1941 in archaeology

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.

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

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