1928 in archaeology

1928 in archaeology

The year 1928 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

*American astronomer and University of Arizona professor A. E. Douglass participates in a National Geographic Society research project exploring Chaco Canyon. Using his newly invented technique of dendrochronology, Douglass dates Chetro Ketl and dozens of Chacoan sites (through 1929)
*Expedition under Neil Merton Judd to collect dendrochronological specimens in order to date habitation of Chaco Canyon

Excavations

* September: John Garstang conducts first excavations at Et-Tell.
* Vere Gordon Childe begins excavations at Skara Brae.
* The first excavations begin at Yinxu, China led by Li Chi of the Chinese Institute of History and Philosophy.
* Chinese archeologist Pei Wenzhong joins the continuing excavations at Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China

Finds

* Continuing excavations at Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China led by Davidson Black uncover more fossils of a new species he has dubbed "Sinanthropus pekinensis"
* Ruins of Ugarit

Publications

Miscellaneous

* Davidson Black founds the Cenozoic Research Laboratory for the research and appraisal of fossils unearthed at Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China

Births

Deaths


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