1926 in Archaeology - Explorations

Explorations

• February: Thomas Gann visits the Mayan ruin of Coba, and publishes the first first-hand description of the site later in the year.
• Enrique Juan Palacios makes detailed description of Chinkultic.
• Matthew Stirling explores New Guinea (through 1929).
• Leo Frobenius makes the first detailed survey of the central Eastern Desert of Egypt.
• First survey at Tel Hazor made by John Garstang.
• Louis and Mary Leakey discover the neolithic site at Hyrax Hill, Kenya.