1938 in archaeology

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The year 1938 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Contents

1 Explorations
2 Excavations
3 Publications
4 Finds
5 Awards
6 Miscellaneous
7 Births
8 Deaths

Explorations

Matthew Stirling first visits the Tres Zapotes and San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán sites.

Excavations

The Iron Age farmstead site at Little Woodbury, Wiltshire, England, by Gerhard Bersu for the Prehistoric Society using open area excavation techniques (continues to 1939; published 1940).
Llantwit Major Roman Villa, by V. E. Nash-Williams (continues to 1948).

Publications

T. D. Kendrick - Anglo-Saxon Art to A.D. 900.

Finds

Maya site of Caracol is rediscovered.
Luther Cressman, the first to explore the region, discovered preserved 9,000-year-old shredded sage sandals at Fort Rock Cave in south central Oregon, USA. Until radiocarbon dating verified his find, his belief was that humans had occupied the area a maximum of 4,000 years ago.
'Barber surgeon of Avebury'.

Awards

Miscellaneous

Births

Deaths

24 February - Thomas Gann, explorer and archaeologist