1939 in archaeology

The year 1939 in archaeology involved some significant events.

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Excavations

• 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).[1]
• Medieval settlement at Bere, North Tawton, England, by Martyn Jope.[2]
• Major excavation of Ostia Antica in Italy begins (continues to 1942).

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.
• August 25: The Lion-man statue is discovered in the Hohlenstein-Stadel, a cave in southern Germany.[3]
• 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.[4]

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)[5]
• December 10: Barry Cunliffe, English archaeologist

Deaths

• March 2: Howard Carter, English Egyptologist (b. 1874)[6]

References

1. Bruce-Mitford, R. L. S. (1940). "The Excavations at Seacourt, Berks., 1939: an interim report" (PDF). Oxoniensia. Oxford Architectural and Historical Society. V: 31–42.
2. Jope, E. M.; Threlfall, R. I. (1958). "Excavation of a medieval settlement at Bere, North Tawton, Devon". Medieval Archaeology. 2: 112–140.
3. "The Lion Man: an Ice Age masterpiece". The British Museum Blog. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
4. "Kulubá Maya ruins are being restored to their ancient splendor". El Universal. Mexico City. 2019-06-15. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
5. Aston, Mick (5 October 2001). "Peter Reynolds". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
6. "Howard Carter - British archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 31 May 2017.