1955 in archaeology

January 01, 1970

The year 1955 in archaeology involved some significant events.

List of years in archaeology

In science: 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958

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Explorations edit

Thor Heyerdahl organizes the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island (continues to 1956).
Start of extensive discoveries at the Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Loveden Hill in Lincolnshire, England.^[1]

Excavations edit

September - Gustav Riek begins systematic excavations at Brillenhöhle (continues to 1963).
A. C. O'Dell begins excavations on St Ninian's Isle (continues to 1958).
Alexander Sahinian begins excavations at Etchmiadzin Cathedral in Armenia (continues to 1956).
A. Ledyard Smith makes the first archaeological investigation of the Mayan site of Chutixtiox in Guatemala.
Archaeological Survey of India begins excavations at Nagda chalcolithic site (continues to 1957).
A Hebrew University team led by Yigal Yadin begins excavations at Tel Hazor (continues to 1958).
Excavation of Qujialing culture type site in China begins (continues to 1957).

Publications edit

Cyril Fox - Offa's Dyke: a Field Survey of the Western Frontier Works of Mercia in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries AD.^[2]
Ivan D. Margary - Roman Roads in Britain, vol. 1.
I. A. Richmond - Roman Britain (Penguin Books).

Finds edit

May 19 - Greenock Coin Hoard in Scotland.
Pesse canoe, the oldest known boat, in the Netherlands.
First remains of Paranthropus boisei — teeth of Olduvai Hominin (OH) 3 — unearthed in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.^[3]

Awards edit

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Miscellaneous edit

October - The term "Industrial archaeology" is popularised.^[4]

Births edit

January 1 - Mary Beard, English Classicist.
April 20 - Svante Pääbo, Swedish paleogeneticist.
September 30 - Martin Millett, English Classical archaeologist.

Deaths edit

January 1 - Arthur C. Parker, part-Seneca American archaeologist and ethnographer of Native Americans in the United States (b. 1881).
March 31 - Thomas Dunbabin, Australian-born Classical archaeologist and Greek Resistance leader (b. 1911).
August 17 - Edward Thurlow Leeds, English archaeologist of the Anglo-Saxons (b. 1877).^[5]
October 29 - Alexander Keiller, British archaeologist and benefactor (b. 1889).^[6]
December 15 - V. E. Nash-Williams, Welsh archaeologist (b. 1897).^[7]
December 25 - Thomas J. Preston, Jr., American archaeologist (b. 1862).

References edit

^ Historic England (2015). "Monument No. 325833". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 2019-07-01.
^ "Offa's Dyke: A Field Survey of the Western Frontier-Works of Mercia in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries A.D." British Academy. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
^ Tobias, P. V. (2006). "Homo habilis—A Premature Discovery: Remembered by One of Its Founding Fathers, 42 Years Later". The First Humans – Origin and Early Evolution of the Genus Homo. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Dordrecht: Springer. pp. 7–15. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-9980-9_2. ISBN 978-1-4020-9980-9.
^ Rix, Michael (October 1955). "Industrial Archaeology". The Amateur Historian. 2 (8). U.K.: 225–9.
^ "Papers of Edward Thurlow Leeds". nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
^ "Keiller, Alexander (1889-1955), businessman and archaeologist". nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
^ "Nash-Williams, Victor Erle". The National Library of Wales - Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

January 01, 1970

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