1935 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1935.

Excavations

• September 18: Excavation of the Kirkhaugh cairns in Northumberland (England) by Herbert Maryon begins.
• December: Chinese prehistorian Jia Lanpo appointed field director of the continuing excavations at Peking Man site in Zhoukoudian, China.

Finds

• February 28: The Ladby ship Viking grave is discovered on Funen in Denmark.
• June 29: First portion of Swanscombe skull, belonging to a woman from 400,000 BP, is discovered in England.^[1]
• October 7: The skeleton of the Mesolithic Loschbour man is discovered in Mullerthal, Luxembourg.
• A hoard of more than 11,000 Celtic coins is discovered at La Marquanderie on the Channel Island of Jersey.^[2]
• The mural of the Investiture of Zimrilim is discovered in Mari, Syria.
• Viking Age ruins at Narsaq in Greenland are discovered by Aage Roussell.^[3]

Events

• July: The Ahnenerbe is established in Nazi Germany as a division of the Schutzstaffel "for the Study of the History of Primeval Ideas" in support of Nazi racial ideology.
• August 2: The USS Philadelphia (1776) is raised from Lake Champlain.
• V. Gordon Childe delivers the inaugural Presidential address to The Prehistoric Society in England on 'Changing Methods and Aims in Prehistory'.
• Col. William Hawley reburies cremated human remains in A47 of the Aubrey holes at Stonehenge in England.

Awards

• Leonard Woolley knighted for his work in archaeology.^[4]

Births

• January 19: Robin Birley, English archaeologist, director of excavations at the Roman site of Vindolanda (d. 2018)^[5]

Deaths

• May 11: Edward Herbert Thompson, American Mayanist (b. 1857)^[6]
• May 19: T. E. Lawrence, British archaeologist of the Middle East, military officer, diplomat and author, result of motorcycle accident (b. 1888)^[7]
• December 2: James Henry Breasted, American Egyptologist (b. 1865)^[8]