1933 in archaeology

The year 1933 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

• Hull of Henry V of England's flagship Grace Dieu identified in the River Hamble.^[1]

Excavations

• Excavations at Et-Tell by Judith Marquet-Krause begin (continue through 1935).
• Excavations at Tell Arpachiyah by Max Mallowan and John Cruikshank Rose of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq.
• Excavations at Tepe Sialk by Roman Ghirshman begin (continue in 1934 and 1937).
• Gordon Vivian begins preservation work at Pueblo Bonito, Chetro Ket and Casa Rinconada (through 1937).

Finds

• August 9 - Hoard of silver denarii and a fragment of tartan cloth found at Falkirk, Scotland.^[2][3]
• Ancient city of Mari, Syria.
• Rock art at Tassili n'Ajjer.

Publications

• Stuart Piggott and Grahame Clark - The age of the British flint mines, Antiquity.^[4]

Births

• Christos G. Doumas, Greek archaeologist
• Robert Sténuit, Belgian underwater archaeologist
• Don Brothwell, British archaeologist (d. 2016)^[5]

Deaths

• July 13 - Mary Brodrick, English Egyptologist (b. c.1858)

References