1927 in archaeology

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The year 1927 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Large scale excavations begin at Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China under Canadian paleoanthropologist Davidson Black with support from the Rockefeller Foundation.
The Swedish Cyprus Expedition begins 3½ years of excavations under Einar Gjerstad.
Excavations at Skara Brae begin under V. Gordon Childe.
Excavations at Tepe Gawra begin by an American team under Ephraim Avigdor Speiser.
Pločnik archaeological site discovered in southern Serbia, with findings of the Vinca culture (5500 BC).

Davidson Black's excavations at Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China yielded a human tooth that he proposed belonged to a new species that he named Sinanthropus pekinensis

Work begins on draining Lake Nemi to recover the Nemi ships.
December - An international commission declares most artefacts from the excavations at Glozel to be forgeries.