1953 in archaeology
Overview of the events of 1953 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1953.
Excavations
Finds
- Banpo, a group of 6,500-year-old Neolithic settlements on the eastern outskirts of the Chinese city of Xi'an.[1]
- "Cave of Letters" at Nahal Hever in the Judaean Desert (with correspondence from the Bar Kokhba revolt of ca. 132–136 CE) identified.
- al-Khader Phoenician arrowheads.[2]
- Jerusalem ossuaries found stored in a cave on the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem by Franciscans.
- The Narsaq stick is found in Greenland, the first example of Viking Age runic inscriptions found in the country.
- 1st century Roman leather bikini briefs found in the City of London.[3]
Events
- November 21: Piltdown Man is shown to be a hoax (first presented by Charles Dawson in 1912).[4]
Publications
- O. G. S. Crawford - Archaeology in the Field (Dent).
- B. H. St.J. O'Neil - Castles: an introduction to the castles of England and Wales (HMSO).
- Gordon R. Willey - Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in the Virú Valley, Perú (Bureau of American Ethnology).
Births
- Mensun Bound, Falkland Islands-born maritime archaeologist
- Arlen F. Chase, American archaeologist whose work focuses on Mesoamerica[5]
Deaths
- March 24: Félix-Marie Abel, French biblical archaeologist (b. 1878)
References
- ^ Yang, Xiaoping (2010). "Climate Change and Desertification with Special Reference to the Cases in China". Changing Climates, Earth Systems and Society. pp. 177–187. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-8716-4_8. ISBN 978-90-481-8715-7.
- ^ Milik, J. T.; Cross, Frank M. (1954). "Inscribed Javelin-Heads from the Period of the Judges: A Recent Discovery in Palestine". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (134): 5–15. doi:10.2307/1355623. JSTOR 1355623. S2CID 163381421. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ "Leather bkinis". Living in Roman London. Museum of London. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
- ^ "Ancient History in depth: Piltdown Man: Britain's Greatest Hoax". BBC History. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
- ^ "Chase, Arlen F. (Arlen Frank) 1953-". worldcat.org. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
