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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1930.
Explorations
Excavations
- Vere Gordon Childe completes excavations at Skara Brae (begun in 1927).[1]
- John Garstang begins excavations at Jericho (continue to 1936).
- Francis Llewellyn Griffith excavates at Kawa (Sudan).
- Flinders Petrie begins excavations at Tall al-Ajjul (continue to 1934).
Finds
- August 5 - Remains of S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897 discovered.
- First fragments from an ancient boat harbour found on the bank of the Suojoki river in central Finland (one boat from site later dated to 13th century).[2]
Publications
- Aleš Hrdlička - The Skeletal Remains of Early Man.
Miscellaneous
- September 11 - Max Mallowan marries Agatha Christie.
- Max von Oppenheim opens a private museum of his Near Eastern archaeological finds in Berlin.
- Edwin Smith Papyrus first translated.
Births
- March 25 - John M. Coles, English prehistorian (d. 2020)
- June 13 - Paul Veyne, French Roman archaeologist, historian
- September 23 - Edda Bresciani, Italian Egyptologist (d. 2020)
See also
References
- ↑ "Excavation - Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ↑ Greenhill, Basil (1995). The Archaeology of Boats & Ships: an introduction. London: Conway Maritime Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-85177-652-1.
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