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Overview of the events of 1921 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in
archaeology
that occurred in
1921
.
Explorations
Peking Man
Site at
Zhoukoudian
, China is discovered by
Swedish
geologist
Johan Gunnar Andersson
and American
palaeontologist
Walter W. Granger
.
Excavations
Peking Man
Site at
Zhoukoudian
,
China
is first excavated by
Austrian
palaeontologist
Otto Zdansky
.
Excavations at
Beit She'an
by the
University of Pennsylvania
begin (continue to 1933).
Daya Ram Sahni
starts excavations at
Harrappa
for the
Archaeological Survey of India
.
Georgios Sotiriou starts excavations at the church of Agios Gregorios Theologue in
Thebes, Greece
.
[1]
Finds
Material unearthed by
Otto Zdansky
's excavations at
Peking Man
Site in
Zhoukoudian
,
China
which will eventually yield two human
molars
; but these finds will not be announced until
1926
.
Edward Thurlow Leeds
discovers an early settlement site of the
Anglo-Saxons
at
Sutton Courtenay
, the first in
England
to be systematically excavated.
[2]
[3]
Hjortspring boat
.
Pernik sword
is discovered.
Institutions
Origin of
Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
in
Ankara
,
Republic of Turkey
.
Publications
January -
Society of Antiquaries of London
begins publication of
The Antiquaries Journal
.
Births
March 11 -
Philip Rahtz
,
English
archaeologist (d.
2011
)
[4]
May 2 -
B. B. Lal
,
Indian
archaeologist (d.
2022
)
Deaths
November 4 -
Oscar Montelius
,
Swedish
archaeologist (b.
1843
)
[5]
References
^
"The scientific work"
.
Archaeological Museum of Thebes
. Retrieved
2017-11-23
.
^
Leeds, E. T. (1923). "A Saxon Village near Sutton Courtenay, Berks".
Archaeologia
.
LXXII
. London: 147–92.
doi
:
10.1017/S0261340900010328
.
^
"The Anglo-Saxon Settlement at Sutton Courtenay"
. Oxford:
Ashmolean Museum
. Archived from
the original
on 2013-09-21
. Retrieved
2012-06-18
.
^
Hills, Catherine (2011-07-30). "Philip Rahtz".
The Guardian
. London. p. 37.
^
"Oscar Montelius - Swedish archaeologist"
.
Encyclopedia Britannica
. Retrieved
17 May
2017
.
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