1941 in archaeology
Overview of the events of 1941 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1941.
Explorations
- First Gujarat prehistoric expedition (continues to 1942).
Excavations
- June 19 - Mikhail M. Gerasimov opens Tamerlane's tomb.
- Excavations at Olmec site of La Venta by Matthew Stirling begin.
- Excavations at Arikamedu (Podouké) by the Société de l'histoire de l'Inde française begin (continue to 1945).
- Excavations at Baiae, Italy, begin.
- Excavations at Fulda.
Publications
- Father Alberto Maria de Agostini becomes the first to write about Cueva de las Manos.[1][2]
Finds
- September - Remains of Roman villa at Brantingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Awards
Miscellaneous
- September 27 - A Vichy France law promulgated by Jérôme Carcopino makes buried archaeological relics state property.[3]
- The bulk of the finds from the 1927-1937 excavations of Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China are lost, never to be recovered, while being transported to safety.
Births
- July 8: Martin Carver, English archaeologist of early medieval Britain
- August 5: Ina Plug, née Post, Dutch-born zooarchaeologist
- December 16: Kent R. Weeks, American Egyptologist
Deaths
- July 11: Arthur Evans, English archaeologist of Minoan civilisation[4]
References
- ^ Gutiérrez De Angelis, Marina; Winckler, Greta; Bruno, Paula; Guarini, Carmen (2019). "Rethinking Paleolithic Visual Culture throughout immersive technology: The site 'Cueva de las Manos' as a virtual 'Denkraum' (Patagonia, Argentina)". Widok (25). doi:10.36854/widok/2019.25.2081. hdl:11336/168949. S2CID 229288678.
- ^ Podestá, María Mercedes; Raffino, Rodolfo A.; Paunero, Rafael Sebastián; Rolandi, Diana S. (2005). El arte rupestre de Argentina indígena: Patagonia (in Spanish). Grupo Abierto Communicaciones. ISBN 978-987-1121-16-8.
- ^ Sax, Joseph L. (2007). "Legal Concepts of Cultural Property". RBM: 67–74. doi:10.5860/rbm.8.1.279.
- ^ "Evans, Sir Arthur". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
