1934 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1934.

Explorations

Maya site of Becan rediscovered by archaeologists Karl Ruppert and John Denison.

PoznaÅ University project at Biskupin begins, led by JÃ³zef Kostrzewski and ZdzisÅaw Rajewski.
Snaketown, Arizona, United States, under direction of Harold S. Galdwin.
Kennet Avenue, by Alexander Keiller (continues to 1935).
Maiden Castle, Dorset, by Mortimer Wheeler (continues to 1937).
Persepolis, by Erich Schmidt (continues to 1939).
Qafzeh cave excavations at Mount Precipice begin, led by RenÃ© Neuville, uncovering remains of Hominidae dated to ca. 95,000 years BP.
The site of the statue of the Warrior of Capestrano, accidentally discovered this year, is investigated by Giuseppe Moretti.
Viking Age ruins at Igaliku in Greenland, by Aage Roussell, Eigil Knuth and Poul NÃ¸rlund.

Russian paleophytologist V. A. Petrov sees a Latin stone inscription near FÃ¼zuli, Azerbaijan, mentioning Legio XII Fulminata; its exact location is unknown.^[1]

January 1 - Khaled al-Asaad, Syrian archaeologist (d. 2015)^[2]
May 13 - Ehud Netzer, Professor of archeology at Hebrew University known for his excavations related to Herod the Great (d. 2010)^[3]
August 11 - Graham Connah, English-born archaeologist
September 2 - Donald B. Redford, Canadian Egyptologist
September 4 - Giovanni Colonna, Italian archaeologist of the Etruscan civilization

January 29 - Albert Lythgoe, American Egyptologist, curator of the New York Metropolitan Museum (b. 1868)
March 14 - Francis Llewellyn Griffith, British Egyptologist (b. 1862)
March 15 - Davidson Black, Canadian paleoanthropologist (b. 1884)^[4]
November 23 - E. A. Wallis Budge, English Egyptologist. (b. 1857)