1922 in archaeology 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Importance and applicability Most of human history is not described by any written records. ...

Excavations

• 4 November: Howard Carter discovers Tutankhamun's tomb.
• First excavations of Neolithic remains at Windmill Hill
• Excavations at Ur by the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania led by Charles Leonard Woolley begin

November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... Plate LXXA shows detail on a ceremonial walking staff found buried with Tutankhamun; it depicts the two foes, or the Northern and Southern enemies of Egypt. ... A portrait of the young Tutankhamun by Winifred Brunton. ... The Neolithic, (Greek neos = new, lithos = stone, or New Stone Age) was a period in the development of human technology that is traditionally the last part of the Stone Age. ... Windmill Hill is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure in the English county of Wiltshire, situated around 3 miles north of Avebury. ... UR, Ur, or ur can refer to several things: The City of Ur Ur can be used as shorthand in online communication - referring to the word words You are. EG. ur crazy Ur, the first known continent Royal Game of Ur Unreal the computer game Ur is the name of... The main entrance to the British Museum The British Museum in London is the United Kingdoms - and one of the worlds - largest and most important museums of human history and culture. ... The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn or UPenn, although the former is the preferred and recognized nickname of the University) is a private, nonsectarian, research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Charles Leonard Woolley (1880-1960) was a British archaeologist, best known for his excavations at Ur in Mesopotamia. ...

Explorations

Finds

• Venus of Lespugue

The Venus of Lespugue is a Venus figurine, a statuette of a nude female figure from approximately 25,000 BC. It was discovered in 1922 in the Rideaux cave of Lespugue (Haute-Garonne) in the foothills of the Pyrenees. ...

Births

• 12 July: Michael Ventris, co-decypherer of Linear B
• 19 November: Yuri Knorosov, epigrapher of Maya heiroglyphics

July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... Michael Ventris (July 12, 1922–September 6, 1956) was an English architect and classical scholar, who along with John Chadwick was responsible for the decipherment of Linear B. At the beginning of the 20th century, archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans began excavating Knossos, an ancient city located on the island of... Linear B script sample Linear B is a script that was used for writing Mycenaean, an early form of the Greek language. ... November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Yuri Valentinovich Knorosov (Russian: Юрий Валентинович Кнорозов; b. ...

Deaths

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1921 in archaeology
• 1923 in archaeology