1922 in archaeology

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The year 1922 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Contents

1 Excavations
2 Explorations
3 Finds
4 Births
5 Deaths
6 See also

Excavations

4 November: Howard Carter discovers Tutankhamun's tomb.
First excavations of Neolithic remains at Windmill Hill
Excavations at Ur by the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania led by Charles Leonard Woolley begin
Excavations at Euphrates, site of Dura-Europos by Franz Cumont.

Explorations

Aerial survey of archaeological sites in south western England by Alexander Keiller and O. G. S. Crawford

Finds

Venus of Lespugue

Births

12 July: Michael Ventris, co-decypherer of Linear B
19 November: Yuri Knorozov, epigrapher of Maya hieroglyphics
Kim Won-yong, Father of Korean Archaeology and Seoul National University professor (d. 1993)

Deaths

November 23 — Eduard Seler, German Mesoamericanist (b. 1849)

See also

List of years in archaeology

Categories: 1922 | Years in archaeology

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