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Overview of the events of 1941 in archaeology

List of years in archaeology

In science: 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944

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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.

Finds

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

Awards

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Miscellaneous

September 27 - A Vichy France law promulgated by Jérôme Carcopino makes buried archaeological relics state property.
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

References

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.
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.
Sax, Joseph L. (2007). "Legal Concepts of Cultural Property". RBM: 67–74. doi:10.5860/rbm.8.1.279.
"Evans, Sir Arthur". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 1 June 2017.