1939 in archaeology
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- Major excavation of Ostia Antica in Italy begins (continues to 1942).
- University of Pennsylvania project at Piedras Negras, Guatemala ends (started 1931).
- Palace of Nestor in Pylos by Carl Blegen (resumed 1952-69).
- Tomb of Psusennes at Tanis by Pierre Montet (started 1928).
- Deserted medieval village of Seacourt near Oxford by Rupert Bruce-Mitford (June–July 15).[1]
- Medieval settlement at Bere, North Tawton, England, by Martyn Jope.[2]
- Bowl barrow at Knap Hill, Wiltshire, England, by C. W. Phillips.
Publications
- Grahame Clark: Archaeology and Society.
Finds
- May
- Sutton Hoo ship burial unearthed by Basil Brown and Edith Pretty in Suffolk, England. On July 28 the Sutton Hoo helmet is excavated.
- Battle of Thermopylae site unearthed by Spyridon Marinatos in Greece.[3]
- August 25: The Lion-man statue is discovered in the Hohlenstein-Stadel, a cave in southern Germany.[4]
- Matthew Stirling discovers the bottom half of Stela C at Tres Zapotes in Veracruz, Mexico.
- Wyllys Andrews discovers the Maya civilization site of Kulubá in Yucatán, Mexico.[5]
Miscellaneous
- May 6: Dorothy Garrod is elected to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge, the first woman to hold an Oxbridge chair.