 Miscellaneous 7 August: Thor Heyerdahl's balsa raft Kon-Tiki makes landfall on Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day journey from Peru. Max Mallowan appointed Professor of Western Asiatic Archaeology at the University of London and director of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, where he directs the resumption of its work at Nimrud. Births 28 May: Zahi Hawass, Egyptian Egyptologist.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zahi-Hawass Zahi Hawass - Egyptian archaeologist Britannica.com 2 June 2017 5 July: Bob Carr, American archaeologist. 24 July: Miranda Aldhouse-Green, British archaeologist. Franck Goddio, Moroccan-born French underwater archaeologist. Deaths 7 June: Julio C. Tello, Peruvian archaeologist (b. 1880) 25 August: Franz Cumont, Belgian archaeologist (b. 1868)Franz Cumont - Belgian archaeologist https://www.britannica.com/biography/Franz-Valery-Marie-Cumont Encyclopedia Britannica 15 May 2017 en References Archaeology Category:1940s in archaeology Category:Archaeology by year