1922 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1922.
Excavations
- September - Excavations at Coldrum Long Barrow in southeast England resumed by architect E. W. Filkins.
- November 4 - Howard Carter discovers the tomb of Tutankhamun. He opens it in the presence of George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, and Carnarvon's daughter, Lady Evelyn Beauchamp, on November 26.[1] Many associated artifacts are found, including Tutankhamun's funerary mask and six chariots.
- First excavations of Neolithic remains at Windmill Hill, Avebury, England.[2]
- Excavations at Ur by the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania led by Leonard Woolley begin.[3]
- Excavations at Euphrates, site of Dura-Europos, by Franz Cumont.[4]
- Excavations at the Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens).[5]
- Excavations at Sutton Courtenay Anglo-Saxon village in England by Edward Thurlow Leeds.[6]
Explorations
- Aerial survey of archaeological sites in south western England by Alexander Keiller and O. G. S. Crawford.
- Mohenjo-daro rediscovered by Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay of the Archaeological Survey of India.
Finds
- July 11 - Tomb of Julia Velva in the English city of York (Eboracum).[7]
- Venus of Lespugue.[8]
Publications
- Alfred Watkins - Early British Trackways.[9]
Births
- March 31 - Richard Daugherty, American archaeologist (d. 2014)[10]
- July 12 - Michael Ventris, English co-decipherer of Linear B (d. 1956).[11]
- August 3 - Su Bai, Chinese archaeologist of Buddhist grottoes (d. 2018)
- November 19 - Yuri Knorozov, Russian epigrapher of Maya hieroglyphics (d. 1999).[12]
- Kim Won-yong, "doyen of Korean archaeology" and Seoul National University professor (d. 1993).
Deaths
- November 23 - Eduard Seler, German Mesoamericanist (born 1849).[13]
