1948 in archaeology

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The year 1948 in archaeology involved some significant events.

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Excavations at Nippur sponsored by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago begin directed by Richard C. Haines.
Excavations at Kültepe in Turkey resume.

Archaeological Institute of America begins publishing the magazine Archaeology.
Walter W. Taylor publishes A Study of Archeology, a work that carries on from his 1943 PhD dissertation to Harvard University faculty.

November - First torc from Snettisham Hoard discovered near King's Lynn, England.
Therizinosaurus is discovered in Mongolia and is thought to be a very large turtle for several years.

Maud Cunnington made CBE for services to archaeology, the first woman archaeologist to receive the honour.

M. M. Postan of Cambridge convenes an influential meeting of archaeologists and historians to discuss the possibilities of excavating medieval peasant houses in England.^[1]
A Roman mosaic pavement from Brantingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire (England) is stolen.

^ Hurst, John (1986). "The medieval countryside". In Longworth, Ian; Cherry, John (eds.). Archaeology in Britain since 1945: new directions. London: British Museum. p. 201. ISBN 0-7141-2035-9.