1943 in archaeology
Overview of the events of 1943 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1943.
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.[1]
- First finds of Gaudo culture in Campania.
- Cache of late-medieval wax votive images at Exeter Cathedral in England.[2]
- "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.[3]
Miscellaneous
- The National Trust purchases Avebury from Alexander Keiller.[4]
- November - Max von Oppenheim's private archaeological museum in Berlin is destroyed by bombing.[5]
Births
- July 2 - Peter Woodman, Irish archaeologist (d. 2017)[6]
- July 20 - Gordon Hillman, British archaeobotanist (d. 2018)[7]
- December 17 - Heidemarie Koch, German Iranologist (d. 2022)[8]
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
- ^ Jensen, Cecilia (2021). "Historien om Hallonflickan" [Story of the Raspberry Girl] (in Swedish). Falköping: Falbygdens Museum. Archived from the original on 2022-08-26. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ Radford, Ursula M. (1949). "The Wax Images Found in Exeter Cathedral". Antiquaries Journal. 29 (3–4): 164–8. doi:10.1017/S0003581500017273. S2CID 161597476.
- ^ Lockley, Mike; Kreft, Helen (2021-10-31). "Disturbing update on ancient skull found in Burton". StaffordshireLive. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
- ^ "National Trust, Avebury Manor". Art UK. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Berlin's Pergamon Museum exhibits Tell Halaf statues". BBC News. 29 January 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Peter Woodman—an Obituary". Archaeology Ireland. Archived from the original on 2017-10-24. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ Jones, Martin (23 July 2018). "Gordon Hillman obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ "Alman Sanat Tarihçisi Profesör Heidemarie Koch hayatını kaybetti". arkeolojikhaber.com (in Persian). 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
