1932 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1932.

Explorations

 * "Antro della Sibilla" cave discovered by Amedeo Maiuri in Italy.

Excavations

 * Excavations of Antioch begun by an international committee (until 1939).
 * The first organized excavations, to be pursued until 1942, are started in Classical Period Smyrna by Rudolf Naumann and Selahattin Kantar, after preliminary explorations made in 1927.
 * Excavations of Troy begun by Carl Blegen (until 1938).
 * Brattahlid, home of Erik the Red, is excavated by Danish archaeologists in southern Greenland.
 * Clovis, New Mexico, excavations reveal the tools of the Clovis culture.
 * Aage Roussell and Eigil Knuth excavate old Norse sites on the west Greenland coast.
 * Excavation of a 'tumulus' in the grounds of Fawley Court in England proves it to have been created in 1731.

Publications

 * William F. Albright - The Archaeology of Palestine and the Bible.
 * R. G. Collingwood - Roman Britain.
 * Cyril Fox - The Personality of Britain: its influence on inhabitant and invader in prehistoric and early historic times.
 * Mary Hamilton Swindler becomes the first woman editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Archaeology

Finds

 * November 22: Dura-Europos synagogue (244 CE) is discovered in Syria.
 * Baal with Thunderbolt or the "Baal stele" is excavated in Ugarit.
 * Parts of the western quay for the Diolkos in Greece are discovered by Harold North Fowler.

Miscellaneous

 * October: Secunda nave of the Nemi ships is recovered.

Births

 * Patty Jo Watson, American archaeologist