1933 in archaeology

Explorations

• Hull of Henry V of England's flagship Grace Dieu identified in the River Hamble.

Excavations

• Excavations at Et-Tell by Judith Marquet-Krause begin (continue through 1935).
• Excavations at Tell Arpachiyah by Max Mallowan and John Cruikshank Rose of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq.
• Excavations at Tepe Sialk by Roman Ghirshman began (continued in 1934 and 1937).
• Excavation of the mastaba of Senewosret-Ankh at Lisht in Egypt by the Metropolitan Museum of Art concludes.
• Excavations at Tintagel Castle by C. A. Ralegh Radford began (continued through 1938).
• Gordon Vivian begins preservation work at Pueblo Bonito, Chetro Ket and Casa Rinconada (through 1937).

Finds

• August 9 - Hoard of silver denarii and a fragment of tartan cloth were found at Falkirk, Scotland.
• Ancient city of Mari, Syria.
• Rock art at Tassili n'Ajjer.
• The submerged site of Heracleion in Egypt is identified from the air.

Publications

• Stuart Piggott and Grahame Clark - "The age of the British flint mines", Antiquity.

Births

• May 11 - Anna Marguerite McCann, American underwater archaeologist (d. 2017)
• June 9 - Jerzy Kolendo, Polish archaeologist (d. 2014)
• August 10 - Denise Schmandt-Besserat, French-born archaeologist specialising in the origins of writing and information management
• November 5 – Sonia Elizabeth Chadwick, British early mediaeval archaeologist (d. 1999)
• November 15 – Elizabeth Fowler (née Burley), British medieval archaeologist (d. 2017)
• Don Brothwell, British archaeologist (d. 2016)
• Christos G. Doumas, Greek archaeologist
• Robert Sténuit, Belgian underwater archaeologist

Deaths

• February 4 - Archibald Sayce, English Assyriologist (b. 1845)
• July 13 - Mary Brodrick, English Egyptologist (b. c.1858)

References

References

1. Royal Navy. (2009). "Ships: ''Grace Dieu'' 1420". [[The National Archives (United Kingdom)]].
2. Bailey, Geoff. (2006). "The Roman Coin Hoard And The Falkirk Tartan". Falkirk Local History Society.
3. Macdonald, George. (January 1934). "Hoard of coins from Falkirk". [[Society of Antiquaries of London]].
4. Shenker, Jack. (2016-08-15). "Lost cities #6: how Thonis-Heracleion resurfaced after 1,000 years under water". [[The Guardian]].
5. (2 January 2015). "The Age of the British Flint Mines". Antiquity.
6. "Im memoriam – Jerzy Kolendo (9 czerwca 1933 - 28 lutego 2014)".
7. Welch, Martin. (1999-06-23). "Obituary: Sonia Chadwick Hawkes".
8. Fowler, Brigid. (2018). "In memoriam: Elizabeth Fowler (Burley 1957) 15 November 1933 – 7 September 2017". St. Anne's College.
9. "In Memoriam Don Brothwell - Archaeology, The University of York".