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1941 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1941.

Explorations

  • First Gujarat prehistoric expedition (continues to 1942).

Excavations

  • June 19 - Mikhail M. Gerasimov opens Tamerlane's tomb.
  • Excavations at Olmec site of La Venta by Matthew Stirling begin.
  • Excavations at Arikamedu (Podouké) by the Société de l'histoire de l'Inde française begin (continue to 1945).
  • Excavations at Baiae, Italy, begin.
  • Excavations at Fulda.

Publications

  • Father Alberto Maria de Agostini becomes the first to write about Cueva de las Manos.

Finds

  • September - Remains of Roman villa at Brantingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Miscellaneous

  • September 27 - A Vichy France law promulgated by Jérôme Carcopino makes buried archaeological relics state property.
  • The bulk of the finds from the 1927-1937 excavations of Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China are lost, never to be recovered, while being transported to safety.

Births

  • July 8: Martin Carver, English archaeologist of early medieval Britain
  • August 5: Ina Plug, née Post, Dutch-born zooarchaeologist
  • December 16: Kent R. Weeks, American Egyptologist

Deaths

  • July 11: Arthur Evans, English archaeologist of Minoan civilisation

References

References

  1. (2019). "Rethinking Paleolithic Visual Culture throughout immersive technology: The site 'Cueva de las Manos' as a virtual 'Denkraum' (Patagonia, Argentina)". Widok.
  2. (2005). "El arte rupestre de Argentina indígena: Patagonia". Grupo Abierto Communicaciones.
  3. Sax, Joseph L.. (2007). "Legal Concepts of Cultural Property". RBM.
  4. "Evans, Sir Arthur".
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