| 释义 |
- Explorations
- Excavations
- Publications
- Finds
- Awards
- Miscellaneous
- Births
- Deaths
- See also
- References
{{Year nav topic4|1940|archaeology|science}}1780s . 1790s in archaeology . 1800
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Explorations{{Empty section|date=January 2012}}Excavations- Start of excavations at Tell Uqair by Iraqi Directorate General of Antiquities (Seton Lloyd, Taha Baqir and Fuad Safar).
- Start of excavations at Ahichatra.
- Start of excavations in the Vatican Necropolis.
- Excavations at Brahmagiri by M. H. Krishna of the Mysore state Archaeological Department.
Publications- Gisela M. A. Richter - Handbook of the Etruscan Collection (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
Finds- 12 September: Lascaux caves. Painted c. 15,000 BC - 13,000 BC. Closed to the public in 1963.
- After ten-year expedition at Tanis, "Silver Pharaoh" tomb uncovered by Pierre Montet. It is the first intact tomb ever found.
- Ferriby Boat 2 discovered by Ted Wright.[1]
- Balline Hoard.
Awards{{Empty section|date=January 2012}}Miscellaneous{{Empty section|date=January 2012}}Births- October 14 - Ruth Tringham, Neolithic household and feminist archaeologist.[2]
Deaths- April 25 - Wilhelm Dörpfeld, German archaeologist of Troy (b. 1853)[3]
- John Lamplugh Kirk, British archaeologist, collector and museum curator (b. 1869)
See also- List of years in archaeology
- 1939 in archaeology
- 1941 in archaeology
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Bronze Age boat 'oldest in Europe'|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1234529.stm|website=news.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=1 June 2017}}
2. ^{{cite book|last1=Balter|first1=Michael|title=The Goddess and the Bull: Çatalhöyük: An Archaeological Journey to the Dawn of Civilization|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781315418407|page=222|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LrBmDAAAQBAJ|language=en}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Wilhelm Dorpfeld - German archaeologist|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wilhelm-Dorpfeld|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|accessdate=28 May 2017|language=en}}
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