1941 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1941.

Explorations

• First Gujarat prehistoric expedition (continues to 1942).

Excavations

• June 19 - Mikhail M. Gerasimov opens Tamerlane's tomb.
• Excavations at Olmec site of La Venta by Matthew Stirling begin.
• Excavations at Arikamedu (Podouké) by the Société de l'histoire de l'Inde française begin (continue to 1945).
• Excavations at Baiae, Italy, begin.
• Excavations at Fulda.

Publications

• Father Alberto Maria de Agostini becomes the first to write about Cueva de las Manos. ^{[1] [2]}

Finds

• September - Remains of Roman villa at Brantingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Miscellaneous

• September 27 - A Vichy France law promulgated by Jérôme Carcopino makes buried archaeological relics state property. ^[3]
• The bulk of the finds from the 1927-1937 excavations of Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China are lost, never to be recovered, while being transported to safety.

Births

• July 8: Martin Carver, English archaeologist of early medieval Britain
• August 5: Ina Plug, née Post, Dutch-born zooarchaeologist
• December 16: Kent R. Weeks, American Egyptologist

Deaths

• July 11: Arthur Evans, English archaeologist of Minoan civilisation ^[4]

References

1. Gutiérrez De Angelis, Marina; Winckler, Greta; Bruno, Paula; Guarini, Carmen (2019). "Rethinking Paleolithic Visual Culture throughout immersive technology: The site 'Cueva de las Manos' as a virtual 'Denkraum' (Patagonia, Argentina)". Widok (25). doi: 10.36854/widok/2019.25.2081 . hdl: 11336/168949 . S2CID   229288678.
2. Podestá, María Mercedes; Raffino, Rodolfo A.; Paunero, Rafael Sebastián; Rolandi, Diana S. (2005). El arte rupestre de Argentina indígena: Patagonia (in Spanish). Grupo Abierto Communicaciones. ISBN   978-987-1121-16-8.
3. Sax, Joseph L. (2007). "Legal Concepts of Cultural Property". RBM: 67–74. doi: 10.5860/rbm.8.1.279 .
4. "Evans, Sir Arthur". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 1 June 2017.