1952 in archaeology

none 1952 archaeology science Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1952. Explorations Site of Kerkouane discovered by Charles Saumagne. Archaeological exploration of Maijishan Grottoes begins. Excavations Alberto Ruz Lhuillier opens the tomb of Pacal the Great at Palenque. Major excavations begin at Viking burial site of Lindholm Høje. Excavations at Jericho led by Kathleen Kenyon begin (continues to 1958). Excavations at the Palace of Nestor in Pylos resume (first started in 1939) by Carl Blegen (continues to 1969). Oscar Broneer discovers and begins excavations of the Temple of Poseidon in Isthmia. Publications J. G. D. Clark - Prehistoric Europe: the Economic Basis. David Knowles and J. K. S. St Joseph - Monastic Sites from the Air. Finds In Schleswig, Germany, Windeby I and Windeby II, bog bodies, were discovered in a peat bog during a span of three months. Gill-Robinson Heather Catherine The iron age bog bodies of the Archaeologisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, Germany University of Manitoba 2006 Manitoba 9780494122594 (Doctors thesis) Another bog body, known as "Grauballe Man" is discovered in Grauballe, Denmark.Foreword to Asingh. Pauline Lynnerup Niels Grauballe man: An Iron Age bog body revisited 2007 Aarhus University press Aarhus 978-87-88415-29-2 Events Grahame Clark is elected to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge. August 23 - Glyn Daniel begins to present Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? on BBC Television, a game show often featuring other archaeologists and archaeological artefacts. Michael Ventris deciphers Minoan Linear B.Cracking the code: the decipherment of Linear B 60 years on http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cracking-the-code-the-decipherment-of-linear-b-60-years-on University of Cambridge 2 June 2017 en 13 October 2012 Births March 30 - Alan Vince, British archaeologist (d. 2009)https://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/apr/29/alan-vince-archaeologist-ceramics-obituary Alan Vince - Obituary The Guardian 28 April 2009 7 June 2017 Deaths Alfred Foucher, French scholar and archaeologist (b. 1865)Foucher, A. (Alfred) 1865-1952 http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83060502/ worldcat.org 2 June 2017 References Archaeology Category:1950s in archaeology Category:Archaeology by year