1950 in archaeology

Overview of the events of 1950 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1950.

## Explorations

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* Spring: Explorations at Timna in Yemen by Wendell Phillips of the American Foundation for the Study of Man (continues in 1951).

## Excavations

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* Excavations at Stonehenge in the south of England by R. J. C. Atkinson, Stuart Piggott and J. F. S. Stone.
* Excavations at Wharram Percy in the north of England by Maurice Beresford begin.
* Excavations at Beitin, West Bank.
* Excavations at Gordion in Turkey by the University of Pennsylvania Museum under Rodney S. Young begin.

## Finds

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* March 1 - A hoard of Roman coins is discovered at Hordley Grange, Shropshire, England.
* May 8 - A bog body known as "Tollund Man" is discovered in Denmark.[1]
* The Upchurch Hoard is discovered in Upchurch, Kent, England.
* A third premolar is discovered in materials sent back to Sweden by Otto Zdansky from his excavations of the Peking Man site at Zhoukoudian, China in 1921 and 1923.
* Balfarg, a prehistoric site in Fife, Scotland, is discovered through air photography.[2]
* Three Roman mosaic pavements are found at Harpham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
* Stabiae (buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius) is rediscovered.
* The Garima Gospels at Abba Garima Monastery in Ethiopia first become known to Western scholars.

## Events

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* January 1 - Commencement date (epoch) of the Before Present time scale.[3]

## Publications

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* T. C. Lethbridge \- Herdsmen and Hermits: Celtic Seafarers in the Northern Seas.[4]
* V. E. Nash-Williams \- The Early Christian Monuments of Wales.[5]

## Births

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* January 25 - Phil Harding, English field archaeologist
* Wafaa El Saddik, Egyptian Egyptologist

## Deaths

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* January 27 - Herbert Eustis Winlock, American Egyptologist who worked for the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art (b. 1884)[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Who Were the Ancient Bog Mummies? Surprising New Clues". National Geographic. 2014. Archived from the original on July 22, 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
2. ^ "Balfarg". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
3. ^ Aitken, M. J. (1990). Science-based Dating in Archaeology. London: Longman. ISBN 978-0-582-49309-4.
4. ^ Herdsmen & hermits; Celtic seafarers in the northern seas. OCLC 227899.
5. ^ "Nash-Williams, Victor Erle". The National Library of Wales - Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
6. ^ Who Was Who 1941–1950. Bloomsbury Publishing, London. 1980. ISBN 0-7136-2131-1.

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