1953 in archaeology
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The year 1953 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Excavations
- German excavations at Uruk resume.
Finds
- 1st century Roman leather bikini briefs found in the City of London.[1]
Events
- November 21: Piltdown Man is shown to be a hoax.
- Michael Ventris deciphers Minoan Linear B.
Publications
- O. G. S. Crawford - Archaeology in the Field (Dent).
- B. H. St.J. O'Neil - Castles: an introduction to the castles of England and Wales (HMSO).
- Gordon R. Willey - Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in the Virú Valley, Perú (Bureau of American Ethnology).
Births
Deaths
References
- ↑ "Leather bkinis". Living in Roman London. Museum of London. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
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