1951 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1951.

Excavations

c. January - Old Furnace, Coalbrookdale, England.^[1]
Awwam temple near Ma'rib in Yemen, by Wendell Phillips of the American Foundation for the Study of Man (continues to 1952).
Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications in North Yorkshire, by Mortimer Wheeler (continues to 1952).
Hod Hill in Dorset, by Ian Richmond for the British Museum (continues to 1958).
Tasghîmût fortress in Morocco, by Charles Allain and Jacques Meunié.^[2]
Excavation of Chogha Zanbil in Iran by Roman Ghirshman begins.

1951–1952 - British Academy Middle Nile Expedition in Sudan led by O. G. S. Crawford.

Social Evolution, by V. Gordon Childe (1892–1957), Australian-born archaeologist.
The Prehistory of Wales, by W. F. Grimes (1905–1988), Welsh archaeologist.
A Land, by Jacquetta Hawkes (1910–1996), British archaeologist.

^ Darby, Michael S. (2010). "Ironworks to museum". In Belford, Paul; et al. (eds.). Footprints of Industry. Oxford: Archaeopress. pp. 3–15. ISBN 978-1-4073-0727-5.
^ Allain, Charles; Meunié, Jacques (1951). "Recherches archéologiques au Tasghimout au Mesfouai". Hespéris (in French). 38: 381–405.
^ Rix, Michael (July 1951). "Birmingham". History Today. 1 (7). London: 59.
^ "Archaeological Museum , Durrës". albania.al. Retrieved 3 January 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}