1925 in archaeology
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The year 1925 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Excavations
- Kaminaljuyu, by Manuel Gamino.
- Excavations in Gibraltar by Dorothy Garrod begin (continue to 1926).
- December - Complete excavation of the Great Sphinx of Giza by Émile Baraize begins (continues to 1936).
Publications
- V. Gordon Childe - The Dawn of European Civilization.
- Aleš Hrdlička - The Old Americans.
Finds
- July 13 - "Venus of Dolní Věstonice" at Dolní Věstonice in Moravia.
- October 28 - Howard Carter reveals the golden death mask of Tutenkhamun.[1]
- "Venus of Savignano" near Savignano sul Panaro in Italy.
- The Aurignacian settlement site at Breitenbach in Saxony-Anhalt is discovered by local schoolteacher E. Thiersch.[2]
- Belgic pottery at Swarling, Kent.
- Makapansgat pebble in South Africa.
Births
- November 14 - James Mellaart, British archaeologist.
Deaths
- February 4 - Robert Koldewey, German archaeologist (born 1855).
References
- ↑ Winstone, H. V. F. (2006). Howard Carter and the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun (rev. ed.). Manchester: Barzan. pp. 269–70. ISBN 1-905521-04-9.
- ↑ Porr, M. (2004). "Menschen wie wir: Die Aurignacien-Fundstelle von Breitenbach". In Meller, H. Paläolithikum und Mesolithikum: Kataloge zur Dauerausstellung im Landesmuseum, Halle.