1925 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1925.

Excavations

• Kaminaljuyu Mayan site, by Manuel Gamino.
• Kültepe in Turkey, by Bedřich Hrozný.
• Excavations in Gibraltar by Dorothy Garrod begin (continue to 1926).
• October - Tin Hinan Tomb in the Sahara located and opened by Byron Khun de Prorok. ^[1]
• December - Complete excavation of the Great Sphinx of Giza by Émile Baraize begins (continues to 1936).

Publications

• John Beazley - Attische Vasenmaler des rotfigurigen Stils
• V. Gordon Childe - The Dawn of European Civilization.
• Aleš Hrdlička - The Old Americans.

Finds

• July 13 - "Venus of Dolní Věstonice" at Dolní Věstonice in Moravia.
• October 28 - Howard Carter reveals the golden death mask of Tutenkhamun. ^[2]
• Ennigaldi-Nanna's Museum at Ur is discovered by Leonard Woolley. ^[3]
• "Venus of Savignano" near Savignano sul Panaro in Italy.
• "Galilee skull" in Mugharet el-Zuttiyeh.
• The Aurignacian settlement site at Breitenbach in Saxony-Anhalt is discovered by local schoolteacher E. Thiersch. ^[4]
• Belgic pottery at Swarling, Kent.
• Makapansgat pebble in South Africa.

Births

• January 22 - John Davies Evans, English archaeologist and academic (d. 2011) ^[5]
• April 24 - Leslie Alcock, English archaeologist (d. 2006) ^[6]
• November 14 - James Mellaart, British archaeologist. (d. 2012) ^[7]

Deaths

• February 4 - Robert Koldewey, German archaeologist (b. 1855). ^[8]

References

1. De Prorok, Count Byron Khun (1926). "Digging for Lost African Gods". New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Retrieved 2022-11-21– via Internet Archive.
2. Winstone, H. V. F. (2006). Howard Carter and the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun (rev. ed.). Manchester: Barzan. pp. 269–70. ISBN   1-905521-04-9.
3. Hopkins, Owen (2021). The Museum: From its Origins to the 21st Century. London: Frances Lincoln. p. 43. ISBN   978-0-7112-5457-2.
4. Porr, M. (2004). "Menschen wie wir: Die Aurignacien-Fundstelle von Breitenbach". In Meller, H. (ed.). Paläolithikum und Mesolithikum: Kataloge zur Dauerausstellung im Landesmuseum, Halle.
5. Obituary of Professor John Evans, The Daily Telegraph, 2 September, 2011
6. Lane, Alan (23 June 2006). "Leslie Alcock". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
7. "James Mellaart". Telegraph.co.uk. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
8. "Robert Koldewey - German architect and archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 May 2017.