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Overview of the events of 1939 in archaeology

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Below are notable events inarchaeology that occurred in1939.

Excavations

Major excavation ofOstia Antica in Italy begins (continues to 1942).
University of Pennsylvania project atPiedras Negras, Guatemala ends (started 1931).
Palace of Nestor inPylos byCarl Blegen (resumed 1952-69).
Tomb of Psusennes atTanis byPierre Montet (started 1928).
Deserted medieval village ofSeacourt near Oxford byRupert Bruce-Mitford (June–July 15).^[1]
Medieval settlement at Bere,North Tawton, England, byMartyn Jope.^[2]
Bowl barrow atKnap Hill,Wiltshire, England, by C. W. Phillips.

Publications

Grahame Clark:Archaeology and Society.

Finds

May
- Sutton Hoo ship burial unearthed byBasil Brown andEdith Pretty inSuffolk,England. On July 28 theSutton Hoo helmet is excavated.
- Battle of Thermopylae site unearthed bySpyridon Marinatos in Greece.^[3]
August 25: TheLion-man statue is discovered in theHohlenstein-Stadel, a cave in southern Germany.^[4]
Matthew Stirling discovers the bottom half ofStela C atTres Zapotes inVeracruz, Mexico.
Wyllys Andrews discovers theMaya civilization site ofKulubá inYucatán, Mexico.^[5]

Miscellaneous

May 6:Dorothy Garrod is elected to theDisney Professorship of Archaeology in theUniversity of Cambridge, the first woman to hold anOxbridge chair.

Births

January 15:Neil Cossons, English industrial archaeologist and museum director
July 12:Peter Addyman, English archaeologist
November 6:Peter J. Reynolds, English experimental archaeologist (d.2001)^[6]
December 10:Barry Cunliffe, English archaeologist
November 27:Malcolm Todd, English archaeologist (d.2013)

Deaths

March 2:Howard Carter, English Egyptologist (b.1874)^[7]

References

^Bruce-Mitford, R. L. S. (1940)."The Excavations at Seacourt, Berks., 1939: an interim report"(PDF).Oxoniensia.V.Oxford Architectural and Historical Society:31–42.
^Jope, E. M.; Threlfall, R. I. (1958)."Excavation of a medieval settlement at Bere, North Tawton, Devon".Medieval Archaeology.2:112–140.doi:10.5284/1071332.
^Hamilakis, Yannis (2007).The Nation and Its Ruins: Antiquity, Archaeology, and National Imagination in Greece. Oxford University Press. p. 169.ISBN 978-0-19-923038-9.
^"The Lion Man: an Ice Age masterpiece".The British Museum Blog. 10 October 2017. Retrieved12 February 2018.
^"Kulubá Maya ruins are being restored to their ancient splendor".El Universal. Mexico City. 2019-06-15. Retrieved2019-12-27.
^Aston, Mick (5 October 2001)."Peter Reynolds".The Guardian. London. Retrieved24 May 2017.
^"Howard Carter - British archaeologist".Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved31 May 2017.

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