1930 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1930.

Excavations

 * Vere Gordon Childe completes excavations at Skara Brae (begun in 1927).
 * John Garstang begins excavations at Jericho (continue to 1936).
 * Francis Llewellyn Griffith excavates at Kawa (Sudan).
 * Flinders Petrie begins excavations at Tall al-Ajjul (continue to 1934).

Finds

 * August 5 - Remains of S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897 discovered.
 * First fragments from an ancient boat harbour found on the bank of the Suojoki river in central Finland (one boat from site later dated to 13th century).

Publications

 * Aleš Hrdlička - The Skeletal Remains of Early Man.

Miscellaneous

 * September 11 - Max Mallowan marries Agatha Christie.
 * Max von Oppenheim opens a private museum of his Near Eastern archaeological finds in Berlin.
 * Edwin Smith Papyrus first translated.

Births

 * March 25 - John M. Coles, English prehistorian (d. 2020)
 * June 13 - Paul Veyne, French Roman archaeologist, historian
 * September 23 - Edda Bresciani, Italian Egyptologist (d. 2020)