1938 in archaeology

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The year 1938 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

The Iron Age farmstead site at Little Woodbury, Wiltshire, England, by Gerhard Bersu for the Prehistoric Society using open area excavation techniques (continues to 1939; published 1940).
Llantwit Major Roman Villa in Wales, by V. E. Nash-Williams (continues to 1948).
The Neolithic settlement of Rinyo on Rousay in Orkney (Scotland), by V. Gordon Childe (resumed 1946).

Maya site of Caracol is rediscovered.
Luther Cressman, the first to explore the region, discovered preserved 9,000-year-old shredded sage sandals at Fort Rock Cave in south central Oregon, USA. Until radiocarbon dating verified his find, his belief was that humans had occupied the area a maximum of 4,000 years ago.
'Barber surgeon of Avebury'.
Bronze Head from Ife.

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