1924 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1924.

Explorations

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Excavations

• February 12 - Howard Carter opens the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun. Two days later, he closes the tomb in protest against the actions of the Egyptian authorities.^[1]
• March 1 - Discovery and subsequent start of excavations at
  Glozel
  .
• Work at
  Dolní Věstonice in Moravia begins under direction of Karel Absolon
  .
• 20-year project at
  Sylvanus G. Morley
  .
• Excavations at Qatna by Robert du Mesnil du Buisson begin.
• Excavation of
  Indus Valley civilisation site at Mohenjo-daro by Kashinath Narayan Dikshit (following survey by M. S. Vats) begins.^[2]

• Francis Haverfield - The Roman Occupation of Britain, being six Ford Lectures
  (published posthumously).
• Alfred V. Kidder - An Introduction to the Study of Southwestern Archaeology.

Finds

• The Beeston Tor Hoard, an Anglo-Saxon jewellery and coin hoard, discovered at Beeston Tor in Staffordshire, England.^[3]
• Bab edh-Dhra discovered.

Awards

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Miscellaneous

• Alexander Keiller purchases Windmill Hill, Avebury.
• Francis Llewellyn Griffith appointed first professor of Egyptology in the University of Oxford.^[4]
• The Nefertiti Bust (excavated in 1912) is first displayed to the public, as part of the Egyptian Museum of Berlin.^[5][6]
• Storms sweep away a portion of the Neolithic settlement at Skara Brae on Mainland, Orkney (Scotland).^[7]

Births

• Elisabeth Munksgaard, Danish prehistorian (died 1997)

Deaths

• June 14 - Jacques de Morgan, French archaeologist (born 1857)

References

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