1957 in archaeology

The year 1957 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

• Minaret of Jam site in Afghanistan surveyed by André Maricq, Gaston Wiet and Ahmed Ali Kohzad.

Excavations

• August–September - Chestnuts Long Barrow, one of the Medway Megaliths in south-east England.
• So-called 'mound of Midas', the Great Tumulus near Gordium.
• Monastic cell on Iona believed to belong to Columba, by Charles Thomas.
• 1957–1960 - James Mellaart at Hacilar.
• 1957–1961 - Ralph Solecki at Shanidar, Iraq.

Publications

• Medieval Archaeology the journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology first published. ^[1]

Finds

• January - Relics of HMS Bounty off Pitcairn Island by Luis Marden. ^[2]
• Right arm of Laocoön and His Sons
• Sperlonga sculptures.
• Ban Chiang.
• Maine penny.

Miscellaneous

• Society for Medieval Archaeology established in the United Kingdom.

Births

• October 21 - Julian Cope, English post-punk singer-songwriter and antiquarian
• November 28 - Judith McKenzie, Australian archaeologist (d. 2019) ^[3]

Deaths

• May 12 - J. F. S. Stone, British archaeologist. (b. 1891)
• October 19 - V. Gordon Childe, Australian prehistorian of Europe (b. 1892) ^[4]
• November 9 - Alan Wace, English Classical archaeologist (b. 1879)
• November 28 - O. G. S. Crawford, British archaeologist (b. 1866) ^[5]
• Grace Mary Crowfoot, English textile archaeologist (b. 1879)

References

1. "ADS Collection". Medieval Archaeology. doi:10.5284/1000320.
2. "Pitcairn Miscellany". Archived from the original on 2022-02-15. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
3. "Judith McKenzie obituary". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 2023-03-22.
4. "Vere Gordon Childe". BBC History. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
5. "Aerial Photographs - O.G.S. Crawford (1886-1957)". Ashmolean Museum. Retrieved 3 June 2017.