1921 in archaeology

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The year 1921 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

• Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian, China is discovered by Swedish geologist Johan Gunnar Andersson and American palaeontologist Walter W. Granger.

Excavations

• Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian, China is first excavated by Austrian palaeontologist Otto Zdansky.
• Excavations at Beit She'an by the University of Pennsylvania begin (continue to 1933).
• Daya Ram Sahni starts excavations at Harrappa for the Archaeological Survey of India.

Finds

• Material unearthed by Otto Zdansky's excavations at Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China which will eventually yield two human molars; but these finds will not be announced until 1926.
• Edward Thurlow Leeds discovers an early settlement site of the Anglo-Saxons at Sutton Courtenay, the first in England to be systematically excavated.^[1][2]
• Hjortspring boat.
• Pernik sword is discovered.

Publications

• January - Society of Antiquaries of London begins publication of The Antiquaries Journal.

Births

• March 11 - Philip Rahtz, English archaeologist (died 2011).^[3]

Deaths

1. Leeds, E. T. (1923). "A Saxon Village near Sutton Courtenay, Berks". Archaeologia. London. LXXII: 147–92.
2. "The Anglo-Saxon Settlement at Sutton Courtenay". Oxford: Ashmolean Museum. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
3. Hills, Catherine (2011-07-30). "Philip Rahtz". The Guardian. London. p. 37.