1926 in Archaeology - Finds

Finds

  • October: Johan Gunnar Andersson announces the discovery of two human molars amongst the material excavated from the Peking Man site in Zhoukoudian, China by his assistant Otto Zdansky in 1921 and 1923
  • Mayan settlement of El Mirador first discovered
  • Crofton Roman Villa discovered by bricklayers in Orpington, England

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