1934 in archaeology

Overview of the events of 1934 in archaeology

List of years in archaeology

(table)

* … 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1930

* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937

* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944 …

In science
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937

* Art
* Archaeology
* Architecture
*   * Literature
* Music
* Philosophy
* Science+...

* v
* t
* e

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1934.

## Explorations

[edit]

* Maya site of Becan rediscovered by archaeologists Karl Ruppert and John Denison.

## Excavations

[edit]

* Poznań University project at Biskupin begins, led by Józef Kostrzewski and Zdzisław Rajewski.
* Snaketown, Arizona, United States, under direction of Harold S. Galdwin.
* Kennet Avenue, by Alexander Keiller (continues to 1935).
* Maiden Castle, Dorset, by Mortimer Wheeler (continues to 1937).
* Persepolis, by Erich Schmidt (continues to 1939).
* Qafzeh cave excavations at Mount Precipice begin, led by René Neuville, uncovering remains of Hominidae dated to ca. 95,000 years BP.
* The site of the statue of the Warrior of Capestrano, accidentally discovered this year, is investigated by Giuseppe Moretti.
* Viking Age ruins at Igaliku in Greenland, by Aage Roussell, Eigil Knuth and Poul Nørlund.

## Finds

[edit]

* 2 January: Warka Vase found at Uruk.
* The Statue of Ebih-Il is unearthed in Mari, Syria, by a French team.

## Publications

[edit]

This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (August 2010)

|

## Events

[edit]

* Russian paleophytologist V. A. Petrov sees a Latin stone inscription near Füzuli, Azerbaijan, mentioning Legio XII Fulminata; its exact location is unknown.[1]

## Births

[edit]

* January 1 - Khaled al-Asaad, Syrian archaeologist (d. 2015)[2]
* May 13 - Ehud Netzer, Professor of archeology at Hebrew University known for his excavations related to Herod the Great (d. 2010)[3]
* August 11 - Graham Connah, English-born archaeologist
* September 2 - Donald B. Redford, Canadian Egyptologist
* September 4 - Giovanni Colonna, Italian archaeologist of the Etruscan civilization

## Deaths

[edit]

* January 29 - Albert Lythgoe, American Egyptologist, curator of the New York Metropolitan Museum (b. 1868)
* March 14 - Francis Llewellyn Griffith, British Egyptologist (b. 1862)
* March 15 - Davidson Black, Canadian paleoanthropologist (b. 1884)[4]
* November 23 - E. A. Wallis Budge, English Egyptologist. (b. 1857)

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Тревер, Камилла (1959). Очерки по истории о культуре Кавказской Албании (in Russian). Издательство Академии Наук СССР. p. 330.
2. ^ "Khaled al-Asaad, curator - obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
3. ^ Dove, Aytan (7 December 2010). "Ehud Netzer obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
4. ^ "Davidson Black - Canadian anthropologist". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template