Below are notable events in
archaeology that occurred in
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
.
Explorations
*
Caral site in Peru identified by
Paul Kosok
Paul August Kosok (21 April 1869 – 1959), was an American professor of history and government, who is credited as the first serious researcher of the Nazca Lines in Peru. His work on the lines started in 1939, when he was doing field study relat ...
.
Excavations
* Excavations at
Nippur
Nippur (Sumerian language, Sumerian: ''Nibru'', often logogram, logographically recorded as , EN.LÍLKI, "Enlil City;"The Cambridge Ancient History: Prolegomena & Prehistory': Vol. 1, Part 1. Accessed 15 Dec 2010. Akkadian language, Akkadian: '' ...
sponsored by the Oriental Institute of the
University of Chicago begin directed by Richard C. Haines.
* Excavations at
Kültepe in Turkey resume.
Publications
*
Archaeological Institute of America
The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) is North America's oldest society and largest organization devoted to the world of archaeology. AIA professionals have carried out archaeological fieldwork around the world and AIA has established re ...
begins publishing the magazine ''
Archaeology''.
*
Walter W. Taylor publishes ''A Study of Archeology'', a work that carries on from his 1943 PhD dissertation to Harvard University faculty.
Finds
*November - First
torc from
Snettisham Hoard discovered near
King's Lynn
King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. It is located north of London, north-east of Peterborough, no ...
,
England.
*''
Therizinosaurus'' is discovered in
Mongolia and is thought to be a very large
turtle for several years.
Awards
*
Maud Cunnington made
CBE for services to archaeology, the first woman archaeologist to receive the honour.
Miscellaneous
*
M. M. Postan
Sir Michael Moissey Postan FBA (24 September 189912 December 1981) was a British historian. He was also known as Munia Postan.
Biography
Postan was born to a Jewish family in Bendery, in the Bessarabia Governorate of the Russian Empire, and st ...
of
Cambridge convenes an influential meeting of
archaeologist
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...
s and
historians to discuss the possibilities of excavating medieval
peasant houses in
England.
* A Roman
mosaic pavement from
Brantingham in the
East Riding of Yorkshire (England) is stolen.
Births
* July 13 -
Richard Avent, British archaeologist, conservationist and civil servant (d.
2006
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)
Deaths
* September 2 -
Sylvanus G. Morley,
American
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* American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America"
** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, pe ...
Mayanist (born
1883
Events
January–March
* January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States.
* January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people.
* Janua ...
).
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