1950 in archaeology explained

1780s ^. 1790s in archaeology ^. 1800
Other events: 1790s ^. Archaeology timeline

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1950.

Explorations

• Spring: Explorations at Timna in Yemen by Wendell Phillips of the American Foundation for the Study of Man (continues in 1951).

Excavations

• Excavations at Stonehenge by R. J. C. Atkinson, Stuart Piggott and J. F. S. Stone.
• Excavations at Wharram Percy by Maurice Beresford begin.
• Excavations at Beitin, West Bank.
• Excavations at Gordium by the University of Pennsylvania Museum under Rodney S. Young begin.

Finds

• March 1 - A hoard of Roman coins is discovered at Hordley Grange, Shropshire, England.
• May 8 - A bog body known as "Tollund Man" is discovered in Denmark.^[1]
• The Upchurch Hoard is discovered in Upchurch, Kent, England.
• A third premolar is discovered in materials sent back to Sweden by Otto Zdansky from his excavations of the Peking Man site at Zhoukoudian, China in 1921 and 1923.
• Balfarg, a prehistoric site in Fife, Scotland, is discovered through air photography.^[2]
• Three Roman mosaic pavements are found at Harpham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
• Stabiae rediscovered.
• The Garima Gospels at Abba Garima Monastery first become known to Western scholars.

Publications

• T. C. Lethbridge - Herdsmen and Hermits: Celtic Seafarers in the Northern Seas.^[3]
• V. E. Nash-Williams - The Early Christian Monuments of Wales.^[4]

Births

• January 25 - Phil Harding, English field archaeologist
• Wafaa El Saddik, Egyptian Egyptologist

Deaths

• January 27 - Herbert Eustis Winlock, American Egyptologist who worked for the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art (b. 1884)^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Who Were the Ancient Bog Mummies? Surprising New Clues. https://web.archive.org/web/20140722070154/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/07/140718-bog-bodies-denmark-archaeology-science-iron-age/. dead. July 22, 2014. National Geographic. 2 June 2017. 2014.
2. Web site: Balfarg. canmore.org.uk. 8 June 2017. en.
3. Book: Herdsmen & hermits; Celtic seafarers in the northern seas.. 227899. English.
4. Web site: Nash-Williams, Victor Erle. The National Library of Wales - Dictionary of Welsh Biography. 13 November 2017.
5. Book: Who Was Who 1941–1950. 1980. Bloomsbury Publishing, London. 0-7136-2131-1.