1954 in archaeology
The year 1954 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Excavations
- Mixco Viejo, Guatemala Musée d'Homme project under the direction of Henri Lehmann starts.
- Neolithic-era site of Ashkelon discovered and excavated by French archaeologist Jean Perrot.
- Excavations at Beycesultan by Seton Lloyd of the British Institute of Archaeology in Ankara begin.
- Excavations at Filitosa, Corsica, begin.
- Excavations at Nagarjunakonda by the Archaeological Survey of India begin.
- Excavations at Nevasa, Maharashtra, begin.
- Excavations of the London Mithraeum conducted under the direction of W. F. Grimes.
- Systematic excavations at Niah Caves begin under the direction of the Sarawak Museum.
Finds
- September 18 - Marble head of Mithras from London Mithraeum unearthed in Walbrook Square by W. F. Grimes's excavation.
- Panlongcheng Erligang culture site in China discovered.
- Khufu ship discovered in Giza pyramid complex by Kamal el-Mallakh.
- Cape Gelidonya shipwreck discovered.
Miscellaneous
- Sir Mortimer Wheeler is named Television Personality of the Year in the U.K. due to his contributions to ''Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?''
Publications
- Maurice Beresford - The Lost Villages of England.
- R. Allen Brown - English Medieval Castles.
- Grahame Clark - Excavations at Star Carr, an early Mesolithic site at Seamer near Scarborough, Yorkshire.
- V. E. Nash-Williams - The Roman Frontier in Wales.
- Stuart Piggott - ''The Neolithic Cultures of the British Isles: a study of the stone-using agricultural communities of Britain in the second millennium B.C.''
Births
- July 1 - William Rathje, American archaeologist and garbologist
- Barbara Tsakirgis, American classical archaeologist
Deaths
- March 6 - Sir John Myres, English archaeologist of Cyprus
- April 10 - Ludwig Curtius, German Classical archaeologist
- July 16 - Henri Frankfort, Dutch-born Egyptologist
- October 5 - Alfred Tozzer, American Mesoamerican archaeologist