1943 in archaeology

Excavations

• Excavations at Olmec site of La Venta by Matthew Stirling end.
• Start of excavations at El Tajín by José Garcia Payon.
• Start of excavations at Hassuna by a team from the Iraqi Directorate General of Antiquities led by Seton Lloyd (continue to 1945).

Publications

• Christopher and Jacquetta Hawkes - Prehistoric Britain.

Finds

• May 20 - Luttra Woman, a skeletonised early Neolithic bog body, is found in Sweden.
• First finds of Gaudo culture in Campania.
• Cache of late-medieval wax votive images at Exeter Cathedral in England.
• "Greta", a skull found in the midlands of England, is believed to be the oldest in Britain, dated to 14,000 years BP, until redated to the late 11th century CE in 2021.

Miscellaneous

• The National Trust purchases Avebury from Alexander Keiller.
• November - Max von Oppenheim's private archaeological museum in Berlin is destroyed by bombing.

Births

• July 2 - Peter Woodman, Irish archaeologist (d. 2017)
• July 20 - Gordon Hillman, British archaeobotanist (d. 2018)
• December 17 - Heidemarie Koch, German Iranologist (d. 2022)

Deaths

• April 7 - Auguste Audollent, French historian, archaeologist and Latin epigrapher (b. 1864)
• September 5 - Aleš Hrdlička, Czech-American anthropologist (b. 1869)
• October 26 - Aurel Stein, Hungarian-British Central Asian archaeologist (b. 1862)

References

References

1. Jensen, Cecilia. (2021). "Historien om Hallonflickan". Falbygdens Museum.
2. Radford, Ursula M.. (1949). "The Wax Images Found in Exeter Cathedral". [[Antiquaries Journal]].
3. (2021-10-31). "Disturbing update on ancient skull found in Burton". StaffordshireLive.
4. "National Trust, Avebury Manor".
5. (29 January 2011). "Berlin's Pergamon Museum exhibits Tell Halaf statues". BBC News.
6. "Peter Woodman—an Obituary".
7. (23 July 2018). "Gordon Hillman obituary". [[The Guardian]].
8. (2022-01-28). "Alman Sanat Tarihçisi Profesör Heidemarie Koch hayatını kaybetti".