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The year 1923 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Explorations 2 Excavations 3 Finds 4 Publications 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Explorations

• Expedition under Neil Merton Judd to collect dendrochronological specimens in order to date habitation of Chaco Canyon

[edit] Excavations

• 16 February: Howard Carter opens the inner chamber of Tutankhamun's tomb
• Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian, China is excavated a second time by Otto Zdansky under the supervision of Johan Gunnar Andersson

[edit] Finds

• Material unearthed by Otto Zdansky's excavations at Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China would eventually yield two human molars but these finds were not announced until 1926

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