1952 in archaeology
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The year 1952 in archaeology
involved some significant events.
Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
involved some significant events.
Excavations
- Alberto Ruz LhuillierAlberto Ruz LhuillierAlberto Ruz Lhuillier was a Mexican archaeologist. He specialized in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeology and is well-known for leading the National Institute of Anthropology and History excavations at the Maya site of Palenque, where he found the tomb of the Maya ruler, Pakal...
opens the tomb of Pacal the GreatPacal the GreatK'inich Janaab' Pakal was ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque in the Late Classic period of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican chronology...
at PalenquePalenquePalenque was a Maya city state in southern Mexico that flourished in the 7th century. The Palenque ruins date back to 100 BC to its fall around 800 AD...
. - Major excavations begin at VikingVikingThe term Viking is customarily used to refer to the Norse explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided, traded, explored and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th century.These Norsemen used their famed longships to...
burial site of Lindholm HøjeLindholm HøjeLindholm Høje is a major Viking burial site and former settlement situated to the north of and overlooking the city of Aalborg in Denmark....
. - Excavations at Jericho led by Kathleen KenyonKathleen KenyonDame Kathleen Mary Kenyon , was a leading archaeologist of Neolithic culture in the Fertile Crescent. She is best known for her excavations in Jericho in 1952-1958.-Early life:...
begin (continues to 1958). - Excavations at the Palace of Nestor in PylosPylosPylos , historically known under its Italian name Navarino, is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pylos-Nestoras, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It was the capital of the former...
resume (first started in 1939) by Carl BlegenCarl BlegenCarl William Blegen was an American archaeologist famous for his work on the site of Pylos in modern day Greece and Troy in modern day Turkey...
(continues to 1969). - Oscar BroneerOscar BroneerOscar Theodore Broneer was a Swedish American archaeologist prominent for his work on Ancient Greece.-Biography:...
discovers and begins excavations of the Temple of Poseidon in IsthmiaIsthmiaIsthmia is a noun meaning "of the isthmus"It may refer to:* The ancient Isthmian Games* The archaeological site related to the Games, including the Temple of Poseidon at Isthmia* The modern village of Isthmia...
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Publications
- J. G. D. Clark - Prehistoric Europe: the Economic Basis.
- David Knowles and J. K. S. St JosephKenneth St JosephJohn Kenneth Sinclair St Joseph, CBE was a British archaeologist, geologist and Royal Air Force veteran who pioneered the use of aerial photography as a method of archaeological research in Britain and Ireland.-Early life:...
- Monastic Sites from the Air.
Miscellaneous
- Grahame ClarkJohn Grahame Douglas ClarkSir John Grahame Douglas Clark, CBE FBA was a British archaeologist most notable for his work on the Mesolithic and his theories on palaeoeconomy.-Biography:...
is elected to the Disney Professorship of ArchaeologyDisney Professorship of ArchaeologyThe Disney Professorship of Archaeology, also known as the Disney Chair, is a professorship in the University of Cambridge. It was endowed with a donation of £1,000 by John Disney in 1851, followed by a further £3,500 in a bequest at his death...
in the University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. - August 23 - Glyn DanielGlyn DanielGlyn Edmund Daniel was a Welsh scientist and archaeologist whose academic career at Cambridge University specialised in the European Neolithic period. He edited the academic journal Antiquity from 1958–1985...
begins to present Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? on BBC TelevisionBBC TelevisionBBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television...
, a game showGame showA game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
often featuring other archaeologists and archaeological artefacts.