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1940 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1940.

Excavations

  • Start of excavations at Tell Uqair by Iraqi Directorate General of Antiquities (Seton Lloyd, Taha Baqir and Fuad Safar).
  • Start of excavations at Ahichatra.
  • Start of excavations in the Vatican Necropolis.
  • Excavations at Brahmagiri by M. H. Krishna of the Mysore state Archaeological Department.

Publications

  • Gisela M. A. Richter - Handbook of the Etruscan Collection (Metropolitan Museum of Art).

Finds

  • September 12 - Lascaux caves. Painted c. 15,000 BC - 13,000 BC. Closed to the public in 1963.
  • After ten-year expedition at Tanis, "Silver Pharaoh" tomb uncovered by Pierre Montet. It is the first ever intact tomb found.
  • Ferriby Boat 2 discovered by Ted Wright.
  • Balline Hoard in Ireland.

Births

  • October 14 - Ruth Tringham, Neolithic household and feminist archaeologist.

Deaths

  • February 26 - John Lamplugh Kirk, British archaeologist, collector and museum curator (b. 1869)
  • April 25 - Wilhelm Dörpfeld, German archaeologist of Troy (b. 1853)
  • June 27 - Harry Burton, English archaeological photographer, known for his photos of the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb (b. 1879).

References

References

  1. (22 March 2001). "Bronze Age boat 'oldest in Europe'".
  2. (16 June 2016). "The Goddess and the Bull: Çatalhöyük: An Archaeological Journey to the Dawn of Civilization". Routledge.
  3. "Wilhelm Dorpfeld - German archaeologist".
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