1934 in archaeology

Last updated July 14, 2025

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1934.

Explorations

Maya site of Becan rediscovered by archaeologists Karl Ruppert and John Denison.

Excavations

Poznań University project at Biskupin begins, led by Józef Kostrzewski and Zdzisław Rajewski.
Snaketown, Arizona, United States, under direction of Harold S. Galdwin.
Kennet Avenue, by Alexander Keiller (continues to 1935).
Maiden Castle, Dorset, by Mortimer Wheeler (continues to 1937).
Persepolis, by Erich Schmidt (continues to 1939).
Qafzeh cave excavations at Mount Precipice begin, led by René Neuville, uncovering remains of Hominidae dated to ca. 95,000 years BP.
The site of the statue of the Warrior of Capestrano, accidentally discovered this year, is investigated by Giuseppe Moretti.
Viking Age ruins at Igaliku in Greenland, by Aage Roussell, Eigil Knuth and Poul Nørlund.

Finds

2 January: Warka Vase found at Uruk.
The Statue of Ebih-Il is unearthed in Mari, Syria, by a French team.

Publications

Events

Russian paleophytologist V. A. Petrov sees a Latin stone inscription near Füzuli, Azerbaijan, mentioning Legio XII Fulminata; its exact location is unknown.^[1]

Births

January 1 - Khaled al-Asaad, Syrian archaeologist (d. 2015)^[2]
May 13 - Ehud Netzer, Professor of archeology at Hebrew University known for his excavations related to Herod the Great (d. 2010)^[3]
August 11 - Graham Connah, English-born archaeologist
September 2 - Donald B. Redford, Canadian Egyptologist
September 4 - Giovanni Colonna, Italian archaeologist of the Etruscan civilization

Deaths

January 29 - Albert Lythgoe, American Egyptologist, curator of the New York Metropolitan Museum (b. 1868)
March 14 - Francis Llewellyn Griffith, British Egyptologist (b. 1862)
March 15 - Davidson Black, Canadian paleoanthropologist (b. 1884)^[4]
November 23 - E. A. Wallis Budge, English Egyptologist. (b. 1857)

References

↑ Тревер, Камилла (1959). Очерки по истории о культуре Кавказской Албании (in Russian). Издательство Академии Наук СССР. p. 330.
↑ "Khaled al-Asaad, curator - obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
↑ Dove, Aytan (7 December 2010). "Ehud Netzer obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
↑ "Davidson Black - Canadian anthropologist". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

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[1] Тревер, Камилла (1959). Очерки по истории о культуре Кавказской Албании (in Russian). Издательство Академии Наук СССР. p. 330.

[2] "Khaled al-Asaad, curator - obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2017.

[3] Dove, Aytan (7 December 2010). "Ehud Netzer obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 May 2017.

[4] "Davidson Black - Canadian anthropologist". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

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