1953 in archaeology
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The year 1953 in archaeology involved some significant events.
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Explorations
Excavations
- German excavations at Uruk resume.
Finds
Events
- November 21: Piltdown Man is shown to be a hoax.
- Michael Ventris deciphers Minoan Linear B.
Publications
- O. G. S. Crawford - Archaeology in the Field (Dent).
- B. H. St.J. O'Neil - Castles: an introduction to the castles of England and Wales (HMSO).
- Gordon R. Willey - Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in the Virú Valley, Perú (Bureau of American Ethnology).