The year 1935 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Excavations

• December: Chinese prehistorian Jia Lanpo appointed field director of the continuing excavations at Peking Man site in Zhoukoudian, China.

Finds

Publications

Miscellaneous

• V. Gordon Childe delivers the inaugural Presidential address to The Prehistoric Society in England on 'Changing Methods and Aims in Prehistory'.

Awards

• Leonard Woolley knighted for his work in archaeology.

Births

Deaths

• 11 May: Edward Herbert Thompson, Mayanist

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