1920 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1920.
Explorations
- Synagogue of Tomar identified in Portugal.[1]
Excavations
- Work begins at Neil Merton Judd for the National Geographic Society(through 1927).
- Work begins on the Philistine site at Ashkelon (then al-Majdal) by John Garstang (through 1921).
Finds
- March 30: Wall paintings at the Temple of Bel, Dura Europoson the Euphrates are discovered by a soldier.
- November 29: The zero[2]and the oldest example of the Malay language.
- Hoby treasure is discovered on the Danish island of Lolland.
Publications
- Sylvanus Morley - The Inscriptions of Copán[3]
Events
- O. G. S. Crawford is appointed as the first Archaeology Officer of the Ordnance Survey in the United Kingdom.[4]
- The Romanian Academy in Rome is established.
Births
- 22 January:
- 21 May: John Chadwick, English co-decipherer of Linear B (d. 1998)[6]
- 22 August: Philip A. Barker, British archaeologist and castellologist (d. 2001)
Deaths
- 25 February: Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy, French archaeologist of Iran (b. 1844)
- 17 July: German archaeologist (b. 1845)
- 18 July: Robert Munro, Scottish archaeologist (b. 1835)
See also
- List of years in archaeology
- 1919 in archaeology
- 1921 in archaeology
References
- Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ Aczel, Amir D. (2015). Finding Zero: A Mathematician's Odyssey to Uncover the Origins of Numbers. St. Martin's P.ress. p. 96.
- OCLC 544798.
- ^ "Ashmolean Museum: British Archaeology Collections - O.G.S. Crawford". britisharchaeology.ashmus.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ "Obituary: Professor Richard Atkinson". The Independent. 17 October 1994. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "Obituary: John Chadwick". The Independent. 4 December 1998. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 30 May 2017.