1936 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1936.

Events

 * Pedestal of the Colossus of Nero in Rome removed.

Excavations

 * Dmanisi historic site, Georgia.
 * Julliberrie's Grave by Ronald Jessup.
 * Spiro Mounds by the University of Oklahoma.
 * Fort Hawkins, Georgia, by Gordon Willey.
 * Govurqala, Azerbaijan.
 * Al Mina, Syria, by Leonard Woolley.
 * Excavation and identification of necropolis at Beit She'arim.
 * Excavations at Mersin by John Garstang begin (continue to 1939).
 * New excavations at Viroconium (Wroxeter) in England begin (continue to 1937).

Finds

 * October - The Mästermyr chest, a Viking Age tool chest, is accidentally discovered in a mire on the island of Gotland, Sweden.
 * November - Gebang Hindu temple at Yogyakarta on Java is discovered.
 * Baghdad Battery discovered in Iraq.
 * The Emesa helmet, from Roman cavalry, is found by looters near Homs in Syria.
 * First undisturbed artefacts of Clovis culture found in New Mexico.
 * The Statue of Iddi-Ilum is unearthed in Mari, Syria.

Publications

 * 6 July - Publication of Agatha Christie's novel Murder in Mesopotamia.
 * First report on excavations of Iron Age settlement of Biskupin.
 * V. Gordon Childe - Man Makes Himself.
 * W. F. Grimes - The Megalithic Monuments of Wales.

Births

 * 4 April - Barri Jones, Welsh Classical archaeologist (d. 1999)
 * 12 July - John Wilkes, English Classical archaeologist

Deaths

 * 9 May - Humfry Payne, English Classical archaeologist (b. 1902)
 * 10 October - Luigi Maria Ugolini, Italian archaeologist (b. 1895)
 * December 12 - Arthur Callender, English engineer and archaeologist, assistant to Howard Carter during the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb (b. 1875)