Английская Википедия:1936 in archaeology
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Шаблон:Year nav topic4 Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1936.
Events
- Pedestal of the Colossus of Nero in Rome removed.[1]
Excavations
- Dmanisi historic site, Georgia.
- Julliberrie's Grave by Ronald Jessup.
- Spiro Mounds by University of Oklahoma.
- Fort Hawkins, Georgia, by Gordon Willey.
- Govurqala, Azerbaijan.
- Al Mina, Syria, by Leonard Woolley.
- Excavation and identification of necropolis at Beit She'arim.
- Excavations at Mersin by John Garstang begin (continue to 1939).
- New excavations at Viroconium (Wroxeter) in England begin (continue to 1937).
Finds
- October - The Mästermyr chest is accidentally discovered on the island of Gotland, Sweden.
- November - Gebang Hindu temple at Yogyakarta on Java is discovered.
- Baghdad Battery discovered in Iraq.
- The Emesa helmet is found by looters near Homs in Syria.
- First undisturbed artefacts of Clovis culture found in New Mexico.
- The Statue of Iddi-Ilum is unearthed in Mari, Syria.
Publications
- 6 July - Publication of Agatha Christie's novel Murder in Mesopotamia.
- First report on excavations of Iron Age settlement of Biskupin.
- V. Gordon Childe - Man Makes Himself.
- W. F. Grimes - The Megalithic Monuments of Wales.
Births
- 4 April - Barri Jones, Welsh Classical archaeologist (d. 1999)[2]
- 12 July - John Wilkes, English Classical archaeologist
Deaths
- 9 May - Humfry Payne, English Classical archaeologist (b. 1902)
- 10 October - Luigi Maria Ugolini, Italian archaeologist (b. 1895)[3]
- December 12 - Arthur Callender, English engineer and archaeologist, assistant to Howard Carter during the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb (b. 1875)
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