1943 in archaeology

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… 1933 ^. 1934 ^. 1935 ^. 1936 ^. 1937 ^. 1938 ^. 1939 … 1940 1941 1942 -1943- 1944 1945 1946 … 1947 ^. 1948 ^. 1949 ^. 1950 ^. 1951 ^. 1952 ^. 1953 … In science: 1940 1941 1942 -1943- 1944 1945 1946
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The year 1943 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Contents

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

Explorations

Excavations

Excavations at Olmec site of La Venta by Matthew Sterling 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

Finds

First finds of Gaudo culture in Campania.

Awards

Miscellaneous

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

Births

Deaths

Aleš Hrdlička
26 October: Marc Aurel Stein