1948 in archaeology
# 1948 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1948.

## Explorations

* Caral site in Peru identified by Paul Kosok.

## Excavations

* Excavations at Nippur 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 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, 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 of Cambridge convenes an influential meeting of archaeologists 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)

## Deaths

* September 2 - Sylvanus G. Morley, American Mayanist (born 1883).
