1952 in archaeology
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The year 1952 in archaeology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Explorations
[edit] Excavations
- Alberto Ruz Lhuillier opens the tomb of Pacal the Great at Palenque.
- Major excavations begin at Viking burial site of Lindholm Høje.
- Excavations at Jerico led by Kathleen Kenyon begin (continues to 1958).
- Excavations at the Palace of Nestor in Pylos resume (first started in 1939) by Carl Blegen (continues to 1969).
- Oscar Broneer discovers and begins excavations of the Temple of Poseidon in Isthmia.
[edit] Publications
[edit] Finds
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Grahame Clark is elected to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge.
