1956 in archaeology

1956 in archaeology

The year 1956 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

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Excavations

* Large University of Pennsylvania project at Tikal begins.

Publications

* "Documents in Mycenaean Greek" by Michael Ventris and John Chadwick; documenting decypherment of Linear B writing.

Finds

Awards

Miscellaneous

Births

Deaths

* June 6: Hiram Bingham III, rediscoverer of Machu Picchu
* September 6: Michael Ventris, co-decypherer of Linear B
* November 9: Alan Wace, worked on Linear B


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