Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1933.
Explorations Hull of Henry V of England's flagship Grace Dieu identified in the River Hamble.
Excavations Excavations at Et-Tell by Judith Marquet-Krause begin (continue through 1935). Excavations at Tell Arpachiyah by Max Mallowan and John Cruikshank Rose of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq. Excavations at Tepe Sialk by Roman Ghirshman began (continued in 1934 and 1937). Excavation of the mastaba of Senewosret-Ankh at Lisht in Egypt by the Metropolitan Museum of Art concludes. Excavations at Tintagel Castle by C. A. Ralegh Radford began (continued through 1938). Gordon Vivian begins preservation work at Pueblo Bonito, Chetro Ket and Casa Rinconada (through 1937).
Finds August 9 - Hoard of silver denarii and a fragment of tartan cloth were found at Falkirk, Scotland. Ancient city of Mari, Syria. Rock art at Tassili n'Ajjer. The submerged site of Heracleion in Egypt is identified from the air.
Publications Stuart Piggott and Grahame Clark - "The age of the British flint mines", Antiquity.
Births May 11 - Anna Marguerite McCann, American underwater archaeologist (d. 2017) June 9 - Jerzy Kolendo, Polish archaeologist (d. 2014) August 10 - Denise Schmandt-Besserat, French-born archaeologist specialising in the origins of writing and information management November 5 – Sonia Elizabeth Chadwick, British early mediaeval archaeologist (d. 1999) November 15 – Elizabeth Fowler (née Burley), British medieval archaeologist (d. 2017) Don Brothwell, British archaeologist (d. 2016) Christos G. Doumas, Greek archaeologist Robert Sténuit, Belgian underwater archaeologist
Deaths February 4 - Archibald Sayce, English Assyriologist (b. 1845) July 13 - Mary Brodrick, English Egyptologist (b. c.1858)
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