1943 in archaeology

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The year 1943 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Excavations at Olmec site of La Venta by Matthew Sterling end.
Start of excavations at El Tajín by José Garcia Payon.
Start of excavations at Hassuna by a team from the Iraqi Directorate General of Antiquities led by Seton Lloyd (continue to 1945).

The National Trust purchases Avebury from Alexander Keiller.
November - Max von Oppenheim's private archaeological museum in Berlin is destroyed by bombing.

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