1926 in archaeology

none 1926 archaeology science Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1926. Explorations February: Thomas Gann visits the Maya ruin of Coba, and publishes the first first-hand description of the site later in the year. Enrique Juan Palacios makes detailed description of Chinkultic. Matthew Stirling explores New Guinea (through 1929). Leo Frobenius makes the first detailed survey of the central Eastern Desert of Egypt. First survey at Tel Hazor made by John Garstang. Louis and Mary Leakey discover the Neolithic site at Hyrax Hill, Kenya. Excavations British Museum-sponsored excavations at Lubaantun under T. A. Joyce. Uaxactun project by Carnegie Institution led by Oliver Ricketson begins. Alexander Keiller and Harold St George Gray excavate Windmill Hill, Avebury, in England (continues to 1929). Col. William Hawley concludes work (begun in 1919) at Stonehenge in England, including investigation of the Aubrey holes. Roman amphitheatre at Isca Augusta near Caerleon in South Wales excavated by Victor Erle Nash-Williams. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin joins the ongoing excavations of the Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian, China, as an advisor. Aage Roussell and Poul Nørlund unearth 13 skeletons at Igaliku in Greenland.Quigley Christine Skulls and Skeletons: Human Bone Collections and Accumulations https://books.google.com/books?id=tTST7UFzncoC&pg=PA80 2012-04-23 2001 McFarland 978-0-7864-1068-2 80 Hilbre Islands. Publications Nils Åberg - The Anglo-Saxons in England during the early centuries after the invasion. V. Gordon Childe - The Aryans: a Study of Indo-European Origins. Finds October: Johan Gunnar Andersson announces the discovery of two human molars amongst the material excavated from the Peking Man site in Zhoukoudian, China by his assistant Otto Zdansky in 1921 and 1923. Dorothy Garrod finds 'Gibraltar 2', fossilized components of a Neanderthal child's skull, in excavations at the Devil's Tower rock shelter on Gibraltar. Mayan settlement of El Mirador first discovered. Crofton Roman Villa discovered by bricklayers in Orpington, England. Leonidas sculpture discovered on the Acropolis of Sparta. Dancing Girl sculpture discovered in British India.Pre-historic Archaeology Collection National Museum New Delhi http://nationalmuseumindia.gov.in/en/collections/index/6 2021-06-16 Treasure buried by pirate Benito de Soto in 1828 is discovered at his home village in Galicia (Spain).Hunting the Last Great Pirate: Benito de Soto and the Rape of the Morning Star Michael E. A. Ford Barnsley Pen & Sword History 978-1-52676-930-5 2020 Miscellaneous June - Baghdad Archaeological Museum opens.Exhibitions http://www.ncl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/explore/current-and-past-exhibitions/gertrude/baghdad-the-aftermath-of-the-first-world-war.php www.ncl.ac.uk 30 May 2017 en Sir Ellis Minns elected to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge. Births August 22: Ángela Jeria, Chilean archaeologist and human rights activist (d. 2020)https://www.latercera.com/nacional/noticia/a-los-93-anos-fallece-angela-jeria-madre-de-la-expresidenta-michelle-bachelet/QZQCTGLCORDOXGXZBN3PHDSQGY/ A los 93 años fallece Ángela Jeria, madre de la expresidenta Michelle Bachelet La Tercera 2020-07-02 2020-07-02 September 24: Aubrey Burl, English prehistoric archaeologist (d. 2020) December 12: Wang Jin, Chinese prehistoric archaeologist (d. 2020) Deaths July 12: Gertrude Bell, British archaeologist (b. 1868)Buchan James Miss Bell's lines in the sand https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/mar/12/iraq.jamesbuchan The Guardian London 15 May 2017 11 March 2003 December 9: Francis Joseph Bigger, Irish antiquarian (b. 1863) References Archaeology Category:1920s in archaeology Category:Archaeology by year