1955 in archaeology

The year 1955 in archaeology involved some significant events.

• Thor Heyerdahl organizes the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island (continues to 1956).
• Start of extensive discoveries at the Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Loveden Hill in Lincolnshire, England.^[1]

• September - Gustav Riek begins systematic excavations at Brillenhöhle (continues to 1963).
• A. C. O'Dell begins excavations on St Ninian's Isle (continues to 1958).
• Alexander Sahinian begins excavations at Etchmiadzin Cathedral in Armenia (continues to 1956).
• A. Ledyard Smith makes the first archaeological investigation of the Mayan site of Chutixtiox in Guatemala.
• Archaeological Survey of India begins excavations at Nagda chalcolithic site (continues to 1957).
• A
  Yigal Yadin begins excavations at Tel Hazor
  (continues to 1958).
• Excavation of Qujialing culture type site in China begins (continues to 1957).

• Cyril Fox - Offa's Dyke: a Field Survey of the Western Frontier Works of Mercia in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries AD.^[2]
• Ivan D. Margary - Roman Roads in Britain, vol. 1.
• I. A. Richmond - Roman Britain (Penguin Books).

• May 19 - Greenock Coin Hoard in Scotland.
• Pesse canoe, the oldest known boat, in the Netherlands.
• First remains of
  Hominin (OH) 3 — unearthed in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.^[3]

Awards

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Miscellaneous

• October - The term "Industrial archaeology" is popularised.^[4]

Births

• January 1 -
  Classicist
  .
• April 20 - Svante Pääbo, Swedish paleogeneticist.
• September 30 -
  Classical archaeologist
  .

Deaths

• January 1 -
  ethnographer of Native Americans in the United States (b. 1881
  ).
• March 31 -
  Greek Resistance leader (b. 1911
  ).
• August 17 - Edward Thurlow Leeds, English archaeologist of the Anglo-Saxons (b. 1877).^[5]
• October 29 - Alexander Keiller, British archaeologist and benefactor (b. 1889).^[6]
• December 15 - V. E. Nash-Williams, Welsh archaeologist (b. 1897).^[7]
• December 25 -
  Thomas J. Preston, Jr., American archaeologist (b. 1862
  ).

References

1. ^ Historic England (2015). "Monument No. 325833". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 2019-07-01.
2. ^ "Offa's Dyke: A Field Survey of the Western Frontier-Works of Mercia in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries A.D." British Academy. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
3. ISBN 978-1-4020-9980-9
   .
4. ^ Rix, Michael (October 1955). "Industrial Archaeology". The Amateur Historian. 2 (8). U.K.: 225–9.
5. ^ "Papers of Edward Thurlow Leeds". nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
6. ^ "Keiller, Alexander (1889-1955), businessman and archaeologist". nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
7. ^ "Nash-Williams, Victor Erle". The National Library of Wales - Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 13 November 2017.