1954 in archaeology
# 1954 in archaeology

The year 1954 in archaeology involved some significant events.

## Excavations

* Mixco Viejo, Guatemala Musée d'Homme project under the direction of Henri Lehmann starts (continues through 1967).
* Neolithic-era site of Ashkelon discovered and excavated by French archaeologist Jean Perrot.
* Excavations at Beycesultan by Seton Lloyd of the British Institute of Archaeology in Ankara begin (continue to 1959).
* Excavations at Filitosa, Corsica, begin.
* Excavations at Nagarjunakonda by the Archaeological Survey of India begin (continue to 1960).
* Excavations at Nevasa, Maharashtra, begin (continue to 1956).
* Excavations of the London Mithraeum conducted under the direction of W. F. Grimes.
* Systematic excavations at Niah Caves begin under the direction of the Sarawak Museum.

## Finds

* September 18 - Marble head of Mithras from London Mithraeum unearthed in Walbrook Square by W. F. Grimes's excavation.
* Panlongcheng Erligang culture site in China discovered.
* Khufu ship discovered in Giza pyramid complex by Kamal el-Mallakh.
* Cape Gelidonya shipwreck discovered.

## Miscellaneous

* Sir Mortimer Wheeler is named Television Personality of the Year in the U.K. due to his contributions to Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?

## Publications

* Maurice Beresford - The Lost Villages of England.
* R. Allen Brown - English Medieval Castles.
* Grahame Clark - Excavations at Star Carr, an early Mesolithic site at Seamer near Scarborough, Yorkshire.
* V. E. Nash-Williams - The Roman Frontier in Wales.
* Stuart Piggott - The Neolithic Cultures of the British Isles: a study of the stone-using agricultural communities of Britain in the second millennium B.C.

## Births

* July 1 - William Rathje, American archaeologist and garbologist (d. 2012)
* Barbara Tsakirgis, American classical archaeologist (d. 2019)

## Deaths

* March 6 - Sir John Myres, English archaeologist of Cyprus (b. 1869)
* April 10 - Ludwig Curtius, German Classical archaeologist (b. 1874)
* July 16 - Henri Frankfort, Dutch-born Egyptologist (b. 1897)
* October 5 - Alfred Tozzer, American Mesoamerican archaeologist (b. 1877)
