1933 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1933.

Explorations

 * Hull of Henry V of England's flagship Grace Dieu identified in the River Hamble.

Excavations

 * Excavations at Et-Tell by Judith Marquet-Krause begin (continue through 1935).
 * Excavations at Tell Arpachiyah by Max Mallowan and John Cruikshank Rose of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq.
 * Excavations at Tepe Sialk by Roman Ghirshman begin (continue in 1934 and 1937).
 * Excavation of mastaba of Senewosret-Ankh at Lisht in Egypt by Metropolitan Museum of Art concludes.
 * Excavations at Tintagel Castle by C. A. Ralegh Radford begin (continue through 1938).
 * Gordon Vivian begins preservation work at Pueblo Bonito, Chetro Ket and Casa Rinconada (through 1937).

Finds

 * August 9 - Hoard of silver denarii and a fragment of tartan cloth found at Falkirk, Scotland.
 * Ancient city of Mari, Syria.
 * Rock art at Tassili n'Ajjer.
 * Submerged site of Heracleion in Egypt is identified from the air.

Publications

 * Stuart Piggott and Grahame Clark - "The age of the British flint mines", Antiquity.

Births

 * May 11 - Anna Marguerite McCann, American underwater archaeologist (d. 2017)
 * June 9 - Jerzy Kolendo, Polish archaeologist (d. 2014)
 * August 10 - Denise Schmandt-Besserat, French-born archaeologist specialising in the origins of writing and information management
 * November 5 – Sonia Elizabeth Chadwick, British early mediaeval archaeologist (d. 1999)
 * Don Brothwell, British archaeologist (d. 2016)
 * Christos G. Doumas, Greek archaeologist
 * Robert Sténuit, Belgian underwater archaeologist

Deaths

 * February 4 - Archibald Sayce, English Assyriologist (b. 1845)
 * July 13 - Mary Brodrick, English Egyptologist (b. c.1858)